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Yes, Admin put his finger on my main concern -- that even at their lightest, they might not transmit sufficient light. I went to the Zeal website -- which is very informative and interactive -- and it turns out they have a new "extremely low light" model. But even this one only transmits at...

I don't see particularly well in low/flat light, so for the last several seasons, I've been using á goggle with changeable lenses, one tinted and one clear. I generally end up switching to the clear lens every day in the late afternoon, and often use it in mid-day if there's any significant...

If you're trying to save money on housing, you definitely want to avoid the holiday periods like Presidents' Day and (to a lesser extent) the Spring Break period, although this is spread over several weekends, so the increase in rates isn't so bad. (And I don't think that many schoold would be...

Guilty as charged. I've only skied VN and La Parva one day each, 2 years ago. They weren't what I would call empty (I recall a 15-minute line for a surface lift), but that was in August. What you say about early season is useful information. Yep, that's consistent with my experience --...

Yep, VN is the only one opening June 12; others around Santiago open a week later. I've been keeping an eye on weather reports from Farellones, and so far it doesn't look promising. In any case, I don't think a trip up that 1-lane mountain road to the only resort on their opening weekend would...

I may be in Santiago June 10-12, and was wondering if anyone knows when the nearby resorts have opened in past years and what early season is like (crowded? how much territory open?). Thanks for any information.

Our spring trip is testimony to this. We skied Winter Park Ap. 8. This was the second warm, sunny day following some good snow ( I think they reported around 18") the previous week or so, and the surface was pretty good in the morning, but seriously slushed up by afternoon. The following day...

Thanks, EMSC. The directional orientation is helpful. Looking at the forecast for the next 10 days, I'm hopeful that the temps may stay low enough that we'll still have winter conditions, so not have to worry too much about exposure issues, even on the east and south facing slopes. But if we...

As much as my family loves skiing around SLC, I'm not sure the tix are cheaper than Colorado if you compare apples to apples -- ie, either compare walk-up prices both places, or prices if you work the deals both places. Even w/out the season passes, you could ski the Vail group this year for...

Yep, in looking at the trail map, I like Parsenn. I could use some advice on other areas. As noted, I'm an intermediate by FTOL standards -- and double blacks in the West are outside my comfort zone -- but on recent trips, I've been spending maybe half my time on blacks. Blacks like the ones...

Actually, Schubwa, Bachelor has been on our short list for some time. Given Tony's strong endorsement and my subsequent investigation, it looks like a great place and sooner or later, we'll come out there. If we had the 10-day spring break that I had thought we were going to have this year...

Hi, All: We're planning a trip April 7-12. For various reasons, we haven't yet bought tix, but we'll probably do so in the next day or so, or else we'll be inside the airlines' 2-week window. We had a great spring trip to SLC last year, but given the recent warm weather there, my current...

Sorry, I've been traveling and haven't been able to respond since the intial posting. Re. the question, I'm virtually certain the answer is negative. There aren't any trails between Zugspitze and the "classic" area on the trail map, and I couldn't see any possibilities from the top of the...

I was passing through Germany on a business trip, and given that there was no additional charge for a layover – and that the skiing around Washinton DC sucked – I decided to visit Garmisch- Partenkirchen, the biggest of the German ski resorts. I considered other attractive alternatives, such...

Question for any of you FTOLers in Europe: I have a last-minute business trip that will take me through Frankfurt next weekend. Under the terms of my ticket, I can lay over in Frankfurt or could even fly to another nearby airport at no additional charge. I was thinking of flying into Munich...

Yes, after seeing Patrick's description of surface conditions, if I flew to NH to ski on a block of ice, I would have to characterize myself as not just desperate, but desperately in need of psychiatric treatment. Maybe this will be my annual weekend of solidarity with the riding community...

We're pretty desperate to get in some skiing this weekend, and with the big meltdown around DC, I was looking at the possibility of going north. (For such a short trip, the west just isn't an option.) We can get a cheap non-stop flight to Manchester NH at times that would allow us to get in...

We're going to be staying at Copper this weekend, planning to ski there for 2 days, but I had been looking forward to a day at A-Basin to see what Montezuma Bowl is like. (Only time I was there was a couple of years ago, before they opened the Bowl.) But it looks like A-Basin has been having...

We don't have as much experience in Summit as others in this thread, but we're slaves of the school schedule, so our visits have usually been at peak periods. We went to A-basin once and loved it, partly for its nice terrain, and partly because there were NO lift lines on the upper part of the...

Unfrortunately, johnnash & family won't be skiing anywhere on the 26th. Our flight, which was supposed to land in SLC at 7:30 last night, ended up getting diverted to Boise, where we spent about 3 hours before they re-opened the runways and we could fly back to SLC. We finally landed here...