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There are lots of Euro reports in this forum. In terms of an overall overview, I this thread should get you started. That's a long enough trip that you can follow the methodology that James, ChrisC and I use. In 20 days you will going to multiple destinations. This calls for renting a car...

Our 2007 trip was 2 days Portillo, 2 days Arpa, 3 days Valle Nevado, 3 days non-skiing. Once there is adequate snow on the ground, 3-4 days at the iconic lodge would be attractive. I would not reserve anything else in advance. Take your car rental do whatever looks most interesting at the time.

I'll first comment that 5 days for ChrisC is about 150K vertical. Accepting that premise I don't see how you can say AltaBird and Jackson don't belong in whatever the top group is, in Jackson's case with caveat that the Lower Faces have acceptable conditions. And I would remove Park City...

I can't argue with either of those. But still, L.A. hosted the finals the last time, and we have rather strong Latin American influence here too.

I've read quite a few comments that the Meadowlands are somewhat of a dump vs. ATT Dallas or SoFi Inglewood. And do we want the final played in a steambath when better options were available? Recall that most of the outdoor East Coast games were played at 5PM or later local time (including...

Nice call by FIFA to have the World Cup final outdoors in New Jersey this upcoming Sunday. :smileyvault-stirthepot: We know that TV $$$$$ wag the dog in these situations, and that's a big strike against the West Coast. But 2PM in Dallas vs. 3PM in NYC seems not a big deal to me. And...

This is a comment I've heard about Telluride. :smileyvault-stirthepot: Some truth unless you can handle the Palmyra hike or brave the Bear Creek sidecountry.

Perhaps the past 15 years have made skiers skittish about committing to a whole week. I'm pleased to see the more flexible options. Liz would probably be interested. Her one day at Portillo in July 2010 was in a windy whiteout with only one lift operating.

That map was exactly what we experienced in 2007. Corn was excellent but Adam thought very small scale vs. Las Lenas. Those X-ed out chutes skier's right from Roca Jack contributed to that impression. With the lower latitude I'd say September in Portillo/Valle Nevado = April in Colorado...

Excellent points above by skieric on food and lessons. Katz should make a trip to the Alps to see the differences, but I doubt he's willing to give up the monopoly profits of either in the American model.

Most of the terrain is still public, and with Utah's explosive population growth Powder Mt.'s under the radar status was not going to last. It's only a question of how it would be managed. Reed Hastings has chosen to manage it by price to preserve the historical low skier density. Solitude is...

On the Big Sky map I know about and have skied at least some of the ones at left in the former Spanish Peaks. The ones at lower right I did not know existed! As for the Yellowstone Club map, it makes sense that most of the homes are built on the mellow south facing side of Andesite. There...

This season may be the ultimate challenge for Colorado based ski streakers.

Yes, along with nearly all the regular posters here. :icon-lol: I'm not going to argue we are a representative group here, but those 5 items are not likely high priorities for the most frequent and avid skiers. Since the Epic Pass is cheaper than Ikon, and Ikon lets its partners tinker with...

Holidays are mainly in second half of July. That was my scenario in 2007, above average snowfall but none in the 3 weeks before I arrived. Portillo had good corn by time of day and exposure. Valle Nevado/La Parva/El Colorado off piste was not so good. Some places get wind hammered. Sun is...

The map in the OpenSnow link above shows the storm getting past La Serena (latitude 29, 5 inches average annual rain, in path of July 2019 total eclipse) but not as far north as Antofagasta.

More gaslighting. It was a one+ month trip with his wife and Patrick was going to be in the Alps on the back end. She wanted to be in Denmark and the Low Countries on the front end so that's where October's skiing had to be. He did in many of the early years of the streak. Overall Patrick...

I think every skier should not be surprised that standard weather models would underproject Alta's microclimate. So that chart doesn't bother me at all. But in order to make this type of adjustment I would think you would needs lots of data comparing each storm's forecast vs. actual This...

Our 1938 house had gravity heat and no central A/C. The return airflow for the upstairs A/C we installed in 1990 had to utilize a space that was formerly a laundry chute. I suspect that duct is narrower than optimal and limits upstairs cooling. The new heat pump installation took most of...

We will be in Barcelona 2 extra days before the eclipse group tour starts. Liz has been working diligently on those and other Spain plans. In Barcelona she is focusing on Antoni Gaudi architecture, so maybe the locals will consider her "cultural tourist?"