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As I was driving back home today, I noticed all power lines running along the roads in the entire region look exactly the same with wooden poles as those on the ski area. Therefore they are likely Hydro-Quebec lines and not maintained by Altera.

Good memory! It's interesting that industrial Tremblant has the wooden low-hanging power lines from our youth while old-school GP has modern-looking ones. Was this trail open with no padding on the bottom of the poles?!?

...- Skiwelt and Westendorff: two days to see how Austria's intermediate heaven has evolved since we were there in 2003. As a classic industrial joint, it's not a place that I'd target on my own; however, it was fine as an offpeak midweek excursion back then and should still be now. As...

Yes, there is a bit of 'Paradise Lost' in Jackson Hole, with its skier days rising to 800k skiers/year without meaningful expansion of terrain boundaries—definitely a breaking point on some Winter Weekends. Every meaningful lift is now a modern High-Speed quad. Telluride has taken the opposite...

Yes, the north-facing See ski resort and, to a lesser extent, the south-facing Kappl look interesting and under-skied. The St. Anton areas of Rendl and Stuben function similarly to these areas. They are almost standalone (though well integrated in St. Anton/Arlberg). Some of my best all-time...

...inappropriate. Lift capacity and terrain at Andermatt-Sedrun were expanded far more than the bed base was. Andermatt in no way has the industrial ambience that James tries to avoid. This is the most ridiculous statement. Switzerland is the only alpine country where Vail will likely be...

...had similar amounts of snow as Zurs at corresponding altitudes when one might expect a snow shadow from Lech to St. Anton. Ischgl is industrial, but its westernmost sections—especially the newer Piz Val Gronda cable car —escape the hordes and offer powder days after a storm. See Red Areas...

...to go back for Ischgl's upsides -- optimal terrain for my skill level and excellent snow preservation -- however, the various downsides (industrial infrastructure on-mountain and off-, hordes, intoxication tourism, etc.) are so interconnected that you can't separate one from the other...

...Silvretta Montafon is SW of the Arlberg and Ischgl SE. The pass between the latter two regions is closed in winter. Ski terrain in general is higher at Ischgl than at Silvretta Montafon, but I'd agree from comments above that the latter has more powder potential. Ischgl is very industrial.

There was a very in-depth article about Why All Major Utah Ski Resorts Exist Within Just a Small Sliver of the State. Reason #6: Industrial Activity So this just leaves two ranges left in the state—the Oquirrh Mountains and the Wasatch Range—and if you aren’t super familiar with Utah’s local...

...chillers that drop its temperature closer to 40 degrees, giving it a head start on freezing once it’s sprayed. At the same time, banks of industrial compressors generate 32,000 cubic feet of air per minute, and each unit is cooled after compression, so the air leaves at freezing-friendly...

...Collett's travel agency. https://www.colletts.co.uk/blog/snow-making-in-the-dolomites/ I've expressed my general antipathy toward industrial skiing; however, I'd love to take in that particular experience (during a nonpeak period of course). Between the comprehensive snowmaking...

Yes that is the gray area. If it takes little effort (just start your day early) to beat and stay away from the crowds (the Vail, Whistler, Val d'Isere, St. Anton examples I mentioned before) I'm not annoyed at all and still benefit from the variety and terrain quality of marquee areas. Not...

I think that almost every "industrial" ski area has at least some terrain that is either modestly crowded or less (might be a few exceptions, but not a ton at big mountains). I view the term as more related to the experience than pure infrastructure attributes. Just because I can hike or...

What makes a ski resort "industrial" to me is more related to the amenities and target market than the terrain. In LCC/BCC, I agree that Alta, Solitude, and Brighton don't feel industrial. However, Snowbird has great terrain for advanced/expert skiers but feels industrial in comparison. I...

My local mountain Blue Mtn in Ontario would likely be an industrial mountain. After skiing there, anywhere in Colorado seems much better.

Based on a search, I appear to be the FTOer who's always had a bee in his proverbial bonnet about industrial ski tourism, going back to my 2008 rant. More than a decade later, Tony brought up my use of the term "industrial ski area" (which I borrowed from the German-speakers on Alpinforum). From...

I can make that case as well for Vail and Whistler. St. Anton is in that class too: core is very industrial, but far flung connections (Rendl, Stuben, Warth) not so much. These are the places where James and I diverge in opinion. I don't care what the base area looks like if I can find...

I think the epitome of Industrial Skiing is La Plagne! However, it certainly provides many French people with the opportunity to ski at a somewhat affordable rate. But I can see most of the Tarentaise resorts falling into the category, but at places like Val d'Isere/Tignes, you can go so far...

...While in many ways opposite poles of the ski-area world, the former -- as noted above: large, modern, with decent infrastructure and lodges for North American standards, but limited in development -- are certainly not industrial in the way we usually describe the term, e..g. Vail, Whistler.