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If you're using objective criteria, why should the winner change year to year unless a resort makes a radical upgrade to overtake the prior champ? But of course clicks will decline if you publish the same list every year. Yes, but in writing for a widespread audience the British should not...

Liz and I have the mindset that is an admirable attitude and need to be convinced when long term rest-of-your-life meds are necessary. In the early 2010's my cholesterol was just over 200 with ratio around 5.0 and my primary doc suggested statins. I did a little research which said not...

An overall best is in the eye of the beholder. But a knowledgeable reader should be able to look at a well constructed clickbait list and say, "Yes, I understand the logic of that particular choice and it's reasonable." Val Thorens passes that test IMHO. In my case you all know that I'm...

So you had to hike to get to the top of the Blackcomb Glacier? Wow! I'm sure I skied the Blackcomb Glacier on my last visit to Whistler in 2017 and probably in the low tide 2015 season also. I have skied that sector of Blackcomb more often from Spanky's Ladder than from the T-bar though...

Schweitzer is going to get more rain than snow out of current storms. Mammoth is in far better shape right now. If you're willing to bite the bullet on the late airfares, Banff really looks like the right choice. I wish. It's not true when you want to ski the Alps. Also often not true when...

I'm a big fan of glove liners with my terrible temperature regulation. Boot gloves I find very effective for subzero temps. I don't want to depend on batteries for anything related to cold weather considering what it does to my cell phone. There's a reason I call it the Great Gray North. We...

Any reason why you, ChrisC, can't take the February slot since you DO understand basic supply-demand, and it's only two months in advance vs. the usual one year?

The Black Diamond Lodge guides are reputable. I stayed there when I was solo in 2011 and had two guided days, one to Goshiki Onsen and one to Rusutsu. In 2016 with Liz, Mary and Rainbow Jenny they guided us at Kiroro and Rusutsu. Liz and I also did their trip ender package to the two...

There's a reason I used the adjective "experienced." For my first 20 ski years I would rarely encounter ski temps much below 10F and when I did I would sometimes have problems. Once I started the annual Canadian trips in 1997 I needed to figure it out. I'm not sure about that. It's fairly...

The tests: The one they start with is EKG treadmill, rarely finds out anything aside from what kind of fitness you have. It lasts 12 minutes with speed or incline ramped up every 3 minutes. They kick you off before 12 minutes if your heart rate is high for your age. Post age 70 they...

Skieric is Canadian. :icon-lol: Most experienced California skiers are good with low humidity single digits F in Colorado, but not so much -10-25F. At those temps I need to be in a snowcat or full time gondola (Kicking Horse). Now I can manage down to -5F or so as long as it's not windy...

I would book, since the window for decent airfares might be getting tight. The current storms that are raining halfway up most B.C ski areas will be all snow in Banff. And since it's not the usual fluff it will beneficial in covering up rocks. Since you live in SoCal and you have kids...

I do include Tremblant among the Northeast areas where I have recorded percent of terrain open bimonthly since 2003-04. At that time I made an arbitrary decision which areas without adequate snowfall info were important enough to track percent of terrain open. Apologies to Harvey for not...

While ChrisC would love Small Groups Steep Chutes, the regular program Feb. 21-23 would not be beneath him. It's a slightly better time frame overall and it's the 4 seats originally used by flyover, John, tseeb and myself. The core of 40ish skiers my son Adam skis with at Snowbird will use...

Adding to to this thread to raise visibilty of EMSC's available Mustang seats in 2026. One seat for pickup Thu January 15, ski Fri-Sun January 16-18. This is the small groups, steep chutes program. One seat for pickup Fri Feb. 20 and skiing is Sat-Mon Feb 21-23. This is the regular...

Details of Dec. 9 conditions here.

I've seen you ski. You should consider the regular February slot. Mustang is a bucket list experience, and remember Warren Miller's advice! Chris C could handle the January Small Groups, Steep Chutes slot. Before anyone asks, my 2026 dates at Island Lake overlap the February Mustang slot...

Yes, the most dangerous cases are asymptomatic until something major happens. Any stent or bypass needed? Those were already being monitored? Were you on statins or blood pressure meds already? Following the example of a friend who had almost no symptoms but ended up with 3 stents, I...

Western snowfall is 59% of average now, but we know that number is coming down over the next 10 days. It is highly likely this will be second worst November/December season to 1976-77 overall. Only western areas with more than just WRODs now: Arizona Snowbowl 93% open on 30 inch base Mammoth...

I belatedly posted Nov. 30 "No Progress Report" last night. I will collect data again today and hopefully get an updated report up tonight. The good news is that I have a new iPhone fully restored from a cloud backup Dec. 5. The bad news is that we now know the phone was stolen because I...