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I reviewed my travel since the late 1980's and came up with most of how I got the million miles. 30 trips to East Coast/Caribbean ~150K 12.5 trips to Europe ~140K (The .5 had a return via Iceland on Icelandair), also excludes 2004 and 2013 Alps trips on other airlines 7.5 trips to Asia ~120K...

I assume takeahike46er knows a few monthly ski streakers.

I agree seat configuration is important. Those Emirates A380 seats a year ago are just big/wide/reclinable enough to work for a large number of people like Liz who normally have a lot of trouble sleeping on planes. I cannot predict well when I will sleep and when not. I usually sleep some, but...

Do you continue touring for spring corn?

Is this new policy on Camelback’s part? I don’t recall Patrick listing it in his prior eastern closing threads, but perhaps it didn’t occur to him as it would not to most of us.

I'll be interested in the report in view of:

The weather models predicted mostly cloudy Wednesday with clearing the next two days. Wind predictions were modest. But we know wind and clouds are challenging for the models. On Wednesday night I read Mammoth Snowman’s report from Tuesday morning. His weather guy said Tuesday and Wednesday...

It snowed 2 feet last weekend, prompting a big crowd of locals Monday. The top opened 2PM and was tracked out in 45 minutes. They reopened chair 22 (closed since March 29) just Monday morning for the powder. Since Monday it has gradually warmed, but the wind has been a factor. By our arrival...

Liftlines? That’s somewhat low vertical for Tseeb on a day like this. But as ChrisC noted, Kirkwood is not a very efficient ski area. Our last time at Kirkwood late March 2014 was similarly a powder day during an overall wretched season and it was a zoo. But that day was a Sunday.

I’m not not surprised there there could be a snowfall difference with Les Contamines considering the big difference I just observed between Chatel and Morzine/Les Gets.

Weathertoski and I both emphasize altitude/exposure more than most ski analysts, particularly those in North America. The exposure flaw is skewed toward mid-February and later, becoming increasingly more important every week thereafter. I'll hazard a guess that weathertoski's visits to Les...

The credit card companies are a significant source of revenue for the airlines. They are also insurance against unforeseen disasters like COVID because that revenue is fairly independent of airline travel. Delta has overhauled its program a couple of times, but there always seems to be an...

Not really. Snowbird tickets aren't cheap and have increased in recent years at a similar rate. Formerly nearly all Utah day tickets were a bargain at the local ski shops. Those days are gone in the era of Epic and Ikon.

Obsolete. Notice the big bump in Alta's number from 2003-04 to 2004-05, which I'm sure was due to 2004-05 being the first year of high speed Collins. Snowbird actually declined despite 2004-05 being by my educated guess the best ever season in the Cottonwood Canyons. Why? It snowed 122 inches...

Liz had bad weather nearly her entire week in Chamonix in 2001. Her group skied Les Houches one day and Les Contamines one day. They also went to Verbier and that was the only decent weather day. The areas discussed in this thread are the most convenient bailouts from Chamonix on bad weather...

Crown and KSL are the managing partners, but there are passive investors who may be getting restless about when they will see returns. The SACV is some evidence of that.

I never understood why Backside was closed, so glad to see some flexibility reopening it with the new snow.(y)

Mammoth's storm total was 25 inches and Kirkwood's 42. Palisades got 25 at its base, 29 at Alpine base and 43 at Palisades 8,000. Utah only got scraps from this storm but is in line for at least a foot more midweek. Yes, the Idaho OpenSnow guy expressed some bitterness seeing this with all...

One of the links above mentioned that the Mt. Roberts tram I rode is overcrowded when cruise ships are in port now. The used pulse gondola is obviously a reaction to the skyrocketing prices and backlog orders from Leitner/Poma and Doppelmayr for new lifts. Stuart has had a couple of recent...

That's a good definition for my 98 underfoot, rockered tip but stiff tail Blizzard Bonafides. In far flung areas in the Alps it's not practical to be switching up skis during the day. So I want something that decent in both powder and on hard packed groomers. Even on new snow days busy...