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Does that mean the upcoming fire season will be significantly less dangerous or do things dry out regardless? I'm reminded from my brother's regular updates in Denver that it doesn't matter how much rain comes during late spring (leading him to always say "it looks like Ireland here!"). By...

While not about European skiing, this article related to climate change is about a startup based near Geneva so I'll put it in this thread. Fascinating! The writer must be referring to Drax from Moonraker, my favorite James Bond bad guy ("no doubt you have realised the splendour of my...

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Fine The reason I put it in this thread was because the e-mail blast mentioned that Targhee had dropped its longtime "snow from heaven, not from hoses" tagline. Did that occur recently? I'm reasonably sure that they'd had (very limited) snowmaking for a while now so I wonder what pushed them to...

I don't recall ever seeing messaging like this from the most reliable early-season ski area on the continent. Still, it's only November 20; I'm sure they'll be 100% open within a few weeks.

In the spirit of the Eastern Molehills and Retro Areas thread -- once or twice a year I get notified about a new comment to my mid-00s article about Bobcat: https://nyskiblog.com/magazine/eastern-us/bobcat-ski-area-ny/ A guy posted one yesterday that's pretty funny: I grew up skiing there in...

Wikipedia reminded me that Royals Stadium (opened in 1973 and later renamed Kauffman Stadium) "was built specifically for baseball during an era when building multisport cookie-cutter stadiums was commonplace. It is often held up along with Dodger Stadium (1962) in Los Angeles as one of the best...

To state the obvious -- that's a huge advantage when the trip is a week or less. I've mentioned how impressive it is that Sbooker and wife/kids repeatedly tackle that brutal 24-hour air itinerary to the Alps. If I were in his place, I'd give Japan serious consideration just from the shorter (and...

I'd forgotten about the expansive zones between the dugouts and baselines where most foul balls could be caught (similar to Oakland Alameda). A really bad feature of many multi-use stadiums: bullpen warmup areas right alongside the outfield foul lines! I bet that Candlestick made the Giants...

Something very similar happened to me a few days ago and FTO Marc helped me reset my password.

I haven't been following him. Is the Seattle-to-Spokane-to-Seattle sprint his template for destination trips?

I'm tempted to rename this thread Craft Brewery Doomscrolling. To quote @jasoncapecod's favorite line: "It's over, Johnny. IT'S OVER!!!"

Here's what AI say (trust but verify). Q: Please advise on crowds (concerns about school holidays?) and conditions at the Innsbruck ski areas during the first week of March. Short answer: it’s busy-ish but not peak “school-holiday chaos.” Here’s how it breaks down for March 2026 (patterns are...

I'd love to use Lyon as a gateway; however, Montreal is the only airport in North America with nonstops there (Air Canada). I've flown into secondary airports like Innsbruck, Salzburg, and Nice. Pleasant in theory but in addition to the PITA factor of changing planes and the increased...

Forgot to mention that when this topic was brought up two weeks ago, I checked out the Powderhounds page on Innsbruck and saw from the map below that it would be a pretty egregious example of running up one's count -- but "legit" as all 13 are standalone ski areas not connected by a lift. I...

Isn't the big attraction during ski season that you can travel without changes between those two points on a TGV or was the fare differential with a non-TGV a dealbreaker?

Gah. I've mentioned before that the only non-rental-car destination trip that I've done was Munich to Galtür near Ischgl: S-Bahn from the airport to Munich central train station: transfer to train Munich train station to Kufstein: transfer trains Kufstein to Landeck: transfer to bus Landeck to...

One of the places I believed would be an exception to our "always rent a car for an Alps ski trip" guidance was Davos, with the average travel time from Zurich airport a manageable 2:45 and a week's worth of good-sized ski areas where, as noted above, having a car isn't an advantage...

I experienced an incredible display while camping in Quebec's Mont Valin Park (15 miles north of the Saguenay Fjord). Combined with wolves howling in the distance in early October, I would certainly describe the in-person effect as mindblowing.

Not during winter, which is confirmed by their website: "Please note there is no cross-location ski bus connection between Dienten and Mühlbach in the Hochkönig region." I noted in my report that even with virtually nothing but high-speed lifts, I had to hustle to traverse the 11 air miles to...