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Banff is a great area! Some thoughts on its ski areas: Lake Louise - Super scenic area! I'm not sure how James can call this 'Industrial Skiing,' but I think his definition encompasses anything that is large, modern, and has decent infrastructure/lodges. However, this resort is located in...

...so much for weather, and rain is rare in the alpine where the best skiing is. You may prefer Banff's ambience as Whistler is definitely "industrial skiing." Banff's snowfall is not abundant, average 257 inches at SSV and 175 at Lake Louise. Fortunately most of the snow is well preserved...

As noted in my 2007 report, you should absolutely include a day at Norquay to provide balance to the excellent but industrial-level SSV and LL.

Too many guys think they are brilliant for building a tech firm. The are just so overvalued. Me: not really. Meh. Not that smart Personally, I think they are operating as monopolies. I meet up with OpenAI’s/ChatGPT CEO’s brother at a park in San Francisco. He gets so depressed some days. Me...

Building true real world infrastructure is not even in the ballpark of building some software and maybe an anonymous data center in an industrial area. He thinks very highly of himself though just like the 20 somethings that had bought Powder Mtn before selling to Reid Hoffman after much failed...

...that she has seen. 400,000 sq ft office building was Syva, a Syntex (where my wife worked and was bought by Roche) subsidiary that has been vacant for many years. My wife worked there one day vs. ~2000 days in Stanford Industrial Park, a solid hour away with traffic then that has gotten worse.

...related to brine disposal. Desalination costs in the U.S. vary, but generally range from $2 to $5 per 1,000 gallons for commercial and industrial reverse osmosis systems. Seawater desalination is typically more expensive than brackish water desalination due to the higher salt content. Factors...

I hate HATE those things -- talk about nanny state. Since the Alps ski areas are 10-20 years ahead of the U.S. in lift technology, there are more of them over there. That said; they're mainly found at the industrial resorts on chairs servicing the most well-trodden (family friendly) terrain.

...like the vibe of Monterosa; it combines some of the best attributes of La Grave and Val d'Isere with an undeveloped, uncrowded, anti-ski industrial resort yet sprawling resort that spans three distinctive valleys with traditional villages, like Serre Chevalier. There are more skiers with...

No, just that they are not on industrial scale. The tradeoff of the more natural and historic settings is that much less of the lodging is ski-in ski-out.

...almost entirely comprised of historic buildings, shops, restaurants, and inns - more akin to a Swiss or Italian resort than the French Industrial Ski Complexes. I would stay here, but it's quite the schlep to the eastern aspects of the resort (left), even though I prefer the skiing in the...

It has the name recognition, reputation, and popularity of an industrial area (I wouldn't go there during peak periods); however, the cute traditional ski town (like what you see in Austria), attractive on-mountain restaurants, and old-school lift system made it feel more like an overgrown...

I would try La Clusaz. However, is it industrial skiing?

...of companies in the US. Trump's tactics now are too little too late to reverse that decline. The US would have to had a much more aggressive "industrial policy" (tariffs, direct subsidies to US manufacturing, import controls. etc.), starting 50 or 60 years ago to have made much of a difference.

...who doesn't require badass terrain, I share this general view. In addition to poor vis, a spoiler for me is skiing at many Euro industrial resorts during a long drought with thousands of skiers compacting the pistes into concrete (to be fair, I've experienced that in the U.S., both east and...

...going to Italy. However, a ski tour with a heli-bump for the return is an interesting caveat. Are you sure? ;) A bad day in the US Industrial Ski Complex costs $ more. And if you want to get on a helicopter (or snowcat) in North America, you better lock in your reservation 12-18 months...

A "Diamond" in the middle of the French Industrial Ski Complex.

...recent example was the unplanned detour to the 3V two years ago this week. As long as you're not trying to overnight on-mountain at an industrial resort, you can grab good-value lodging literally at the last minute to ski at an unplanned mountain. For example, at 8 am on Sunday (nine hours...

...is small so as I've said I've not been asked in the USA. The 3 hills that insist on some degree of backpack removal in my experience are Castle Mt., Red Mt. and Mt. Baldy, BC. These are all local joints and the antithesis of industrial skiing. I've never been asked at an Epic or Ikon area.

...3 Vallees base? One complex that we did not reference is Les Arcs and La Plagne. Although La Plagne might be the epitome of the Alps Industrial Ski Complex, both offer good skiing: Les Arcs - The Arc 200 and 1950 bases and slopes above them. The Aguille Rogue, Grand Col and Valet...