окей! кажется, уже собирается команда человек двадцать!
окей! кажется, уже собирается команда человек двадцать!
для тех, кто владеет мовой (Petr, я тебе потом переведу ) - новости о курорте Сан-Фуа, подведении итогов этого сезона и будущем - летнем и зимним.
если коротко -будет еще больше места в апартах и новых трейлов!
вострим лыжи и колеса!
еду опять на две недели в августе на свою альпийскую базу в сан-фуа!
в этом году чето все места расхватали уже, поэтому никого не зову, поздно.
даже некоторые знакомые не успели забронировать...
популярность, видимо, растет. а предложение ограничено
расскажу о впечатлениях
Hi All,
Winter is over again and we've finally put to bed one of the most incredible seasons in recent years. Extremes of every kind, with a completely dry November being followed by near-record snowfalls in December and January, then one of the longest and harshest cold spells we've ever experienced in February. March was mild and sunny, with some great Spring conditions before April brought winter back, finishing the season the way it started. Closing day at Sainte Foy was incredible, with over 40cm of cold, fresh snow giving one of our best day's riding in a long time. Stevo stretched the season out as far as it would go, still snowboarding well into May, but it's now hot and sunny, the bikes are out and we've been out riding and exploring new trails. Big thanks to Pop, Peter, Terry, Robyn & Terry for helping us make it another great winter. The photo on the right of our friend Niall just about sums up an epic season. We have loads of news for you, so I'll stop reminiscing about the powder and get on with it.
New website launch
A whole new version of www.whiteroomchalet.com went live just last night. It's been a lot of work, but we're really pleased with the new look. Thanks a lot to Steve Milne, Matt Parsons at Button Web-Design and many others for graphic design input, help, advice and beta-testing.
Summer 2012
White Room News - new chalet, new vans and limited space left
First things first, summer 2012 season is now only 2 weeks away. We've been completely blown-away by the the demand for mountain-bike holidays this year, with many weeks sold-out as far back as January! This has meant that it's been really difficult for us to schedule-in some of our specialist weeks such as the Alpine First-timers' Coaching weeks, but you can be sure these will be back in the future.
Big news is that we'll be moving to a new chalet this summer. It is just down the road from the old one and should be a big change for the better - more space, all en-suite rooms, sauna and better bike-storage.
We have a new chalet team this summer (James & Mel will be cooking and hosting), but we've stuck with our policy of only working with really experienced chefs and we're really looking forward to another summer of fantastic food. Main guides this summer will be Stevo and Yvan (who is currently warming up for the season with 3 weeks in Whistler and the North Shore!) and Iona will be combining guiding and driving.
We've just bought our own house in the valley and have a big renovation project to manage, so all weeks this summer will be limited to a maximum of 8 riders in order to keep our lives a little bit sensible. Combining that with the huge rush of early bookings means we have very little space leftfor this season, although a few late changes have opened up one or two more slots recently. Full details at www.whiteroomchalet.com/sumprices.htm but in summary there is space remaining for the weeks of 9th June (3), 23rd June (3), 21st July (3), 28th July (1), 11th August (2) and 18th August (3). All September backcountry weeks also still have a few spaces left.
We have, as always, been out exploring new trails over the Spring and last autumn. Stevo has been finding lots of cliffs and whole oceans of nettles recently, but also some cracking new trails. We've been focussing our efforts slightly on trails a little further down the valley as the massive snowfall this winter means there is still a lot of snow around at altitude and we want to make sure we have plenty of options for the early-season weeks.
Finally, our faithful and much-abused minibus lost anargument with a snow-plough over the winter. We've invested in a 9-seat Landrover Defender which should reduce the amount of climbing required on our backcountry weeks and also open-up some new trails which have previously been too remote to consider. We'll also be picking up a new minibus in time for the start of the season.
MTB World Cup comes to the Tarentaise
For the weekend of 28th/29th July, the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup is coming to Val d'Isere. It will be a triple-header event featuring Downhill, Four-Cross and Cross-Country. A world-cup round is an amazing spectacle, we've been to see the Scottish round at Fort William in the past and can't wait to have it on our doorstep this summer. We'll be making plans for that weekend to give people the chance to go and see some of the racing, although if you'd rather just ride, we can totally understand that too! Mountain Biking in Val d'Isere has come from nowhere to hosting a World Cup round in the past couple of years, and we're hoping this is going to mean new investment in trails and facilities up there. This will be the final round of the DH season and is likely to see the top riders pushing it to the limit to decide the overall championship.
