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35km East of Lyon. Taking the train to Zermatt Wednesday, hoping for the weather to cooperate. Total all the skiing was shutdown in...

In case @Patrick wants to go on a long train ride :icon-lol: -- here's a report live as it happened today from Hintertux...

Driving back from Lyon last evening -2c. Today you cam see the snow in the hills du Bugey just few kms east of here. Taking our leave by...

Skied 2 days on Dec 8-9 last year. Day 1, wind and no vis higher so upper Zermatt and connection was closed. Day 2 with the Ikon (only...

Decided to drop Glacier 3000, we’ll focus Ikon places. Not many days left on this trip with all the work left to do here.

Agree. What Glacier 3000 gives on its map is detailed lift specs which I just notice that Zermatt doesn’t on its map. Based on what...

Snow is coming to the Alps soon, but more importantly, it's going to snow in the valleys. And even the Dolomites with an Adriatic low...

I didn’t take that into account, flying from Ottawa and are few direct oversea flights. London, Paris : yes. Lyon: no. We took the bus...

Someone told me about the flatness, but told me scenary is great + we would stop in Lausanne and/or Montreux. From experience, I think...

To Bourg St-Maurice (end of November SNCF schedule): From Paris CDG airport : 2 connections. From Paris Gare de Lyon : 1 connection...

I recall only leaving early to catch the bus from Esquel to Bariloche. I only didn’t miss the next as I was skied the next day. If this...

I saw that you mentioned that Toronto’s Skydome was former CFL’s Argos former home. Olympic Stadium was former home to the CFL’s...

Temps finally dropped. Most lifts at Zermatt closed today due to low vis and snow. Since I arrived in France on Nov 4, we haven’t gotten...

No, Midnight Oil skipped Montreal and played Toronto and we were visiting Chicago for the first time and caught Tears for Fears for the...

I watched it last night. It's a very detailed documentary that Patrick should appreciate but perhaps a bit too "inside baseball" for...