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I know that. That's the argument for counting as three areas. I should have specified Val Thorens was the fourth developed ski area. Liz is occasionally stricter on ski area definition that I am. Last night I found one example where she is not. She counted Oz Vaujany as separate from Alpe...

"The Blob" was a phenomenon of persistent high pressure along with the warm water that was the primary factor in California's worst ever 2013-14 and 2014-15 seasons in succession, barely nosing out 1975-76 plus 1976-77. 2013-14 was neutral and 2014-15 was weak El Nino. El Nino has a reputation...

I see no logic in counting 3 Vallées as one given: 1) Massive scale 2) Defined domain single area lift tickets at a discount from the 3 Vallées pass. We all bought single area tickets the day we skied together at Courchevel. I can see a strict interpretation of geography and nomenclature...

Reminded me some of Vail's Back Bowls, but the spring no overnight freeze conditions weren't great. Yes, #2 in the 2025 Vanat Report: I'd guess Plagne Centre is the largest lodging base at that elevation (1,970) in the Alps. We drove to it and had a hard time figuring out where to buy lift...

I was unable to copy in any way other than a screenshot of what displayed on the computer. Picture to .xlsx conversion requires a Microsoft 365 subscription. One of the solutions I tried earlier was very close. I reached out to Xenforo Marc, who suggested: Replacing /pubhtml (at the end of...

Yes, and I should have realized you're only taking it one way if skiing Vallee Blanche from that side.

I have wasted over two hours trying to download this file: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQWNiBrrz1TOMRDnh4v4szob_nKany9HhE-YyXU-Mg1h9vCstNG4MlRDAAhVGxtuaoXEdbjbUltkzok/pubhtml This is Mammoth's daily snowfall record, which I have routinely downloaded or copy/pasted for...

The road to the Remarkables approaches from the north so much of the current area has bad exposure. Doolans will improve that. A Google Earth measurement shows that the expansion is about 1,200 vertical feet at an overall intermediate 4-1 length to vert ratio. This compares to 3-1 at...

We only had one day at La Plagne. The absolute definition of industrial skiing. At least it's big enough that you don't need to spend a lot of time in those sectors. I had 3 days in 2013 plus a shortened day with Liz in 2017. Of the satellite areas I had half days at Madrisa and Jakobshorn...

This is why I :brick: at sbooker's reluctance to rent skis on powder days. That would be in January. Sbooker has scheduled this trip for late March, which might be the only time all 6 people are available. Yes, but if staying in Chamonix you're doing a round trip through the Mont Blanc...

Me neither. I divided by lift ticket domain, Verbier proper plus Nendaz-Veysonnaz. I have a vague recollection that you have to have a combined ticket to go up Mont Fort. Staying in Sierre in April 2002, we drove to the Nendaz base, skied to Veysonnaz and still had time for one run up Mont...

I'd question Castle because they have very little snowmaking. There could be many areas that will do it for their local race programs when weather cooperates. But I presume elite race programs want to be confident with the combination of early season climate and snowmaking power that Sun...

Goat's Eye has no chance of ever lasting this long. I've seen melt/freeze there in February and rocks emerging in April. Standish and Strawberry are north facing but very intermediate. The groomers very much need to be salted or the corn window will be short or nonexistent. I'd very much...

Yes, and I need to figure out how to get it into my suitcase for our trips. This list above is mostly the usual suspects. Davos/Klosters is interesting because it was the first place in the Alps that I had a whole day of non-competitive powder in what is a primarily intermediate resort. It's...

I just happened to know about Sun Peaks. A quick Google search revealed that Nakiska and Panorama do it too. I also inquired about Lake Louise, but it's in a National Park so the public is prioritized over restricted race training. Kicking Horse has a local alpine race team that may get on...

This seems like the correct advice. Late March should be more filled in and less sketchy than what Jimk reported, surely within Kylie's comfort zone from a skiing perspective more like Liz and I had in 2018. I agree. Guides surely won't commit to a 5-6 hour day with significant odds of bad...

Sun Peaks competes in that market too (early November before public opening). So the top racers prefer fresh manmade to leftover melt/frozen glacier snow?

AFAIK that has always been true, and thus the reason almost no one counts Orelle separate. To me the "right number" of areas of that massive complex is four, but I defer to the consensus of defining the boundaries by lift ticket domain. Lift ticket domain is also useful for sorting out the...

Welcome to Hombre de las Nieves and thanks! We are still waiting for @ChrisC's TR from Aug/Sep 2024.

Blackcomb did not exit until 1980 and the Hortsman/Showcase T-bars did not open until 1986. Whistler's alpine T-bars were open at its 1966 inception and possibly had year round snow that long ago. My impression is that the racers are more interested in September with the firmer snow and closer...