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From: Ace on 28 Apr 2010 17:53 On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:33:54 GMT, "J�r�my" <a(a)b.com> wrote: >Ace <b.rogers(a)ifrance.com> wrote in >news:fa9ht5d2f4mqa0rgh81u1ge5ks98h9h695(a)4ax.com: > >> On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:09:40 GMT, "J�r�my" <a(a)b.com> wrote: >>> >>>I don't think you could possibly argue about Chamonix. >> >> You're wrong. Sure, there's some pretty good skiing there, but it's >> not half as good as it's made ouot to be. BTW I just want to point out why you were wrong - I _could_ and did argue about it ;-) >I mean the French side of the Mt. Blanc range, not just the ski stations. >Things like the Glacier Ronde and the Y couloir on the Argentiere. Same >as for mountaineering, there just isn't anywhere else with the same >concentration of really serious easily accessible stuff. Fairy muff. >> But really, Val/Tignes is certainly up there in the motorway run >> stakes, but the off-piste is just too popular and well known to be >> rated that high. > >I wasn't thinking of the motorway run stuff. Even now, not many people do >the Couloir des Pisteurs, the Oreilles de Mickey, the N. face of the >Pramecou. I suppose not. But they're none of them that special - tricky and technical in places, and often not with the best snow cover, but well, they're a bit samey, yes? <ducks> >> You should come to Engelberg some time. Smaller, yes, but the >> opportunities for making fresh tracks in pretty extreme areas as far >> greater than eother of the aforementioned. > >Yes. I really should. Well consider this an open invite. We've still got another month of skiing, at least. The Laub is possibly the best - 1200m of vertical, about 500m wifth to play in, averaging 35deg with some very steep bits if you want to find them. Only did it about six or seven times this season, but by 'eck it were good. All gone now, of course, although the Klein and Grosse Sultz runs, which are more accessible and almost as good, are still very much skiable. I'll be there Saturday. -- Ace Ski Club of Great Britain http://www.skiclub.co.uk/ All opinions expressed are those of the poster and in no way reflect those of the Ski Club or its members
From: bod43 on 28 Apr 2010 22:02 On 28 Apr, 09:15, Ace <b.rog...(a)ifrance.com> wrote: > On Tue, 27 Apr 2010 18:23:56 +0100, "'Hog" > > [3] Although on one trip this year the group told me to buy a beer or > three with the chf5 deposit from each of their lift passes, a grand A grand tip for a few days guiding seems quite generous to me! -- Please sign the libel reform petition - no matter where you are in the world. Get others to sign too. Help to change these oppressive laws. http://www.libelreform.org/sign http://www.senseaboutscience.org.uk/index.php/site/about/476 http://www.libelreform.org/news/449-libel-reform-campaign-welcomes-jack-straws-commitment-to-libel http://www.libelreform.org/who-is-silenced http://www.libelreform.org/our-report/key-findings-of-report If your writing can be read in England or Wales you can be sued here. If you get sued, *you* have to defend yourself. You are assumed to be defamatory unless you can prove otherwise. Legal costs can be £Ms. Of course if you are in New York state you are explicitly protected by the "The Libel Terrorism Protection Act". Some other US states have similar protection.
From: Switters on 29 Apr 2010 04:47 On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:33:54 GMT, J�r�my wrote: > I wasn't thinking of the motorway run stuff. Even now, not many people > do the Couloir des Pisteurs, the Oreilles de Mickey Oo oo, I've done them. Mickey's Ears isn't very difficult though, it's just out the way. But I did enjoy the trees down to the reservoir.
From: Wicked Uncle Nigel on 29 Apr 2010 04:40 Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, bod43 <Bod43(a)hotmail.co.uk> typed > > >-- >Please sign the libel reform petition - no matter >where you are in the world. Get others to sign too. If you're going to have that abortion of a .sig, a working sigsep would be a good idea. -- Wicked Uncle Nigel - "He's hopeless, but he's honest" I've always been a man who's open to persuasion
From: J�r�my on 29 Apr 2010 06:37
Switters <me(a)privacy.net> wrote in news:Xns9D69638E5DEB6swittersnospam@ 81.169.183.62: > On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 21:33:54 GMT, J�r�my wrote: > >> I wasn't thinking of the motorway run stuff. Even now, not many people >> do the Couloir des Pisteurs, the Oreilles de Mickey > > Oo oo, I've done them. Mickey's Ears isn't very difficult though, it's > just out the way. But I did enjoy the trees down to the reservoir. No it's not difficult (although one of the entrances is quite steep). It's a very pleasant route, and I enjoy the walk along the ridge as much as the descent. The Couloir des Pisteurs is steep and very narrow at the top, and a bit of a slog to get to, but spectacular to do. The Pramecou is steep and very exposed. I did it in rather hard conditions, and a mistake would have been serious. It's the steepest of the three - I measured it at 52 degrees; AFAIR the Couloir des Pisteurs was 48 degrees at the top. -- Jeremy R1200RT |