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I'm copying my recent comment from the western thread as it may get more informed response here.

Winter is returning to western Canada this upcoming week. As for the East, see corn snow analysis above. I'm sure it can happen but in general there's too much cloudiness, humidity and groomer skier density. It's been a judgment call every weekend this month how to update this chart for...

That's an interesting way of putting it. Reviewers are so influenced by the snow conditions of a single or small sample size visits. I make a strong effort to avoid that. We do that too. Liz pushes me a lot in that direction. Thus the lower altitude Austrian complexes in 2017, the American...

No surprise with today's announcement: Tomorrow is the last day for Snow Summit while

Typical MSM puff piece written by someone who knows little about actual skiing. The Salt Lake Tribune piece is more interesting, quotes Evan Thayer a few times. Deer Valley management may not want to talk about the snow problem, but they are preparing for it. A key point is that the East...

I get why many people feel that way about Europe. I do not get why people feel that way about Canada. That's to my benefit, as I've been up there average once per season for the past 30 years and appreciate the usually low skier density. A cursory search says U.S. customers are now 13-15%...

Shortly after Iron Blosam I looked up the other month-long Canadian road trips to compare, misplaced that info until I started packing for the upcoming trip. In Jan/Feb 2012 I skied 27 out of 31 days, 434K vertical, 139K of powder, included 8 days of cat skiing. In Feb/Mar 2013 I skied 23 out...

See my post #32 above, where the logic still applies. The most important takeaway from the NY Times article is that used EV prices have come down enough to make that strategy viable at lower upfront cost than before.

Good summary above by skieric. That almost surely meant no overnight freeze, thus explaining the conditions. Since the area is closed Monday-Wednesday, the snow was undisturbed by skiers trying to churn the last remnants of powder.

We opted for on-the-mountain in Wengen: a smaller car-free village than Zermatt. It's also closer to Murren/Schilthorn, which we thought would have better/more interesting skiing than First on the other side of Grindelwald. was busy but manageable when we skied it on a Saturday. Our final...

Not surprised. Powdr Corp is not a consumer friendly management. If confined to the lower frontside of the hill as it is now, cooler may be better. And one would presume that Bend's spring/summer activities are available in this weather.

From Bachelor this morning: With high temps forecast 49F, I read that sentence as being a coverage issue with the 38 inch base. Recall a year or two ago I found out they like to have a 50 inch base to get snowcats up to the Summit. Any progress on snowave's rain check to next season?

That's definitely what we saw at Pitztal, though Alps summers are definitely cooler than in the American West. But Patrick has shown us a similarly covered pile at Avila in the Laurentians, which is uncovered and spread out for the July 1 Canada Day holiday.

Given the extremely low skier density in jnelly's pics, it does not surprise me that he scored some good groomer corn. Close-up pics of the snow don't reveal much. It's the interaction of what's on top (smooth and consistent thin layer of soft snow) and the base (supporrable but not hardpack)...

A-Basin and Copper are among the top 5 in North America in snow preservation due to altitude and primary north exposure. The marginal/closed sectors are in high wind exposed terrain when it's hard for snow to accumulate. When snowpack is super thin, sun exposed rocks will accelerate melting...

The expected contraction of Vail's Back Bowls in this weather is well underway. Blue Sky and China Bowl are closed, and only half the runs to the High Noon chair are open. Do not be misled by Vail's 66% trail count, as it has to be less than half of acreage open. Other declines in the past...

Nordkette is steep and south facing: exciting terrain but a vacationing skier would have to be very lucky to ski it.

As noted in the Zermatt thread I have now booked the first four nights at the start of our trip in Zermatt. I was waffling because the weather forecast is unsettled, and you're not skiing much off piste in Zermatt if visibility is bad. Logistics flying into Milan suggest doing Zermatt at...

We have two redeyes with a 9-hour layover at JFK, so we are meeting some of Liz' friends for 11AM brunch. You interested? That results in a nonstop JFK-MXP with the 6:30AM arrival. The problem with the LAX flights is that they land early AM in CDG or AMS but it's close to noon before we land...

With local population base and K-12 spring breaks the SoCal areas would usually shoot for the weekend after Easter. Median closing date for Baldy is April 15. Baldy also closed March 15 this year, but like all the natural snow terrain here was only worth considering the weekend of Feb. 21-22...