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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...

The picture nathanvg posted looks like some of Baldy's chairs, which have a similar footrest setup. Baldy's Thunder chair is center pole at the back of the chair like Riblets and does not have a bar. I don't remember Silver King. However Stuart's focus is on the U.S. so it's not surprising...

I would expect the Rockies region to be down some in this year’s NSAA Kottke Report. There are no state by state breakdowns though. And the decline will be more modest than in bad years in the Pacific States due to higher proportion of destination skiers who are inflexible. United is not...

This week's bonanza of snow has been mostly in the Sierra and Utah's Cottonwoods, but there are a few big winners in other regions: Arizona Snowbowl 46, Wolf Creek 50, Fernie 42. Schweitzer got 32 inches, moving from 55% to 99% open. Most of Colorado had an average week of 1-1.5 feet, which is...

I would agree that 2 feet new at Park City is preferable to 4+ feet and the traffic junkshow in LCC. However, some of Park City must be low tide at now 78% open. Still, that's an improvement over 61% last week.

Lucky for me the current cold snap coincides with me cat skiing rather than riding chairs. Forecasts say yesterday was coldest day, gradually warming over next few days.