 Poster: A snowHead
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After a few beers last week after another budget ski holiday we came up with a list of essentials on a luxury skiing holiday:
Hotel right beside the ski lift (obvious one but ours always seem to involve a walk uphill for 2km after breakfast)
Someone to prewarm and put your boots on, perfectly dried the night before.
A boot remover, at the ready with prewarmed damp towels to wipe feet clean at end of long day.
Foot massager ready at boot removal time.
Private flight direct to slopes at the start and end of the holiday
Private professional rep to ski the slopes at crack of dawn to report condition of slopes first thing
Private rep to ski for you when you are too tired to bother to do it yourself
Selection of finest wines and beers (not the buy it by the tanker load we normally get served).
Cup of tea freshly made bedside in morning
Someone to tuck you in at night
A packer
An unpacker
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Mon 22-01-07 21:52; edited 1 time in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Outdoor jacuzzi with an underwater link from inside
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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a pair of skis?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Yes I thought the expert prepared skis and feet deep dry powder snow every day were the obvious ones...
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Skis, snow and a bed. 
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Scandi chalet maid(s)
Professional masseuse to ease away those aches and pains...
Decent chef?
Helicopter Transfer?
Complimentary range of state of the art kit to use - saves lugging yours out there
hmm been giving this too much thought... I do like the 'slopes report'.. did a red in Zurs a couple of weeks ago at 9:10am which was just horribly crusty/icy..by noon it would have been great..
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cake buffet
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Pro Plus and night skiing 
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Sharkymark, I fancy trying night skiing. Our slope had floodlights on it last year and it looked fantastic - If I can get to the unconciously competent stage this year I might give it a bash and leave DH babysitting.
To your lists I will add blazing log fire and real hot chocolate when you get back in after that night skiing.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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How about some roped off, VIP pistes? "If you're not on the list, you're not skiing off"
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Large supply of decent British beer in pint glasses 
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I think there might be a regularly arranged trip meeting nearly all of your requirements that someone has just had to cancel in Klosters that you may now be able to go on cheaply instead of them.
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You know it makes sense.
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Why stop at a helicopter transfer?...
Helicopters. God's own chairlifts.
(an EC A-star preferably, although you might want an Allouette for those particularly high DZs)
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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David Murdoch, Don't you have to watch helicopters at altitude - I don't know how high they can fly, but I did hear once that some moutain rescues can't be crried out with them due to thin atmosphere. Are they OK at skiing heights?
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Poster: A snowHead
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a spyderjon 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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A large bottle of Jagermeister, and unlimited Red Bull 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Megamum, I think "ordinary" helicopters are somewhat limited as to their flight ceilings but a specially adapted Eurocopter AStar landed on the summit of Everest in 2005. So I think you're quite right in general. But rules are mde to be, err, broken...
So the AStar goes back up to right at the top of my list - not that I'm planning on skiing Everest any time soon!
Correction: after a ski that does everything wonderfully from being challenging on a well groomed blue run at warp factor 11 to being easy on a crappy snow day with a raging hangover. The single ski quiver - the ultimate luxury.
Corrections all over the place here, eh?
Last edited by Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see? on Mon 22-01-07 22:48; edited 1 time in total
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Somebody to set gates for a GS course and continually sideslip the line to stop big ruts developing.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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A caddy, following you around with a selection of skis.
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Julia Mancuso for the week.
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The certain knowledge that it's going to be the first and probably last time that you're going to get the chance to holiday like it (& very aware that the summer holiday is being spent on a campsite) so that you make the most of every single minute (T minus 6 and counting).
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David Murdoch, Amazing about that Helicopter on Everest - I believe it was documentary about the mountain that I heard about the so called, it now seems, 'helicopter Ceiling'. I think it was a doc. about surviving in exteme conditions and they said that there are 5 or so, so called, death climbs because there are/were no heli's that could get the climbers out, but if your AStar can manage it put me down for one too - no dangle factor in a helicopter is there, I'm fine in flying objects if they don't dangle me, so I can have a helicopter instead of riding the gondolas and chair lifts!! 
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| Julia Mancuso for the week. |
.... Oh I forgot, and somebody to ski with too.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| DB wrote: |
| DB wrote: |
| Julia Mancuso for the week. |
.... Oh I forgot, and somebody to ski with too. |
Kelly Vanderbeek?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Sharkymark, No, Not Champéry............
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Megamum, the problem is, it wouldn't be able to carry more than a pilot and co-pilot or crash and burn...
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You know it makes sense.
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Sharkymark, Wouldn't you think with all our ingenuity we could overcome the problem of hovering helicopter style flight in a thin atmosphere. After all I bet the the Thunderbirds can manage it and surely we shouldn't let puppets show us up.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Just chuck the co pilot out
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Poster: A snowHead
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| scotabroad wrote: |
After a few beers last week after another budget ski holiday we came up with a list of essentials on a luxury skiing holiday:
Hotel right beside the ski lift (obvious one but ours always seem to involve a walk uphill for 2km after breakfast)
Someone to prewarm and put your boots on, perfectly dried the night before.
A boot remover, at the ready with prewarmed damp towels to wipe feet clean at end of long day.
Foot massager ready at boot removal time.
Private flight direct to slopes at the start and end of the holiday
Private professional rep to ski the slopes at crack of dawn to report condition of slopes first thing
Private rep to ski for you when you are too tired to bother to do it yourself
Selection of finest wines and beers (not the buy it by the tanker load we normally get served).
Cup of tea freshly made bedside in morning
Someone to tuck you in at night
A packer
An unpacker |
This isn't too far removed from the Scott Dunn service in Zermatt!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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An attractive French au-pair to go skiing with while the OH is looking after the kids.
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And to go out drinking with while OH is looking after the kids.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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An I suppose a hunky fit ski instructor to keep OH happy.
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Actually, none of these - was only kidding.
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Sharkymark, and conditions where someone needs rescuing are likely to be far from ideal for flying!
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Proper full cooked brekkie
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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pielot, I'm seriously considering sending our bags ahead next year, and travelling with hand baggage only.
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