Originally Posted by
206 jock
Just to redress the balance, I take exception to Crab's definition of 'access'. Implying that St Jean d'Aulps (sp) is connected to the Portes Du Soleil is a gross misrepresentation of the facts. I'm really not happy.
For sake of clarity...
In my opinion, this is all down to the young, inexperienced and quite frankly incompetent ski instructors that are prevalent in the Alps. This is clearly the result when instructor wages haven't changed in real terms in the last 10 years.
That said, I have known a number of military ski instructors, who through thorough briefing practices, ensure that all students are conversant with geography, topography and semantics with respect to all things alpine.