Hire Bikes
For this summer, we're going to be offering our own hire bikes once again. Bikes this summer will be the awesome Orange Alpine 160. We have kept the rental price down to £149 per week which starts to look pretty similar to the cost of buying a bike bag, then flying your own steed back and forward. If you're not sure your bike is up to a week in the Alps, maybe you should just ride one of ours? Availability will be very limited, so contact us early if you do want to hire.
Winter 2013
Next winter is going to see some really big changes for us. Firstly, we're moving out of Chalet TinTin. We're a little emotional about this as we love the quirky charm of the chalet and our business was born and has grown there over the last 5 years, but the owner is keen to sell it and we've decided it's best to move on. So, bye-bye TinTin and thanks for all the memories!
In Chalet Bazilhote, Peter & Terry have decided to take a well-earned break from their frantic record of 18 Alpine/Aussie seasons back-to-back. Massive thanks to them and a hard act to follow! Peter has established a reputation for fantastic food in Chalet Bazilhote and we have every intention of keeping that up. We'll be choosing our chef for next winter very carefully to make sure the cuisine remains a little bit special.
So, lots of big changes ahead, but all good we hope and we're looking forward to another great summer season of mountain biking and another winter to come!
Cheers,
Stevo & Iona
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Это новости с курорта-нас отвезут 28-го / 29-го июля кубок мира в вальдизере, у нас новый транспорт - дефендер, чтобы забрасываться в более интересные места, новое, более просторное шале, ну и все в таком духе
e-Leonid, ты сам когда едешь ?
Я с 28 июля по 11 августа.
Немного обновил байк к поездке: хаммершмидт, руль атлас фр 780 мм,проапгрейдил реверб, резина, естессно,минионы.
Ну да, вес немножечко зашкалил за норму АМ
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Последний раз редактировалось e-Leonid; 22.07.2012 в 19:56.
оба миньона - 2.5
зад - бескамерный, а перед, стыдно сказать - гетто тюблес (двойные стенки на проволоке, но без камеры, на ободе 5.1, конвертированном лентой, и с герметиком).
не могу описать, как не хотелось снимать спереди фэт альберт, который в юст версии в два раза легче
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Итак, пошла вторая неделя катания. Все как обычно, прикольно, хорошее сочетание естественных синглтреков с катанием в байк-парках: Tignes, Les Arcs, Thuille, в этом году добавили Pila в Италии. Похоже на Thuille, но спуски подлиннее и покруче. В байк парках довольно пыльно, если нет дождя. И тормозные бугры, конечно. На синглтреках чище, и нет народу.
В горах, если жарко (около 30), частенько бывают грозы по ночам. Здесь, что хорошо, очень быстро сохнет грунт, он не глинистый, как в Морзине и Моржан в Швейцарии, а каменистый, и уже черех час все более-менее сухо. Но вчера были три грозы в течение дня, мы прскочили между ними, но сегодня дождь зарядил с утра до четырех дня, ришлось кататься под дождем. Стремно на корнях и камнях, но весело.
Правда, вскрыл икру маленько педалями,Вложение 120513 но не убирался ни разу а мокром. кстати, у них есть специальные наклеечки типа искусственных швов, стягиваешь разрез, и он быстрее срастается.
Номад зачехлен, задний треугольник неожиданно лопнул на ровном месте в районе дропаута. Катаюсь на прокатном Orange Alpine 160 за 180 евро в неделю, большинство навески переставил, прокатное говно не так удобно (тормоза, руль, педали, пер. Колесо). Но вилка марзока 55 неплоха, и задний аморт дшх 4.0 с титановой пружиной тоже. Жалко, реверб не воткнуть, диаметр маловат. В общем, байк очень живой и активный.
Бродят мысли, всетаки купить на следующий год настоящий фр байк с двухкоронкой для альпов. Вес, один черт, почти одинаковый с номадом (он у меня 17,2 кг сейчас), а в руки все-таки меньше будет прилетать.
Ну, или на крайняк, воткнуть вилку на 180 ( в идеале марзоку 66 ево рс3 ти).
Кстати, камерный минион сел идеально на 5.1., вообще безвопросов.
Последний раз редактировалось e-Leonid; 06.08.2012 в 19:07.
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