Mt Voras Kaimaktsalan: Schneevorhersage

Am an experienced snowboarder, wife is an experienced skier. We are lucky to have skied all over the world with our favourite places: "Niseko", and the "Three valleys" Living in Greece with our 4 year old son and 2 year old daughter means that we try to get out for short trips to our local resorts when the snow falls. Recently, we had just spent 4 days of great skiing in the excellent Vassilitsa resort. After seeing Mount Voras from the summit of Vassilitsa we decided to do a day trip with the kids. My wife had been to Kaimaksalan before, however, I had not. So we woke the kids at 6am, and after driving for almost 3 hrs we arrived at a very bare, windy place, that had limited snow cover and a thick fog. Ok, weather is unpredictable, so we thought to make the most of it and rented skis for our son. My wife left to explore the mountain first, leaving me with the kids in the beginners area. This is where things started to go bad. A soon as I swiped my son's card and my own to walk over to the empty kids area, a man from the bottom of the drag lift walked over and bluntly told me I can not have my daughter in the beginners area. I had placed her on a small plastic sled so that I could have her next to me while watching my son practice the basics. I explained that I was alone and had no other option but to have her with me. He said he didn't care and that I had to remove the sled, ok. So I removed the sled and held her in my arms while watching/assisting my son. After about 15 minutes, the man walked back over to us, and asked me to leave. Shocked, I asked why? He said that I was not a skier and was not aloud to assist my son unless wearing skis! Incredibly rude and stupid. I explained that I was a snowboarder and that it would be dangerous and almost impossible for me to hold my 2 year old in my arms while strapped into my bindings, trying to assist my son. Anyway, he chased us out of the (empty) kids area and sent us to an area on the other side of the fence which was basically rocks and ice with a large pile of stones at the bottom of the short run (dangerous and out of the question for children). I packed up the kids and went to speak with the director of Kaimaksalan ski resort. His response was one of incredible indifference. He didn't show any interest or care about our treatment. He admitted that his staff had acted wrongly,but that was it. No action taken. My wife returned from her first session then took our son into the beginners area where he finally started to have some fun. I walked over to the first lift (drag lift) where the same man came out and told me flat, that I could not go on the mountain. When I asked why he said I needed a leg strap for my board. I was just speechless with frustration. I walked back to the directors office and was told that since the government took over the running of the resort that many new rules were now in place. I accept rules are rules. But rude staff and management who don't care about paying customers, together with a limited ski potential and often bad weather and worse visibility, means this resort is now the last place in Greece that I would recommend. Avoid if possible.