A bit more than a month to go, and we already have a few precisions to give regarding the event.
Lift fees > I have talked with the guy in charge there, and he told me the fees price for the event will have to be raised a bit. After strong discussion ( me saying he should pay us for the advertisment given to Zinal etc...) He agreed on a price a bit up from last year, but still very reasonnable
- Price for each of the day will be 10 euros. It will also make payment faster so we get through this painful yelling moment quick
.Basically the resort gives us passes for the 3 days and also some 1 day tickets... We sell them at the meeting point the first day, and the two other days same place we sell only one day passes for the people arriving at the ECS later.
- Meeting point is here (map ) friday, saturday and sunday.
- We are organizing a small video session friday evening in the Zinal ballroom that can attend 400 people. We'll see what we will put on the screen but it will be i think some carving vids hehe... maybe a few rare oldschool movies
. It is going to be unformal but a nice thing to do before getting out again for a drink or for the beauty sleep!.- HQ: Headquarters for the meeting will be the bar at the Trift hotel. Both Nicolas and Evelyne the owner of the place will know where to reach us.
We'll be in the area right after the shower... The bar is small, so we'll surely find other meeting ( drinking ) places. Dining is at everyone's discretion, but since we are going to be 100+, it is unlikely we can all eat at the same place at once
! Almost all hotels there have good mountain food and the village is so small we will all find each others pretty quick!- Safety Issues:
We are going to be a lot of carvers on the slopes, and it is going to be dangerous both for us, and for the other users there.... We strongly recommend that everyone has fun, not comes with a warrior mind, and we also recommend the use of helmets ! also remember the resort is kind with us because we are nice to them, but when we get dangerous and start shooting off innocent skiers or our own crew, they are likely not to like it!!
Safety mottos are:
- Wait until slope clears a bit
- always look upward before / during carves
- wear a helmet
- respect the basic mountain rules such as dowhill person has the right of way, but remember it is hard for skiers to identify your next move and were u can be in 3 seconds, because they have no idea that snowboards can carve uphill !!
That is it for now!
This post will be updated when needed!
Merry Christmas to all !
Nils
PS: i am lacking time for a french or german translation in respective forums... If someone can give a help there
New update: Jan 3d 2005
I have talked to evelyne from the Trift, she told me the hotel is fully booked, but she has noticed that some people are alone in a room with two beds. She said it would be wise since we all know each other from the forum to get in touch and have the empty beds filled with people looking for room! It will split the cost of the room too for those who were alone
.You can use the forum for this purpose of course ( people with empty beds please start a subject !) thnx!
N.
cause 600km are far way to go 
you can join us and get info how it looks up there.
, best bet would be well before or after dinner of Trift.
) then it would be much easier to look daily filmings, perhaps we should offer best seat available for person bringing projector ?? I can promise anyway famous 
and cold weather keeps skiers hiding in their rooms so we have more space on slopes 
