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It’s a dog didn’t bark situation. Saddam was very dangerous, had already attacked two of his neighbors and used WMDs on Iran and the Kurds. It’s pure speculation what he would have done if left in place, but invading Syria when its civil war started in 2011 is a fairly safe bet. Incorrect. ISIS...

Most of them, yes. I have more, but I'd rather wait until I have explored all of WST's links thoroughly.

Detail article in Feb. 28 NY Times as told by two survivors. @jamesdeluxe, please unlock this.

James has been recommending half board hotels including dinners in the Alps for well over a decade. That’s what we did in the Jungfrau (Wengen) in 2024, and nearly everywhere we skied in Austria in 2017 and 2022. If traveling not in a car as JimK did in Europe, you are constrained to hotels and...

Tseeb took a much needed break today as I had Monday when Liz flew to Bozeman. We skied Bridger Tuesday in more cooperative sunny weather than Tseeb got Monday. The clearing weather also meant clear skies for the 4:30AM lunar eclipse. Bridger was in full-on spring mode, so our 10:30AM...

Yes, Peter Landsman is referenced in Worldskitraveller's home page, along with Jimmy Petterson, Arnie Wilson and Stuart Winchester. FYI I'm ahead of Stuart in ski area count (292 as of Sunday), though I'm sure not for long given his mission and our ages. I have also skied 7 continents.

I very much appreciate the detailed response from Worldskitraveller. He may not know that Jimmy Petterson and I have connected over the past four years as rabid Dodger baseball fans as well as skiers. He returns to SoCal (where he grew up) mid-September every year and stays to the end of the...

It's fairly clear to me that many Iranians, perhaps including some high placed ones, hate that government. Some people are consistently feeding valuable info to CIA and Mossad about key officials' whereabouts.

Clearly safest bet in US for that time frame and later this spring. LCC would be a close second with more powder upside. Only as a last minute call. The Northeast run of exceptional conditions is forecast to end with rain later this week. It doesn't matter in Vermont how great the season...

Showdown's lifts are rounding errors. Maverick wins Montana's :bs: award by claiming 2,000 vertical when the real number is 1,500. On second thought I should retract that above statement in favor of Big Sky's 400 inch snowfall claim, a number it has never achieved in 39 years of recording its...

Tseeb and I stayed Saturday night in Great Falls. The shortest drive from there to Bozeman is via Hwy89 which goes over a 6,900 foot pass where Showdown ski area is located. There was almost no traffic on the drive though the parking lot was about half full when we arrived around 10AM. It...

Steeper lines on Great Western have SW exposure. You'll need the same level of dump as in Mineral Basin to avoid a coral reef subsurface on powder days.

Saturday as expected the weather cleared and in the morning there was zero wind even at the top of Red chair. We got there early but it was busy and here was the parking lot attendant directing traffic. Both the original T-bar and the pizza restaurant are named T-Rex. There was an inch of...

For the third consecutive day, wind impacted lift operations. At Castle that is a very big deal. On the main mountain a closed Red chair loses almost as high a proportion of accessible terrain as losing Marte at Las Lenas does. Fortunately this year Castle has a new chair, Stagecoach, that...

This caught my eye from James' link. Perhaps the relative value proposition is starting to dawn upon the general population of American skiers.

Chatter's Pro photographer produced a 2GB mp4 file. I do not have the time or patience to edit video, but I screenshotted a few pics of me skiing.

Again, a shoutout to ChrisC for posting the last-minute seat offer for this tour on Feb. 12. I was staying with friends in Reno, skiing Feb. 12-13 and planning to drive to Canada over the next 3 days anyway due to the dismal conditions at most areas in between. I did have to drive an extra 150...

Almost everyone I've skied with at a remote lodge does this. They have to, given their locations and that some people with allergies need to be accommodated. Mustang's website is upfront about their maximizing ski time, and strong recommendations for fit and experienced powder skiers. I've...

My end of February report is here. Western North America season-to-date snowfall improved from its 58% low point to 68% at the end of the month. For the entire season 1976-77 seems secure in its worst ever position of 58%. But this year is in the running with 1980-81 (69%) and 2014-15 (67%)...

Liz went through Qatar on the way to East Africa. But she came home via Amsterdam, arriving Feb. 26.