Leroybrown

Skied Verbier in 96. I now ski 174cm.

Now we are looking down from Mont Fort, Verbier. It is almost a vision from a dream!!

Chamonix is a good place to visit if you have a car or are on a coach tour(As I was). The coach took us to all the different places. The scenery is stunning and then you can do the "Vallee Blanche" ski tour down the "Mer du Glace". Chamonix is really for more adventurous skiers/boarders and not really suited to families or groups of mixed abilities.

Just like to reiterate le spud' comment on Oz property investors/speculators. In Australia property investment/speculation has quite literally replaced religion as a source of salvation. In Sydney for example you are doing well if your tenant' rent pays HALF the interest plus any strata/body corprate fees and council rates. So who is paying the principal??? Any Japanese interested in making some money on property can sell to Aussies and then buy it back in 3-5 years for a 50% discount. In Australia we call this doing an "Alan Bond" Ha Ha Ha!!!!! PS. Back in the late 80' Alan B

I must sound like a PR person for Verbier. But if you go to Verbier (You should!!!) make sure you enrol in the Swiss Ski School as they are by far the best Ski School in the world. Before attending the Ski School in Verbier I would ski black runs with some difficulty. After attending the Verbier Ski School (4 or 5 days I think) I was able to ski the left side of the above photo (On straight 200cm skis!!!) Basically the lesson was steeps, bumps and touring/guiding but sadly no powder because they did not have any!! I think my instructors name was Eric but basically they teach extreme skiing and

Must be fair to Chamonix and say that Le Grands Montets is also challenging however this is a relatively small area and is not linked to other resorts in Chamonix valley. Verbier is a series of enormous interlinked valleys that seem to be stacked on top of each other. Everywhere else seems flat by comparison!!!!! Leroy.

Just a follow up to the above image. I skied both faces on the above slope back in 96. The left side is the steepest slope I have ever seen or skied!! In my opionion Verbier is the best resort in Europe and blows away Val Disere Tignes, 3 Vallees, Chamonix, Les Arcs. However I have not skied St Anton which I understand is in the same class as Verbier.

Top of Mont Fort, Verbier

Hi all. Went to Niseko in late Jan/early Feb and overall my impression was that Niseko was a great place with good onpiste terrain and wide variety of accessible offpiste terrain and ofcourse heaps of snow. However this year I am keen on Honshu. Really I have only just discovered Honshu via the internet. Until about 2 weeks ago I had no idea Honshu had so much skiing even though I have already skied on Hokkaido. I want to ski both Hakuba and Shiga Kogen and would appreciate any recommendations on accommodation in either of these areas. Also I would appreciate any advice on