Recent content by Marc_C

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I've done some searching but didn't find what I wanted... I'm a US citizen on Medicare and will be traveling to Canada. What are you folks in a similar situation doing for international medical insurance? Provider? Cost? Benefits?

$1500 for 4 weeks? Even though some others found somewhat better deals, that's still a great price. A few years ago (well before the pandemic) friends came up with rates on the order of $1500 per week.

Wish I could have been there. Still recovering from Covid.

This thread didn't age well at all. Time for some apologies. https://gizmodo.com/exxonmobil-climate-change-predictions-1970s-1980s-1849980727

Recall that the airport isn't finished yet - that long walk to Concourse B will be eliminated.

Could it be supply chain issues? That was the delay at Alta on the new Sunnyside 6-pack.

Did anyone try asking Copper?

Two things that posts have touched on... 1. Snowsheds -my understanding is that even with the gondola they are included. 2. Avi paths - it will be pretty easy to engineer it so that no towers are in any path. 3. Incentives - yes, locals are the majority of the impact. A huge part of that is...

The speed events at Snowbasin during the 2002 SLC Olympics were on mostly manufactured snow (hence the slight orange tint from the rock strata in the wells) plus natural. As I learned from a course worker, even with that, water was injected to bring the water content of the "snow" to 70%.

I find the maps totally unreadable. They need to be converted from small jpg to a scalable format. You also cannot click from the region listing page - a big usability issue. Another issue is being unable to move the map around with the mouse after zooming in or to reorient compass direction.

Absolutely agree!

Alta's web site has been improved the past couple of years and gives a much more accurate picture. The only caveat is that open/closed lifts include operating hours. IOW, after 4:30, all lifts show as closed. https://www.alta.com/lift-terrain-status

How many active users are there? Almost a dozen? What about unique visitors per month? IOW, is it worth the (or any) effort?

I grew up in New Jersey about 20 minutes south of EWR. The attitude then outside of NYC was “what’s a train?”