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My friends and I do not think the same way you do. There is more than one reason for a small group of retired friends from multiple states to get together to ski Wolf Creek during early season. Probably makes a difference that four of us didn't start to ski black terrain confidently at...

If Peter of Liftblog could do it, so can Stuart eventually. :) July 2024 https://www.skimag.com/culture/peter-landsman-liftblog-visited-all-750-ski-areas-in-north-america/

FYI, things have been a bit wonky for not only this forum but also others I'm a member of in the past week or so. All use the same software, Xenforo 2.x, as the Aussie forum. But Richard has a far more sophisticated set up.

I'll be skiing Wolf Creek in the second week of December. Regardless of snow depth, my crew will have a good time. As for the locations I'm following on OpenSnow, starting to check the Snowpack Trend for Big Sky and CB. Those are the two options for the trip that starts in late January. Bill...

I've followed Stuart from the beginning of Storm Skiing Journal in 2019. I stay in touch via email. Met him very briefly at the first Snowbound Expo a few years ago when he was an invited speaker. When Stuart had a full-time job unrelated to Storm Skiing, he didn't have much choice but to...

No longer a difference between Weather and Snow Summary when it comes to getting to the Forecast graphs. In the app, there is a button to click for "View Interactive Chart." The Free Preview will be going away soon. I'm not upgrading to Premium.

Did the gear and suitcases go under the bus? It's been a long time since I've taken a long distance bus in the USA.

When I'm curious about skiing in Europe, I look around the Aussie ski forum. As @Sbooker knows, plenty of folks from Australia ski the Alps on a regular basis. Here's a video of a 10-min lift ride taken on an afternoon from a trip report written back in 2015. The skier/narrator is Anthony...

Maybe Western Retro Hills. I'm interested! :) A molehill in the east is typically not much vert (under 1000) and limited acreage. Makes most of the "small" mountains along the west coast seem large in comparison. I created a list of "old school" ski areas on another forum a while back based...

I like Stuart's stuff because I find the operations side of the ski industry interesting as it evolves. I appreciate that he is visiting as many ski areas/resorts as possible to get a first hand sense. There is no substitute for personal experience. I'm pretty unusual as a recreational skier...

Have you ever skied at a small hill in the northeast? Meaning with 1000 ft or less.

The title of Matt Schyljuk's Daily Snow on Nov. 10 is "Lake Effect Snow."

Zack of OpenSnow does the Daily Snow for the "mid-Atlantic," which actually goes from NC/TN north into western NY. He made reference to "lake effect" in today's forecast for the next week. ". . . Forecast on Monday, November 10, and Tuesday, November 11: The storm system that moved through...

Not exactly the best fit for the thread title, but . . . I've noticed more 3-pack and 4-pack deals being offered for the 2025-26 season. In the northeast, PGRI had the Mission Affordable 4-pack for Ragged for quite a while. That's still happening even though Ragged was just sold to a local...

I had a very good time riding that lift in 2015. Was a bit of a surprise how close the unloading zone was after going over the hump at the Mt. Ellen side. Checked out Sugarbush and Mad River Glen as part of a Vermont ski safari. Lucked out and was at Sugarbush on a Tuesday after a big powder...

Finding variety makes sense to me. Especially when part of traveling for other reasons. My ski safaris in the last fifteen years have been in New England, New York, Michigan, and Idaho. The differences between regions is interesting to experience. For oddball skiing in Europe, I'd be more...

The huge ones are in China. :) Shenzhen in southern China has three. A new one is under construction in Shanghai. The one that just opened is four times larger than the one in Dubai. Makes it about the size of Appalachian in the North Carolina mountains . . . 25 skiable acres. September 29...

Probably not applicable to the trip likely for @jimk 's wife in Jan 2026, but If I were the non-skier staying in Chamonix, I would have no interest in dealing with a car for solo sightseeing. Assuming that lodging was a short walk to a bus stop or train station. When riding a train and taking...

A difference between the 1980s and the 2020s is that with the Eurail app and other apps for individual country railroad schedules, it's a lot easier to get up-to-the-minute info. Although still pays to look carefully at signs once in a station. There was one change where the track had changed...

Worth pricing out the train for the second week. With a senior Eurail pass, would have a fair amount of flexibility without having to deal with a car. Driving would probably be fine, but then have to deal with parking at the destination of interest. I was born and raised in Manhattan, so...