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Chris, are those figures CM or IN? I assume IN. Remains astonishing how difficult it is to get accurate snowfall information from these areas in the absence of live trip reports. Whiterisk reports 7 cm at the Titlis station for the past 3 days. Opensnow, which is normally highly suspect...

Read through all previous trip reports. All seem great and worth trying. Am pretty agnostic between Monterosa ViaLattea and Cervinia and will likely decide based on guide/hotel availability. We need 3 rooms and have found options fairly limited across all areas. Pretty surprising given it is...

We were able to rebook our flights for next Sunday 2/1 to Milan which seems like an upgrade over Zurich. Thankfully the snow in New York got us a full refund . Nothing booked yet but I emailed the guiding offices in Cervinia and Monterosa as those look like the best options within 2.5 hours (did...

Sounds like you've got a nice long trip. My dad actually decided to join for this trip and hes not physically able to ski on arrival day at this point so I will have a day to reposition. Expands my range quite a bit so verbier or even zermatt is fine. Sounds like a better mountain for a mixed...

@ChrisC What are your takes on Verbier or Engelberg for Tuesday-Friday of this coming week? Does one have better tree lined pistes and off-piste trees available? The forecast looks snowy for both all week. I am concerned about visibility and do have the ability to reschedule for March. We would...

I have a refundable flight to Zurich on Sunday and nothing else booked. Keeping my eye on potential snow in the Friday-Monday period but also on a heavier storm next week. I am happy to go if some snow over the weekend materializes and then the forecast clears up for next week. But the idea of...

Kicking myself that I'm locked into Zurich and not Geneva. France definitely seems headed in the best direction. Still have a couple of weeks before I need to decide anything.

I can likely change flights to Milan or Geneva as i booked with miles. I like the Zurich flight because it arrives at 630 AM and I can be skiing by 930/10 and only have 4 full days of skiing to begin with. But if need be I can either change destinations or cancel entirely and try again in March...

Starting to be real concerned with my 1/26 trip to Zurich. The next 10 days seem bleak and there has been little snow in a month within my 2.5 hour radius for the most part. Not that out west is looking great either. This stinks!

You would be shocked how much I fret over these one or two runs...Its a sickness of some kind.

Davos looks great and our week is just after that event so probably lodging will be cheap yes. It is just outside of the 2 hour ring around Zurich i was hoping to stay within though. I have loved both visits to Alberg and St Moritz if I were willing to drive a bit further but with such a tight...

I did this trip many years ago. Without a car, I relied on the town bus to get to the different resorts. Ski'd mainly Axamer Lizum and Stubai Glacier. The Nordkette in town was a bust, it was not skiiable when we were there. It was a wonderful city to spend time in but the ski logistics were...

Hobacks are certainly fine. If using Jackson as a gauge, the steep stuff under thunder and sublette are typically fine but I would never touch Corbetts. Andermatt does sound slightly more appealing if conditions force us into more cruising. We will likely wait to book a resort until the week of...

I too am planning a late January trip. As usual, I will have a tight 5 day window and try to ski on arrival day in Zurich (land at 6:30 AM) and departure day (depart Zurich 5:30 PM). Engleberg and Andermatt have long interested me because of their convenience and snow sureness but I am concerned...

There also seems to be the issue of snow quality preservation after these big dumps. Last season i waited until 4 days before my trip to book Courmayeur seeing 2+ feet in the forecast but one warm day following the storm (1st week of March) and all of the off piste except one northern facing...

Love A-Basin. If it was my local mountain a lot of my opinions about making it to Europe would be similar to EMSC. People who live out there are spoiled. I spent a few days in the Berkshires last week at Catamount and all I can say is our local hill is a bit different. When I was in college I...

Were you on the United flight that leaves DC around 5 PM? I took it last year and likewise couldnt believe the immigration situation in Geneva. I had been hoping to be on the slopes in Courmayeur earlier but the delay set me back. Ive found Milan and Zurich to be much faster, I wonder if that is...

You know Im addicted to Europe when I still am itching to get back after nearly getting killed!

The crowded pistes are definitely pretty brutal. Not just the snow quality but the sheer amount of people—it’s not even skiing sometimes. What goes on at St Anton is pretty crazy. I’m very much on the opposite circuit as you, trying to hit all the larger places that I’ve never been to and...

Reading all of the TRs from the last few days and how this discussion has evolved I think ultimately I come back to this point as being where I fall. I understand EMSC's feelings on the conditions, especially having local mountains to compare to. But as a New Yorker, who could equally get...