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- From: pan_jt@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Jeffery Tai Pan)
- Subject: Re: European Ski Destinations
- Message-ID: <1992Nov24.002544.19237@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu>
- Organization: HAC - Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore
- References: <1992Nov23.230621.5611@netcom.com>
- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 00:25:44 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov23.230621.5611@netcom.com> rjn@netcom.com (Richard Newton II) writes:
- >Last summer, I got a coupon for a free roundtrip ticket to Europe as
- >part of a promotion from United Airlines.
- >
- >Wisely, I've decided to use it for a ski trip :-). I was mostly considering
- >Switzerland.
- >
- >So, I am asking for some net.advice on a plethora of questions:
- >
- > If you could go to any one ski area in Europe, where would it be?
- > How are the snow conditions now?
- > Are snowboards allowed?
- > Should I take my own skis/board?
- >
- >Thanks, all!
- >
- >--
- >Rich Newton, rjn@netcom.com
-
- You might want to try skiing the jungfrau region. you would probably stay in
- interlaken, which has a wonderful night life. The mountains there are
- wonderful. I went there about four years ago and haven't skied anything
- close since. There is a cogwheel train you have to take to get to the aerial
- tram which wisks you up the mountain.
- I should also point out that the skiing experience there is much
- different to skiing in the states. You usually go to the top of the mountain
- and spend the rest of the day skiing down. You stop off at the next town
- when you need a break. And if you dont make it all the way back down, a bus
- runs the route through all of the mountain towns to pick you up.
- Most of the skiing is also way above the tree line, so the trails
- are not marked off by boundaries. Rather they set up bright orange bamboo
- poles in the snow. As you ski past one, you just aim for the next. That may
- seem easy, but you must also remember that you are often skiing above the
- clouds too. So when you break through the cloud layer, its like skiing
- through the thickest fog you've ever seen.
- As for snowboards, BRING THEM. There were about 50% skiers on the
- mountain. the other half were snowboarders and monoskiers. Oh, by the way,
- the mountains that you would actually ski there are Wengen, Kline Schidegg,
- and a few others that escape me now. I hope this helps :)
-
- Jeff Pan
- pan_jt@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu
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