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 Skiing!
Skiing must be
one of my favourite things. I started late (1991) but
have tried to go every year since then and only missed
out twice. I mostly go with a bunch of friends, most of
whom I've known for years. Sometimes others, friends of
friends, come along for a year or two, but the core group
remains pretty much the same.
When I started I
was sure I'd never get down a black slope. I felt unsure
even on the flattest blue slopes. By now, I'm proud to
say, I manage to get down most of the black slopes
without serious trouble. However, I still hate the mogul
covered black.
We prefer to ski
in Italy. The food is great, the runs are well prepared
and the people are friendly. None of us wants to go to
Austria—too many Dutch tourists. Switzerland is too
expensive and one of us has been veto-ing France ever
since we went there in 1994. Why? I guess he doesn't like
the French.
What
Slope?
Oh, for those of you that don't ski, some quick
explanations. In Europe slopes are graded from blue, red
and black, except in France where they seem to be graded
green, blue, red and black.
In general the blues (and greens) are wide and 'flat',
the reds either wide and steep or flat and narrow, the
blacks are both steep and narrow. We noticed that in
France they tend to take the average slope in to account
so you might get some fairly steep bits in a blue run.
The following
pages contain some information on the various ski resorts
I've visited in these past eight years.
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Livigno |
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Valtellina, Northwest Italy
(1996 and 1998) |
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Tignes |
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French Alps (1994) |
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Colle Isarco |
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South Tyrolia, Italy (1993) |
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Selva/Wolkenstein |
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Dolomiti, Italy (1992) |
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Monte Bondone |
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North of Trento, Italy
(1991) |
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Yes, there are
only five resorts noted here. We visited Livigno twice, I
was out of a job in 1994 and spent to much money in my
summer holiday in 1996.
Note
The pages will
contain some kind of location map, maybe even some resort
maps if I can get them scanned. I'll also be adding
pictures as soon as I can get them (again the problem of
having mainly slides)
JJH. 1999.04.28
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