{"id":3034,"date":"2023-01-31T13:52:46","date_gmt":"2023-01-31T12:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/?p=3034"},"modified":"2023-01-31T21:25:22","modified_gmt":"2023-01-31T20:25:22","slug":"stolen-skis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/features\/stolen-skis\/","title":{"rendered":"Stolen skis"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A skier posted on Facebook today about skis being stolen in Val Thorens. Others chipped in with their own experiences. The French resorts seem over-represented, but it can happen anywhere. I had a camera stolen from my chalet in Saas-Fee, Switzerland, one year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New skis cost as much as a \u00a31000 or more, so it is unsurpring they are coveted by thieves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More surprisingly, hire skis are a popular target, so check your insurance covers you for theft if you are hiring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A popular ploy is for thieves to come up to mountain restaurants without skis and ski back down with a stolen pair.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apres ski venues are also a popular target. And I heard a report of an entire ski room at a hotel getting robbed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A good ploy for avoiding theft is to mix and match skis with others in your party. If the staff at your lodgings can&#8217;t reassure you about the safety of the ski room, you might want to keep your skis in your room or in a locker. Often, hire shops have lockers you can hire even if you haven&#8217;t hired skis from them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oatridge.com\/america\/pics\/bg-Nic-Born-Free-Vail.JPG\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>The right skis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>More common than theft, however, is mistaken identity. It is easily done. I did it in Vail once. Skied in hire skis in the morning and someone else&#8217;s skis in the afternoon. The first I knew about it was the hire shop called me the next day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"478\" src=\"https:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/G7X-2015-12-08-255-Large-1024x478.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3038\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/G7X-2015-12-08-255-Large-1024x478.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/G7X-2015-12-08-255-Large-300x140.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/G7X-2015-12-08-255-Large-768x359.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/G7X-2015-12-08-255-Large.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>The wrong skis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I know. They&#8217;re not even the same colour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A skier posted on Facebook today about skis being stolen in Val Thorens. Others chipped in with their own experiences. The French resorts seem over-represented, but it can happen anywhere. I had a camera stolen from my chalet in Saas-Fee, Switzerland, one year. New skis cost as much as a \u00a31000 or more, so it &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/features\/stolen-skis\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Stolen skis&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[85],"tags":[325,343,59,62,100,21,37,40,215,306],"class_list":["post-3034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-features","tag-ba","tag-book","tag-chalet","tag-hotel","tag-mountain","tag-saas-fee","tag-ski","tag-switzerland","tag-vail","tag-val-thorens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3034"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3034\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3040,"href":"http:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3034\/revisions\/3040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.oatridge.co.uk\/nic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}