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BA will get the bags to you, whereever you are. I sometimes recount the scenario I saw once of someone travelling from EDI to LHR and then going on to West Falklands - BA got the bags there even though the traveller had paid only about £60 to get to London.
There isn't a set limit for essential replacements, but I would certainly get your insurers informed, you may need their money and BA's. You can claim replacement hire of skis and equipment, there is a total limit per passenger of about £1,300 per person. BA won't normally go beyond this, but they have been known to do so in out of court settlements. In a sense I am not sure the question arises - would you do nothing until the bags arrive if there was zero reimbursement? Surely not, so just proceed as if there was zero reimbursement but claim anyway.