Recent content by Patrick

35km East of Lyon. Taking the train to Zermatt Wednesday, hoping for the weather to cooperate. Total all the skiing was shutdown in Zermatt and part of Cervinia. Suppose to snow until early Wednesday. We have booked 5 nights in Zermatt (actually Fri-Sat nights are in Tasch, everything was...

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 train Wednesday and head towards the Alps. Some areas have opened this weekend (Tignes and Val Thorens in France), Zermatt is scheduled to open extra lifts...

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 good at Z last season), paid extra (at Z ticket counter) to ski over to the Italian side with terrain for Cervinia and Val Tourmanche open. Not sure how it will...

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 I’ve been seeing (on the maps) in the last few days is that Cervinia lifts has more skiing options that Zermatt right now (top of Zermatt as well as 2 of the 3...

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 shuttle to Montreal to avoid leaving from Ottawa and getting the 5h layover in Montreal. It also doesn’t help when you book only 6 days prior. At that last...

Someone told me about the flatness, but told me scenary is great + we would stop in Lausanne and/or Montreux. From experience, I think Les 2 Alpes was the flatest i’ve skied. 364m =1,194 ft I love many of these interactive maps, live updates for open lifts and trails (open): Tsanfleuron...

To Bourg St-Maurice (end of November SNCF schedule): From Paris CDG airport : 2 connections. From Paris Gare de Lyon : 1 connection From Lyon Airport : 2 connections From Lyon Part Dieu : 1 connection I would say that flying into Lyon or Geneva might be much more convenient than Paris. I know...

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 was 2010: I was in the middle of 7 consecutives days (La Hoya 4, Catedral 2, Bayo 1) In 2008, it was 5 days (La Hoya 2, Catedral 2, Bayo 1). Swiss trains in...

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 Alouettes/Concordes (76-86)*, the new Alouettes (96-97, a few games up to 2013), WLAF’s Machine (91-92)* and league’s World Bowl in 92, NASL’s Manic (81-83)* and...

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 further than 7km from the village where my mother-in-law’s home is located. Lyon is 35km east, Alps 2 hours West. Places that will go or eyeing. Glacier 3000...

No, Midnight Oil skipped Montreal and played Toronto and we were visiting Chicago for the first time and caught Tears for Fears for the 1st time since 1985. I just timed the skiing in order to catch the Oil; initially thinking about NZ in early September, but my calendar was pretty filled up...

That was a few weeks after Pink Floyd Animals’ show on July 6, 1977. That show was an inspiration from Roger Waters to write The Wall. Long story somewhere about the separation between the band and the audience.

Not as much as the bulleyes ahead of the Frankenstorm October 2012 (ie. Hurricane Sandy). Look at the forecast maps in my post. https://madpatski.wordpress.com/2012/11/24/frankenstorm-trick-and-treat-west-virginia-style-part-1-timberline-oct-31-2012/

Le Studio in Morin Heights, like many old lost ski area, it was abandonned and burnt down a few years ago (like the Gray Rocks Inn). A couple of things about Geddy Lee. I’m sure that Tony know that he’s an avid baseball memorabilia collector, he might have seen the interview he did with Dan...