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I see little concern for LCC/BCC in at least the intermediate term. People are overreacting to 2025-26. There is no trend I see here that should concern LCC/BCC skiers, and by extension essentially all of Colorado and other high altitude areas in regional context like Mammoth and Big Sky...

Many when you realize the rate is around 0.2C per decade and a 1C temperature increase raises the average snow line 500 feet. Thus the example I cited that it would take a 3C increase for Mammoth to get the proportion of rain that Palisades gets now.

FWSA transcript is here.

Turoa is on a wind exposed volcanic peak, a topic we have discussed recently. Spring is favored because odds of lift closures decline vs. winter. And it takes a while to build a base with the wind.

I suggest you read a Vanat Report www.vanat.ch. European skier visitation has been stagnant for decades due to low birth rates and demographic trends. 2022 report is downloadable. Later reports require payment. There are marginal low altitude places in Europe that won’t last. ChrisC saw...

https://substack.com/redirect/29fb4e15-c960-4269-8552-d19de6c999ee?j=eyJ1IjoiMjhwMTZnIn0._ZRFUMRutrVoESrXmOq-hjiQz7aNUD7HguPGRl0lDlw Stuart just linked to this brilliant post about the vicissitudes of New Zealand skiing. Having been there 4x I can’t disagree. Patrick has been there twice with...

I’m not impressed. What northern area would be celebrating partial terrain openings on Jan. 27? There is little doubt in my mind that Sbooker should be going to Santiago. Same for Patrick.

In terms of bang for the buck or favorable ratio of skiing to grunt work, the Alps are by far the best overall destination region. You may need to hire guides for navigation and local expertise on snowpack safety/conditions, but still a good value for what you can get. Not on the same day...

Sorry, I should have know better or looked it up. It's like Palmyra Peak of Highlands Bowl but on a larger scale. In all of these cases there is some rationale that the hike is a filter that keeps away most people who might get in trouble skiing. There are some of us who could havea...

No data but the best analogy is probably Mammoth. Coastal snow does dry out some lifted to that altitude but chronic wind breaks off the dendrites, making the snow denser. Mammoth density based on decades of data averages 12.9%.

Arpa was way cheaper than Canada in 2007 so worth a shot for a new experience. I would not recommend at current price for reasons ChrisC explained.

The $700 is consistent with Canadian day cat skiing, but the odds of powder at Arpa are low given its latitude and the extreme volatile snowfall pattern very opposite in both regards to interior B.C. If the helicopter at Portillo can get you to the Super C that’s probably worth it vs. a 3+ hour...

That seems very reasonable if there are not more big storms. It was $150 when were there in 2007 and Patrick complained about price then. With less than ideal cover and conditions we were getting 4 runs and 9K vertical per day. Full coverage and good conditions maybe that's more like 5 runs...

Zero insight. Former admin is always confident in the power of obstructionists in Utah going back to the Interconnect over 20 years ago.

We stayed in Los Andes and commuted 2 days each to Portillo and Arpa. We had a driver and a van and price was reasonable but that was 2007. With the way the weather works down there odds of road closure are low. No guarantees if the strengthening El Niño tries to copy 1972.

I would assume no events in LCC. Traffic issues are far worse now.

I had a general idea from the start that most of Canada’s forest is in such remote areas that human influence either starting them or putting them out is minimal. The surprise from my reference in post #15 is that these natural fires were more common in the 1700’s Little Ice Age. Why? It may...

The same is true for Skimag and Outside, though disabling JavaScript works for those.

Finals at Snowbird freeski events are on Baldy. Qualifying runs are on Upper Silver Fox. A couple of these events have been at start or end of my timeshare week.

It did not rain in Antofagasta but it rained 8 inches in La Serena with extensive flooding.