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IIRC Kylie isn’t any darker than the average Spaniard or Italian and she has an Aussie passport.

Our trip started in Bilbao, Biarritz and Lourdes. We then spent two nights in Andorra. The drive from Lourdes to Andorra via scenic mountain roads took about 5 hours with a few sightseeing stops. This route took us by Baquiera-Beret ski area, first view approaching it from the west. There is...

Odds on Mammoth are about 30%. But they won’t announce July 4 operation until they have full confidence. But most years I will have a strong idea in March/April. And in many years we will know in February that chances are nil. Yes Timberline is guaranteed to be open. This year was bad and it...

As a baseline, consider that I have skied 516 days in the US Rockies, with 11% of that being in powder by my criteria. How do the Alps trips stack up? My first trips, Feb. 2004 NASJA 6 days Chamonix and Mar. 2008 Extremely Canadian 5 days La Grave had essentially no powder. Jan. 2013 was...

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Sbooker complains that flights to NZ are surprisingly expensive for him. So despite the distances price might not be as different as logic would suggest. Everyone here knows that I hate Facebook as a source of info. I resent that many skiers use FB/Instagram to post ski reports (hello...

TISA. And remember, Chile is the more competently governed country of the South American ski scene.

Considering what we have seen over the past 15 years, people should really make their way to Santiago or Las Lenas this season.

Not entirely true. James pulls the plug when he knows it’s bad. He did this for the Pyrenees where we spent the last 3 days.

This extended discussion only reinforces my view that Telluride is a mediocre at best destination for visiting advanced/low expert skiers. The best terrain requires either: 1) A lung busting hike approaching 13,000 feet, which most visiting flatlanders can't handle, even those with excellent...

https://www.firsttracksonline.com/boards/threads/unprecedented-april-snowstorm.15329/post-96645 :bow:

Typical wind hammered snow like Mt. Bachelor backside, another isolated volcanic peak. Best skied in spring corn.

While the snowpack was deep in January 2018, the most recent storm had rained to 2,000 meters, so like ChrisC we needed to traverse out to the pistes by that elevation.

It’s all modeling; little relevance if it’s windy during storms, which is normal. Portillo and Las Lenas both fall into the category of: “you’re there for the terrain not the powder.” It’s futile to chase powder from the opposite hemisphere. What you hope to get is smooth windbuff or corn...

That Rote Nase tram was reserved for guides and ran once per hour when we were there last March.

I was not meaning to sell the Look bindings. When you order direct from DPS they offer to sell you those bindings if you want them and don’t charge for installation.

Las Lenas is 23 hours from anywhere. Nonetheless a skier of snowbirdsurfer’s caliber needs to make it happen in a good snow year. Adam says it’s on a completely different level from anywhere else in the southern hemisphere, and he has skied all 4 areas out of Santiago plus Southern Lakes areas...

snowbirdsurfer should absolutely look at Las Lenas. You get sterp sustained fall lines rare in lift served North America and more like the Alps. The big caveat is that 3/4 of the terrain requires Marte open, an old double chair that is open about 40% of the time. Wind is the usual culprit but...

I have Marker Barons on the old Black Diamond Verdicts that went to Antarctica. That trip does require AT boots. My DPS skis came equipped with Look plate bindings if you want them. You are right about ski racing in SoCal. Adam placed 8th of 30 for UCSD in his first college race in the...

I have had only 3 trips to Telluride. None had any fresh snow upon arrival, though the first two got about 6 inches while we were there and Adam had his first fluid powder runs there as an advanced skier at age 7. I would have the same questions as takeahike46er about Bear Creek. I’m sure it’s...