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Given that the square on view of the massif is from Murren/Schilthorn, it’s hard to believe view from First would be as impressive.

I believe that’s when ChrisC scored the off piste couloirs in the Dolomites. Our last late season trip to Europe was in 2022 and we knew the southern Alps were bad then. Wasn’t that known in 2025 also? Here in Zermatt the coverage on Hohtalli is adequate. The issue is that the snow is...

When are you coming to Europe? Courmayeur off piste descends to the valley floor, where coverage may not be adequate. Grands Montets still does not have its upper tram. ChrisC would tell you to consider the heliskiing in Courmayeur. For off piste you might want to look at Verbier, which is...

Palisades said in a Tuesday blog post that the lack of snowfall and “quickly diminishing base” will stop the resort from making it to its targeted May 25 closing date. Instead, the resort is hoping to stay open until “late April,” although that date is not guaranteed. The resort is hoping to...

Yes it was bluebird, so we got quite a few pics that we did not in the more cloudy and snowy weather of 2014. I will post that TR before too long, but I was asked to evaluate the off piste ASAP. Unfortunately that report is not favorable and it will take more than 5 inches to reset. Rote...

Not ready for prime time, pics below from today. I saw exactly one track from the Rothorn tram on that face. Pics were taken about 230PM and in full sun with partial west exposure. I'd guess the real issue is declining snowfall west to east: Cernivia > Klein Matterhorn > Hohtalli >...

We passed Rothwald at 1PM, decided that was too late to change clothes and ski. We got to Zermatt early enough to walk around town and find the Zermatters office.

Our plane was taxiing at JFK, stopped abruptly, knocking over a flight attendant who was injured and needed to leave the plane. Then all 8 brakes were checked to prevent a recurrence so the plane took off and landed 2 hours 10 minutes late. So we landed 8:40am and did not get out of Milan...

40 minutes to get through TSA PreCheck at JFK ~3pm this afternoon. I overheard the regular line was an hour and 40 minutes. LAX 10pm last night was no problem at Delta headed east. But car traffic was heavy so I suspect the international flights headed west had longer security lines.

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.