hellyer 216 Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Which Ski area would you spend a winter season with your non-skiing/boarding wife?.......and why? Can be anywhere in the world Link to post Share on other sites
Alexander L 80 Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Niseko. Because. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Which Ski area would you spend a winter season with your non-skiing/boarding wife?.......and why? Can be anywhere in the world I can't think of any good answers to that one offhand. What does the non-skiing/boarding wife like to do? Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted October 13, 2013 Author Share Posted October 13, 2013 Hi Metabo - Mrs SJ likes browzing shops (hopefuly not buying to much), walking/hiking, meeting people etc so a decent size village would be a bonus. She likes the alpine environment, just can't come to terms with sliding on it. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Are you really thinking a whole season? Or just a week or two? It seems much harder if the former. Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Whistler..... Rent her an apartment in Vancouver and she'll be plenty busy while you spend alternating days between Whistler and Blackcomb. Meet up for dates on the weekends... Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 With that kind of schedule, Tokyo would work, too. Link to post Share on other sites
surfarthur 22 Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Surely you can't go wrong with the mighty mt granview? Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 With that kind of schedule, Tokyo would work, too. Yeah.....JR Rail pass for u, 90 mins to Yuzawa, she can potter away in the biggest city in the world Link to post Share on other sites
Slippery Jim 65 Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Leave the non-skiing wife at home; take the skiing girlfriend -- problem solved! Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted October 13, 2013 Share Posted October 13, 2013 Whistler..... Rent her an apartment in Vancouver and she'll be plenty busy while you spend alternating days between Whistler and Blackcomb. Meet up for dates on the weekends... I've never been, but somewhere like that sounds like a good idea. I suppose I kind of live in a ski area anyway. And Mt Granview looms large over the valley. Sounds good to me, that! Link to post Share on other sites
onehunga 26 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 If the choice is anywhere in the world, I'd go to the Swiss Alps. Good skiing and enough for the wife to do during the day. (note, I've only been their in summer, but based on travel shows the skiing is good, and enough non skiing activities to keep the missus happy) Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Yeah I was thinking Geneva or somewhere like that as well. I've never been but it sure looks and sounds nice Link to post Share on other sites
HelperElfMissy 42 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 If the choice is anywhere in the world, I'd go to the Swiss Alps. Good skiing and enough for the wife to do during the day. (note, I've only been their in summer, but based on travel shows the skiing is good, and enough non skiing activities to keep the missus happy)100% Zermatt. Lift access and walking trails to practically everywhere a skier can access. Ability to meet on the mountain at any number of places for a meal/drink, and to sit in the glorious sun drinking in the view as your skiing mate whizzes past. Ski up bars are the SHIZZ! Village of good size with a vast array of shopping, museum, ice skating... Sledding able to be done on dedicated sled piste off the Gornegrat rail. Grindelwald/Jungfrau region. This could potentially be even better. I loved the beautiful quaint village of Grindelwald, loads of shops. Sport center with pool. Grindelwald First mountain had a fantastic flying fox between gondola stations, and also did sledding/sled bikes on dedicated pistes. Gondolas are conducive to plenty of foot passengers enjoying the environment. A short train ride away and you can head up to the Jungfraujoch - the glacier up close took my breath away and I stared at the layers in the ice in the ice castle until PB dragged me away. Fascinating stuff. Little bit further on the train and you are at Interlaken - big city stuff. She could always do a day in there if the snowed in lifestyle at Grindelwald/Wengen is getting too much. Link to post Share on other sites
onehunga 26 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 In a previous life as a tour driver in Europe I got to spend a bit of time in the Grindelwald/Jungfrau region. Beautiful part of the world, and so set up for making the most of the area whatever the season. Jungfraujoch is well worth the trip, been there a number of times and each time it took my breath away, amazing place. Interlaken is great, just keep away from the watch shops, way to easy to overspend. Link to post Share on other sites
best skier in hakuba 5 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Grindelwald/Jungfrau region. Oh yes. Link to post Share on other sites
Metabo Oyaji 71 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Interlaken: population 5,504 Zermatt: population 5,786 Both sound a bit small to entertain a non-skier for a whole season... Even Geneva has a population less than 200,000... Vancouver and Denver might be a bit more promising with populations around 600,000. But really, Tokyo would be hard to beat. Sapporo could be a good runner-up. Even Sendai would probably have a lot going on, with a population over 1 million. Or, possibly, Kyoto? (Probably better for the wife than for the skier, actually, but could conceivably work.) Link to post Share on other sites
Tubby Beaver 209 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Sapporo could work but I figured SJ would've known all about Sapporo cos he's been to Hokkaido a fair bit Munich is a cool city near to the German Alps.....dunno how close to ski resorts tho Vienna? Salzburg? Turin? Link to post Share on other sites
7-11 2 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Sapporo sounds good to me. Is this something you are considering snowjunky? Link to post Share on other sites
634-maru 4 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Damn, I'd need to research that. Do we get spending money? Link to post Share on other sites
Saitaman 1 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Yes, how much? Link to post Share on other sites
pdoull 2 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Directly proportional to cost of trip / skiing. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Tokyo does sound like a good answer to this question. Link to post Share on other sites
Chriselle 158 Posted October 14, 2013 Share Posted October 14, 2013 Interlaken: population 5,504 Zermatt: population 5,786 Both sound a bit small to entertain a non-skier for a whole season... Even Geneva has a population less than 200,000... Vancouver and Denver might be a bit more promising with populations around 600,000. But really, Tokyo would be hard to beat. Sapporo could be a good runner-up. Even Sendai would probably have a lot going on, with a population over 1 million. Or, possibly, Kyoto? (Probably better for the wife than for the skier, actually, but could conceivably work.) Ah..........2.3 million in the greater Vancouver area which is really what we're talking about...not Vancouver metro. Hell, there's 600,000 Chinese alone..... Same goes for Denver....except the Chinese part probably.... Also, I doubt Mrs Junky is proficient enough in her Japanese to confidently navigate her way through Tokyo or any of the other Japanese cities for that matter. It's always a hurdle for me and I've been here for ...umm....a while. And Mr Junky doesn't have to ski Whistler/Blackcomb everyday. There are also Grouse Mt., Mount Seymour, and Cypress Bowl overlooking the city. Link to post Share on other sites
hellyer 216 Posted October 14, 2013 Author Share Posted October 14, 2013 Hi folks thankyou for all the suggestions. Chriselle - Your idea on Whistler/Vancouver could be a goer - we spent 3 weeks in Whistler village in 08 and Mrs SJ filled in the time with some snow shoing, sledding, gondy riding etc without getting bored. Having 100 restaurants and plenty of shops helps. Having said that, a season there could wear a bit thin even though she is also happy just sitting reading a good book........... as long as there is wine! So having a Vancouver base sounds a good idea. We only spent a few hours ther on the way in to Whistler and also on the way out to Calgary but it looks ther would be plenty to do there One Hunga & M Bear - two thumbs up for Zermatt, Grindlwald/Interlaken/Wengen - we have spent some time in each and along with the Jungfrau trip described by you both are some of the most amazing holiday memories. My only problem with an extended stay in Switzwerland for an extended stay is that it is more expensive than most other ski countries. - Hmmn Innsbruck maybe? De Griz - ha ha - I don't think so - one is enough.............................................unless I go to Salt Lake City . As far as doing the season in Japan - that would probably be my first choice but unlikely as Mrs SJ has never been to Japan and is not real good with languages. Link to post Share on other sites
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