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To ski or not to ski - just had big row

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msmatcha · 18/03/2023 09:54

Ridiculous first world problems row but still...

I want to book a last minute ski holiday in the Easter holidays. Maybe Courchevel or similar. DH says conditions are awful, everyone is cancelling, would be an insane thing to do. I looked at webcams and I see snow! But he is insisting that there is no frozen base so the snow will be gone in days. Says he's spoken to people who have recently returned but won't say which people! Arghghghgh!

So I'm asking you lovely lot - please anyone who has recently been skiing - what are conditions like where you are?

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Rainydayparade · 18/03/2023 13:26

Snow is fantastic is Tignes/Val d’Isere and will be until the end of the season. Pick your resort well! We ski every Easter and have skied in Tignes until May 4th some years and it’s fab.

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msmatcha · 18/03/2023 13:29

Rhubarb what is downloading? Intrigued!

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RhubarbFairy · 18/03/2023 13:30

msmatcha · 18/03/2023 13:29

Rhubarb what is downloading? Intrigued!

Coming down on the lift rather than skiing down!

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msmatcha · 18/03/2023 13:30

Wow Rainy that's great to hear about Tignes in May!

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snowballer · 18/03/2023 13:48

Ahh @msmatcha so pleased you talked him round!

JimLaheysWhiskeyBottle · 18/03/2023 14:07

msmatcha · 18/03/2023 13:04

This is all sounding really encouraging.

Nice! If you fancy Norway for skiing, send me a PM. I'm from UK originally but live over here now. I can help you navigate how to do it here. It's not as popular for tourists as the Alps etc, but our Feb half term and Easter hols is when all the Norwegians go skiing and we stay in Norway ;)

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msmatcha · 18/03/2023 17:03

Rhubarb I am going to be using "downloading" in my next ski chat with DH. Favourite new word.

Jim thanks re Norway, will do.

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RhubarbFairy · 18/03/2023 17:29

msmatcha · 18/03/2023 17:03

Rhubarb I am going to be using "downloading" in my next ski chat with DH. Favourite new word.

Jim thanks re Norway, will do.

I spend faaaaaaar too much time on Snowheads. Picked it up from there.

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msmatcha · 18/03/2023 21:35

snowballer · 18/03/2023 13:48

Ahh @msmatcha so pleased you talked him round!

It was you lot more than me to be honest!

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RhubarbFairy · 19/03/2023 12:52

@mmsmatcha

Your thread title reminded me of a bag I got as a gift when I left my old job. Apparently, I talk about it a lot at work.

The bag answers your dilemma anyway.

To ski or not to ski - just had big row
PuttingDownRoots · 19/03/2023 13:02

DH has just returned from 2 weeks in the Stubai Glacier and his comment was less than usual but still loads (it was only 1.5m instead of 2m)

JustAWeirdoWithNoName · 19/03/2023 22:32

Definitely look at Norway! I don't do well at really high altitudes so it's a great low-altitude, snowsure option for Spring skiing. If you haven't already done so, look at the Skistar website for accommodation, lift passes etc.

Havanananana · 20/03/2023 12:05

"I am happy to sit in the mountains with a vin chaud" ... "Currently on the Norway website."

You'll need to take out an additional mortgage and maybe sell a kidney in order to be able to afford a vin chaud in Norway... and drinking while skiing is not really a thing in Norway (and nor are mountain huts with sunny terraces).

JustAWeirdoWithNoName · 20/03/2023 18:59

Having skiied in Norway last Easter weekend and watched swathes of drunken 20-somethings completely ignoring the "don't drink and ski" signs, I can vehemently disagree that drinking and skiing is not a thing in Norway 😅
However, you do have a point about the price

massistar · 21/03/2023 10:11

Friends got hack from Val d'Isere on Saturday said it was fantastic conditions. They're snowboarders and said there was soooo much fresh powder.

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msmatcha · 21/03/2023 14:08

snowballer · 18/03/2023 10:20

We're off at the end of this coming week to La Rosiere. Levels at the top have gone from 120cm to nearly 3m over the last ten days or so. We were booked in already but I wouldn't have hesitated to do a last minute booking and in fact I have three friends in separate trips who have gone out to the alps this week who only booked in the last few days.

If you go high you'll have a great time. But it sounds as though your DH just doesn't want to go and is using the conditions as an excuse, because the conditions are the best now that they've been for more of the season.

Snowballed have you been to La Rosiere before? Are you in a chalet? 3m sounds awesome.

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msmatcha · 21/03/2023 14:22

RhubarbFairy · 19/03/2023 12:52

@mmsmatcha

Your thread title reminded me of a bag I got as a gift when I left my old job. Apparently, I talk about it a lot at work.

The bag answers your dilemma anyway.

I need this bag! Ha!

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snowballer · 21/03/2023 14:33

No never been to La Rosière before. Usually do bigger resorts but we're with some beginners this time and a smaller resort is easier. We're staying in an apartment, self catering.

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msmatcha · 21/03/2023 19:22

Val d'Isere here we come!!!!

Thank you all for your tips and help persuading DH.

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RhubarbFairy · 21/03/2023 21:10

Woohoo!! Great news. When do you go?

QuickNameChangeForMeToday · 21/03/2023 21:14

Fantastic!

DS is at Snowboxx in Avoriaz this week and great conditions.

Kissedbyfire1 · 21/03/2023 21:17

We got back from Chamonix valley on Sunday. Big dumps of snow last week, best conditions we’ve had for many seasons. A little slushy here and there late in the day but that’s normal for spring.
Beside the point, but I don’t like Courcheval!

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msmatcha · 22/03/2023 09:20

RhubarbFairy · 21/03/2023 21:10

Woohoo!! Great news. When do you go?

Last week of the season! Am sooo excited. Telling the DC tonight. Not been for four years so nothing will fit them. God where did I used to buy childrens ski gear?..... hmmmmm.

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snowballer · 22/03/2023 09:32

Amazing! Great call. LOVE Val d'Isere.

Kids ski clothes - eBay and Vinted for everything. There will be sales on too but stock will be low at this end of the season - I couldn't find ski socks for the kids anywhere in the 12-3 size.

Have an amazing time!

skilikeagirl · 22/03/2023 13:48

Decathlon still have kids' ski socks in 31-34. www.decathlon.co.uk/p/kids-ski-socks-100/_/R-p-310775?mc=8555027