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Kirkwood's topography is a mostly steep upper half and mostly flat lower half. Is there a problem with the flats getting sticky by...

FIFY. Proximity to the ocean makes coastal climates, particularly west coasts in the temperate zones, warmer in winter and cooler in...

Above, how I've classified them. Though I've come around to the view Les Menuires is separate I'm going to leave that one aside in my...

Hard to argue with that logic. I resisted it because the geographic separation of Orelle looks more clear cut, and since no one seems to...

Mt. Bachelor has the classic 360 exposure. Mammoth's optimal spring skiing can last all day via a combination of altitude and...

And Mammoth after the Cottonwoods close:

On closing day Alta's crowd would disperse gradually, though Snowbird would still make a 4:30 departure tedious. And if you hang...

Fond memories of 2011 Alta closing, part of Liz' and my first week together. Hopefully jimk made it to the Highboy party scene. Jimk...

I don't get this. Once you live there and aren't paying for transport and lodging, that $2,700 is a drop in the bucket. And once you...

More diversity in big cities, but we found Thai in Moutiers this year. We eat at a lot of Asian restaurants in SoCal, and most North...

Not at all. I agree that Kirkwood is a difficult mountain to rack up big verticals with key lifts being slow speed. But tseeb often...

We do not understand sbooker's Euro food comments at all. Liz is always looking for some veggies when we dine out, and she does not...

Kirkwood has never had lift verticals on its trail map. I recall having to go into an office in the 1980's to get that info. But...

The other big issue after Memorial Day is that is when the gondola is down for about 3 weeks of annual maintenance. With both chair 1...

We got out about 10 minutes earlier than on Thursday. The overnight freeze was lighter than Thursday as evidenced by our first run on...