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100% agreed on this. I have a reference to this on my Arosa report I'll try to post later today. Big picture, leaving some untracked-untracked at the same time as keeping my knees INTACT is my default. All of the small powder skiing ive done has been in light, dry virgin snow and the cut/chop I...

Boom! I had the Pistenknuller bookmarked from a while back. It was the last day it was available (Jan 31st) for this part of the season. I was able to get it and even told a kid in the parking lot about it who never heard of it…pro tips from gringo to local, gotta love that. Except they...

I did not… And as long as you mentioned it…I did goto to Golm for three hours on Thursday. Not much of a report. So I’ll just notate it here. Was a pretty monochrome day there now two days removed from the rain and snow. Visibility was really flat at times and never got above good. Pistes...

Today was a day removed after downpours and 8-10 inches of terribly wet and heavy snow. I was wondering how that combined with elevation and aspect would play a role in the conditions as is talked about here so often. I was not expecting it to be great. That said I am not a snow purist either...

Inbound. I promise. I pretty much wrapped it up today skiing wise…i honestly didn’t do as much as planned but I’ll use the Iron Mike Tyson quote to sum it up: “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face”. But here in a new / good way. 100% get TRs going…it’s been kinda of a lot...

No ditch…just that bad. That slop is snow tire kryptonite. The tread gets packed with ice..the roads driven over enough to pack it down…ice on ice. I’d go to Schruns if I could get there, and back for that matter, one drama is good for one day. Waiting game at this point.. As u said, part of...

Day two here not off to the best of starts; my worst nightmares are coming to fruition. 1. An absolute slopfest…prob a foot of mashed potatoes out there. I didn’t think it could get worse than I experienced in Schweitzer a few years ago that sent me packing after three runs. Think again, jokes...

I went as far as Kropfen lift. After that it was mostly WROD all the way to schruns hochjoch bahn …I saw people on it from town yesterday but it was a solid pass for me. Snow was non existent basically from the tree line down

Several years after the initial inquiry into skiing the alps and similarly several pushes and ultimately cancellations for a myriad of reasons: Conditions, Covid outbreak, flight cancellations to name a few…the time finally came. MSN-ORD-ZRH..boom… a total of 90 seconds in security, about the...

Good luck and safe travels gents! I myself am currently sitting in the airport: Destination Zürich. Target 1 Vorarlberg. Target 2 midweek TBD... If it’s good, stick close. If new scenery is in order, possibly Graubunden and follow the refresh that seems inbound. Cheers to all.

A fun fact: OHMSS James Bond novel location was depicted at Piz Gloria near St. Moritz however in the movie its the Piz Gloria in Jungfrau.

@jamesdeluxe and anyone else who is a dedicated map nerd (guilty) here's a link and insane catalog of maps you can go WAY down the rabbit hole on. **(I keyed in RAILROAD in search and there is material for days). Don't miss some of the Alps ones either...

Hey gang. I know Ill take some for this, but sadly can’t add to anything as I decided to bail last minute, but hear me out… Leading into this I was not feeling super hot to begin with but that wasn’t a total deal breaker but coupled with the following I bounced. The vast majority of my plan...

Knowing Frontier they’d probably charge you $15 to use the slide if they did deploy it.

Its more bait as I see it. When you purchase thru it you GET 5x more points when purchasing or redeem existing points are worth ~1.25X what they would be normally. End of the day its as ChrisC says, third party site with all potential for "call the third party booking site" game that sometimes...

I wonder if you've also encountered this: Let's say you find a flight with optimal prices and times via Google and then log into Chase travel Portal and try to book the same flight (bc who doesn't want to redeem try to redeem these for 5x the points). It seems like one of the optimal legs you...

Definitely, but yes, I got bags covered. @jamesdeluxe this is the plan indeed. Gotta scan my schedule and wrestle over jan or march but its on the " "list".

Noticed this happening last-night. Comically low.

Erratic is me trying to be diplomatic since I've never been there and don't want to body-slam anyone w/o first hand experience. However, some of their issues and visitors sentiments are pretty well documented. These I've heard many times with my own ears and have seen written all over and I'd...

Being in Madison, its clocked at 6 hours from here. Friends of mine that frequent the place say to budget 7 bc the 2 lane roads can be terrible if its snowing (and its always snowing). I frequently have clients of mine that know I love to ski ask if I've ever made the trip. My short answer...