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https://www.facebook.com/share/r/188PtjXKTS/?mibextid=wwXIfr Another shot of snow coming for NZ this coming week. More for the South Island than the north. I’m really drawn to Mt Ruapehu……… Decisions.

This is no doubt the case but in my opinion Snoworks caters to a different demographic given their courses are a mix of guiding and instruction. They don't attract true experts. Their 'off piste' labelled courses are suitable for levels 4.5 to 6, their 'backcountry' labelled courses are suitable...

Not really. Snoworks doesn't cater to true expert skiers. That course is 'level 5.5' and above. They have me as a 5.5. (By that metric the highest level should be 10 - not 7 :) ). I'm sure it would be nothing extreme and a very steady pace. As it happens the timing doesn't work for me this...

The train idea was suboptimal. I wish someone had advised me of that beforehand. :) We will not go on a ski holiday without a car again. (With the possible exception of a week or multi week ski camp at a particular hill like I have done with Snoworks in the past). Like this one in La Grave -...

Gaper move. It’s worth remembering I am not a life long skier. Aside from a few days when I was about 20 I took up skiing at 39. And I have no way of accessing skiing easily from Brisbane. I’m still a relative beginner on the ski journey.

^^^ @ChrisC What month would you spend in Switzerland?

Where would I buy my Lech beer glass? Or my wife her Lech coffee mug?

Fair points. I have been to the area maybe half a dozen times. I fly in and out of SLC. I generally have a couple/few days at Altabird (staying down in the valley) and then drive to GT and/or Jackson and/or Big Sky and/or Sun Valley then come back for a couple more days at Altabird. I have...

I don’t know those old days. I went there first in March 2014. The experience I had there in January 2025 in relatively low tide conditions was still pretty flipping good.

I'd want to hit a snowy period to have to be at Park City for 5 days. I'm probably put off by only seeing it in very mediocre conditions though. If there was a ski area anywhere that I had to stay in for a month on the trot I would nominate Alta/Snowbird. Fresh snow equals happy. No fresh snow...

Arriving in Milan is a good general compromise but it's a bit harder to get winter tyres which might be worth thinking about at that time of year. For a couple of reasons we gravitate to the French end of the Alps. In my experience there is no need to pre-book accommodation at that time of year...

That South America forecast looks interesting. If half of that snow falls I’ll be more than tempted. What dates do I want to avoid? I assume the base will still be ok in early September even if no more snow falls?

Thanks. Or not. Another trip to do. My bucket has time limitations.

Sorry for going wildly off topic but INXS is not INXS without Michael Hutchence. It's possible to ski on actual snow on Mt Rainier in September?

Sounds great to me. How far does that extend inland? To the foothills of the Sierra?

The bar keeps getting set lower. Why don’t his handlers stop this kind of classless vulgarity? “RESTRAINING ORDER NEEDED”. That’s the innuendo-laced diplomatic message the 47th President of the United States, Donald Trump, delivered by AI-distorted image to the 68th Prime Minister of Italy...

Amusing but I don't know why some Australians are intent on yobbo behaviour in public. It's embarrassing frankly.

Doesn't surprise me. :)

Nice analogy and one that I’ll use in the future. Our summer storm forecasts come under this category too.

Interesting that Liz has not skied down here. I’ll make an effort to cross ski tracks with you somewhere that season all things being equal.