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    Serre Chevalier+Montgenevre 2/2/26-2/7/26

    He did. I couldn’t believe how well they turned out. Almost like we had a professional photographer with us. Any photos I took myself looked awful in comparison. It helped that the terrain was mostly mellow. I tense up in high/technical spots and this terrain lent itself to just letting it rip.
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    Serre Chevalier+Montgenevre 2/2/26-2/7/26

    Some more videos from our last day at Montgenevre
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    Serre Chevalier+Montgenevre 2/2/26-2/7/26

    After a lot of false starts, a flight cancellation, and a switch from Zurich to Milan I ultimately decided to take our group of 4 to Serre Chevalier. The forecast showed a storm for much of the southern alps for Monday evening and on and off snowfall/clouds throughout the rest of the week. Given...
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    Europe 2025/26

    Hope you make it down Chris. Putting a TR together but we just wrapped up a great few days. 4 at Serre and 1 at Montgenevre. Plenty of snow. 2 of the days were as good as I’ve had anywhere.
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    Europe 2025/26

    I have a big fear of heights and usually struggle without my skis on in those situations and found the Courmayeur cable car entrance to the VB a perfect alternative. Not sure how much of the experience I missed by doing it that way but I was glad to avoid the walk down.
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    Europe 2025/26

    Chris, are those figures CM or IN? I assume IN. Remains astonishing how difficult it is to get accurate snowfall information from these areas in the absence of live trip reports. Whiterisk reports 7 cm at the Titlis station for the past 3 days. Opensnow, which is normally highly suspect...
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    Europe 2025/26

    Read through all previous trip reports. All seem great and worth trying. Am pretty agnostic between Monterosa ViaLattea and Cervinia and will likely decide based on guide/hotel availability. We need 3 rooms and have found options fairly limited across all areas. Pretty surprising given it is...
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    Europe 2025/26

    We were able to rebook our flights for next Sunday 2/1 to Milan which seems like an upgrade over Zurich. Thankfully the snow in New York got us a full refund . Nothing booked yet but I emailed the guiding offices in Cervinia and Monterosa as those look like the best options within 2.5 hours (did...
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    Europe 2025/26

    Sounds like you've got a nice long trip. My dad actually decided to join for this trip and hes not physically able to ski on arrival day at this point so I will have a day to reposition. Expands my range quite a bit so verbier or even zermatt is fine. Sounds like a better mountain for a mixed...
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    Europe 2025/26

    @ChrisC What are your takes on Verbier or Engelberg for Tuesday-Friday of this coming week? Does one have better tree lined pistes and off-piste trees available? The forecast looks snowy for both all week. I am concerned about visibility and do have the ability to reschedule for March. We would...
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    Europe 2025/26

    I have a refundable flight to Zurich on Sunday and nothing else booked. Keeping my eye on potential snow in the Friday-Monday period but also on a heavier storm next week. I am happy to go if some snow over the weekend materializes and then the forecast clears up for next week. But the idea of...
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    Europe 2025/26

    Kicking myself that I'm locked into Zurich and not Geneva. France definitely seems headed in the best direction. Still have a couple of weeks before I need to decide anything.
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    Europe 2025/26

    I can likely change flights to Milan or Geneva as i booked with miles. I like the Zurich flight because it arrives at 630 AM and I can be skiing by 930/10 and only have 4 full days of skiing to begin with. But if need be I can either change destinations or cancel entirely and try again in March...
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    Europe 2025/26

    Starting to be real concerned with my 1/26 trip to Zurich. The next 10 days seem bleak and there has been little snow in a month within my 2.5 hour radius for the most part. Not that out west is looking great either. This stinks!
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    Europe 2025/26

    You would be shocked how much I fret over these one or two runs...Its a sickness of some kind.
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    Europe 2025/26

    Davos looks great and our week is just after that event so probably lodging will be cheap yes. It is just outside of the 2 hour ring around Zurich i was hoping to stay within though. I have loved both visits to Alberg and St Moritz if I were willing to drive a bit further but with such a tight...
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    Skiing Alongside A City (e.g. Innsbruck)

    I did this trip many years ago. Without a car, I relied on the town bus to get to the different resorts. Ski'd mainly Axamer Lizum and Stubai Glacier. The Nordkette in town was a bust, it was not skiiable when we were there. It was a wonderful city to spend time in but the ski logistics were...
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    Europe 2025/26

    Hobacks are certainly fine. If using Jackson as a gauge, the steep stuff under thunder and sublette are typically fine but I would never touch Corbetts. Andermatt does sound slightly more appealing if conditions force us into more cruising. We will likely wait to book a resort until the week of...
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    Europe 2025/26

    I too am planning a late January trip. As usual, I will have a tight 5 day window and try to ski on arrival day in Zurich (land at 6:30 AM) and departure day (depart Zurich 5:30 PM). Engleberg and Andermatt have long interested me because of their convenience and snow sureness but I am concerned...
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    "Unprecedented" April Snowstorm

    There also seems to be the issue of snow quality preservation after these big dumps. Last season i waited until 4 days before my trip to book Courmayeur seeing 2+ feet in the forecast but one warm day following the storm (1st week of March) and all of the off piste except one northern facing...
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