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Well worth a couple days when in the vicinity to ski Big Sky. I always ski at Bridger before or after a Big Sky stay. The trip when Bill I caught a powder storm, there weren't long lift lines the first day. However, there were plenty of school age kids. I learned from a grandfather that...

For Alta, I'm more inclined to look at temp forecasts from OpenSnow. I get there on April 5.

There are situations when going with the flow of the universe means not traveling at a given time assorted reasons. From my home airport, I can fly non-stop to three airports in Europe. Looking for a bargain on airfare is not part of the planning process. My friends who live in NYC...

Several years ago I did a ski safari based in the Berkshires to use Indy and picked the Pres. Day week on purpose. Before that trip I didn't realize how close Butternut was to Catamount. I'd skied Jiminy Peak and Berkshire East when my daughter was in school in Boston for three years. During...

The Aussie father who spent the entire winter based with the family at Winter Park for the 2024-25 season got his first tasted of Telluride recently. He brought his daughter for a month of training, again based at WP. She was training while he had a good time powder hunting. Posted March 9...

Reasonably qualified but not that much experience running a community non-profit. The problem for Mt. Ashland has been lack of snow more than any other issue during his tenure. An old friend who is a business owner calls Ashland his home mountain. Gave me and my daughter a tour when we...

In general, school springs breaks in N. America are spread out over March and early April. So the period that includes Easter is nothing like the holiday period around Christmas. For that matter, in the USA the week of Pres. Day is probably busier in many destination resorts than around Easter.

Since Alta is where I ski in April, I look at the Season Totals graph comparison with other seasons every so often. The low season within the last decade seems to be 2021-22. There was a longer period with essentially no new snow, but the total as of early January 2022 was over 100 inches more...

From the description on the GoFundMe campaign set up by his daughter: " . . . She [mother of poster, wife of skier] proceeded to explain to me that my dad had gone up to Stevens pass by himself for a powder day and that his location on find my iPhone had not moved for the past 3 hours. She let...

I know a southeast senior skier who wants to ski somewhere with decent snow in late March. Just got home from a month at a beach area. Anywhere in the USA or Canada is probably fine. Don't think Europe is an option. Experienced former instructor and ski patroller who is not pushing hard...

Thanks for taking the time to engage in this thread. :) What is the original language for your blog? What I see is a French title with German text. Of course translation is available into many languages. Just happens that French is the language besides English that I studied enough to...

Or the marketing for European resorts on Ikon and Epic is starting to register with Americans who have a passport. Makes me think of Australians who only ski at Epic resorts in the USA because they can use Epic at home.

Dynamic pricing is making predicting fares very difficult for all airlines. Same is true for car rental prices. Learned on my recent trip to ABQ on Southwest that their new seating system means people with a SW credit card can get any available premium seat within 48 hours of departure. Can...

Wolf Creek was very busy Feb. 19-21 during the big snowstorm that dropped about 50 inches. Started getting busy yesterday. Quite few people from AZ. This is a holiday weekend for some schools in nearby counties in Colorado. So Super Saver season passes are blacked out this weekend. There...

I have friends who skied it that day. A few for the first time. They went with people who could guide them into the areas with minimal exposed rock. All said the snow was good. That day I and Olesya were having a great time skiing Wolf Creek. No worry about exposed rocks. Spring skiing...

Yep, the process for opening Kachina Peak is based on opening it first for hiking only. That way, the snow is settled in by people who know what they are doing. There have been a few steep areas around the mountain that TSV ski patrol "skier packed" the old fashioned way after the latest snow...

I've been at Alta in April a few times when the lifts closed due to thunder. My ski buddy, Bill, was on a lift once when a thunderclap went off.

This photo is Upper Hunziker. Snow was still quite nice this afternoon. There are a few exposed rocks on the backside of some bumps. More towards the middle than on the sides. It's been my favorite run this week. Did Lower Hunziker quite a few times since that doesn't require any uphill...

Here's a picture of Kachina Peak before it was opened for hiking. There are obviously more towers below and above the three I marked with rectangles. The circle is the top of the lift. The least difficult way down is on the other side of the lift. The summit is over 12,000 ft. Even after...

They opened Kachina for hiking yesterday. Didn't open the lift today. Instructors are saying they wouldn't take students there on the first day in any case. Skiable but plenty of rocks in sight. There were plenty of people hiking the Ridge on Saturday and Sunday. Tracks all over. The 17...