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I'm in a similar situation as you with the Starwood properties, and have been told that SLC is not where you want to do Starwood. I've heard less than inspiring things about the Sheraton in SLC, and considering you'd probably want to be skiing the LCC, the shuttle/drive could be greatly...

Yep, I chose not to go and postpone the trip until I can do it properly (end of August/early September).

Along with Solitude (which I always refer to as Multitude due to its ever-crowded nature), Mammoth also has St. Moritz and St. Anton. June has Matterhorn, which kind of works since Zermatt and Cervinia are called the Matterhorn Ski Paradise.

Just to clarify for people making purchasing decisions, that's 14 paid days at Mammoth--you get 2 free with Mountain Collective--so it would require 16 total days at Mammoth to justify the MVP, and that could potentially be increased to 17 or 18 depending on whether you ski more during the value...

I did the same calculations last night (although not on a spreadsheet or anything official, just quickly in my head) and came to the same conclusions for purchasing the Mountain Collective pass on top of the MVP. However, I think the numbers are off for how many days you need to ski Mammoth to...

Today was my first of 6 in Bachelor, and it was a surprisingly bluebird, windless day. It hasn't snowed here for a while, so most of the ungroomed snow wasn't so good. I did find some decent wind buff in the Cirque. The groomers were great--very long and with lots of fun little rollovers. They...

Speaking of competition and making the most of good days, should it be pretty obvious from looking at the trail map and just riding lifts where the best terrain is? Hopefully conditions stay this good, I'll be skiing there starting on the 4th!

I'll be skiing there starting January 4th, hope conditions are just as good then!

I should also note that I was lucky enough to start this Mammoth trip last Thursday. After searching through my simplistic record of ski days after the start of college, it was certainly nowhere near the highest vertical powder day (I went over 50,000 feet of powder on February 25, 2011), but...

I'm amazed this was your first time in Hemlocks. For me, it's a pretty consistent run on every powder day once the top is fairly tracked. At let's be honest, the bootpack shouldn't take more than 5 minutes even when you're one of the first people there :-P I missed out on today since I needed...

From previously looking into skiing around Europe, it appears Piste to Powder: http://www.pistetopowder.com/ is the most highly regarded guiding service for St. Anton.

Lodging that's physically in Las Lenas is very limited, I'm sure. There are hostels about 40 minutes down the road in Los Molles or something like that, but I don't really want to do that bus ride every day and I've seen pictures of police checkpoints that would definitely take forever. Plus it...

I wish I could, but I'll be trying to get a lease that starts August 1st, which means I'd have at least a day or two at the beginning moving in. The best I could do would be to fly to SA on a Saturday and return the following Saturday, and that's not long enough for a trip. I'll certainly keep...

Yeah, no real flexibility on when I can go. Does Termas have enough terrain for 1-1.5 weeks maybe? Also, I know Termas had issues with the eruption, so do they have more lifts up? I seem to recall they were down to just a few lifts, and if Don Otto didn't run, there's wasn't much available.

I was planning on heading down to South America for a few weeks this summer before starting work. I found out today that I start on August 12, and considering I'll have to fly across the country, move into an apartment, get furniture, etc, the vast majority of my skiing would come in the second...

Chair 13 actually did open on Monday, so we were able to track up Hemlock. We later hiked Starr Chute, but were probably the only ones who did so and White Bark never really got tracked out.

Sat/early Sun look terrible right now. It could get fun Sunday afternoon. My current plan is to try to predict how good the top will be/if it will open (it should) Monday and Tuesday and perhaps go up for that.

Rusty says they plan on reopening for 13-14: http://mammothtimes.com/content/june-mountain-re-open-2013-14-gregory-promises-family-friendly-resort-better-niche-marketing Looks like they're hoping to focus on young families and the cheaper lessons/excellent learning terrain. Still, it seems...

I know there are a decent number of LA-area people on here, but I don't think I've met anyone outside of Tony. So take a trip to the Claremont Colleges on 11/3! The Claremont Colleges Ski & Snowboard Team is hosting our Snowstock film festival on Saturday, November 3rd this year. As in years...

Are we going to need a 4WD/AWD car to get to the mountain if it snows?