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Excellent point by jimk, and likely an underlying source of our negative reactions. It would be like having Patrick ski every June-October month at Big Snow New Jersey. Would his streak mean anything in that scenario?

Make that a false overview in the case of Stowe, or Taos. I am disappointed that James did not inquire on this subject, and I believe the way to go about that diplomatically would be to place these questions in an Alps context. Feel free to follow up, assuming you got his contact info...

Island Lake guides are good at planning ahead. As I suspected the south facing trees were crusted. There was wind in the alpine. We got one run fairly high before they said wind loading was a concern. But they had saved the north facing trees below the Lizard Range alpine, so most of our...

Fairmont has a surface lift serving a beginner run or two. So I say Worldskitraveller rides each lift once for about 1,200 vertical. Anyone here think differently?

Actually I think I did, but part of that info came from the conversation with the mother and daughter in the parking lot. I also learned a fair amount from the Panorama resident with whom I rode the first two lifts on Saturday. I’ll ask James again, “Do you think Worldskitraveller averaged...

Yes there is a ski area there, not just the hot spring. Stuart chose to ski there one of the days on his first (?) trip to interior B.C. Lonnie visited lots of extremely obscure areas like this on his western road trips in 2012-2023. So what was I doing there? 1) I stayed overnight in the...

Today Tuesday was sunny and warmed to about 30F. The treed runs on Mt. Baldy and Mt. Fernie have sunny exposures so we hit some of those again this morning because they will be bad tomorrow and until it next snows, which is expected Friday. The snow was of course heavier in the morning sun...

James, what happened to the Stowe and Front Four questions? It's a concrete example that WorldSkiTraveller's methodology is so superficial that he misses the essence of a prominent area like Stowe. I'm not critical of collecting a bunch of small places, even though I personally draw a line in...

Kachina has been open to hikers earlier this season as EMSC posted. I suspect patrol opens it intermittently based on current conditions. Don’t be surprised if it closes again during the upcoming dry spell. The chair is a long way from opening IMHO on season snowfall of 76 inches. It never...

It will be a while to get through pictures, so I think it’s worthwhile to have an overview thread of the current timeframe. Another problem is that Island Lake’s WiFi works on my phone but not my tablet where my pictures are. My ski days at Chatter Creek were Feb. 18-20. They said it had...

That is correct. I thought Panorama was a strange first choice for Stuart's first trip to interior B.C. Even more strange is that he skied a day at Fairmont Hot Springs, where I skied today for 1.5 hours in the interest of not getting tired before round two of cat skiing at Island Lake.

I know people will be more interested in Chatter Creek, but I took close to 200 pictures, so a big project to go through them. After flying out, I had a 2 hour drive to Fairmont Hot Springs, where I had only reserved one night and found out they were full Saturday night with 4 youth hockey...

But the lift is still closed. Kachina is open, but only to hikers. That hike is as least as tough as Highlands Bowl. 99% of flatlanders can't hack it, and for those of us who try, it's a one-and-done day. The old rule of thumb for Taos being ready for expert prime time was a 70-inch base...

30 years ago Salt Lake County was 64% LDS. That proportion fell below 50% in 2018. Utah had to moderate its liquor laws to get the IOC to consider it. I think the "private club" charade is long gone, though when former admin moved to Utah in 2005 he joined one. Recall how former admin could...

17 inch storm total, that's barely an average week. Base depth is only 44 inches and the Kachina chair remains closed. And the next 2 weeks are predicted dry. My view remains that if Kachina chair is closed, Taos is not the best choice for a destination skier. Feb. 9 is the median date for...

I wasn't recommending an Epic Pass, just providing info. But since sbooker comes from Australia, his trips are lengthy. If he got an Epic Pass he could ski Whistler too.

Vorlage is one of the Ottawa locals. I'd page Patrick but I don't think he checks here that often. Sending that girl down the hill hanging from the lift sounds strange indeed. The article didn't say but I'd guess she was strangled by her clothing. There is no mention with the 5 year old at...

All of the RCR resorts (Fernie, Kicking Horse, Kimberley, Nakiska, Stoneham, Mt. Ste. Anne) are partners on the Epic Pass. Mid-March is usually an optimal time for the 4 resorts sbooker mentions. The Canadian provinces have spring breaks in March, but not all the same week. Ontario's...

Yes, Liz took a hiking pole with her.

Purgatory got 30 inches last week and Telluride 21. Telluride is 74% open, which tells you that the steepest terrain in Coloradod is not yet ready for prime time. I do not know where snowtrekker lives, but Silverton requires several days (and preferable a week) of sleeping at altitude before...