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He's currently investigating something that provides easy access to one of those two free bus options.

A heads-up to people who rent cars in Europe -- there's a new protocol that I encountered at Munich airport two months ago whereby a separate "objective/non-affiliated" entity inspects your car upon return so that, ostensibly, there's no self-serving motivation on behalf of the company to hit...

Glad that I was able to connect the two biggest Mammoth lovers I know. I think that he was skiing there even before Tony (late 70s). If I remember correctly, Bryan is originally from SoCal but lived much of his adult life in the northeast. It'll be interesting to see where he ends up with an...

Props to Sbooker for going ahead with this. I'd love to do it too; however, with a constrained amount of money (that therefore only allows a certain amount of time on said trip) I can't trade skiing for warm-weather activities, which I can pursue here in very pleasant but not world-class...

I said goddamn! Fantastic pix. Locals have been telling me chapter and verse how I need to come there during the warm months.

A six-day Arlberg lift ticket is €450 so subtract that and each person is paying €1,300 for lodging and 2.5 meals (I'd skip lunch in favor of a coffee or beer). With today's lousy exchange rate = about $200 per person per day and that's ski-in/out.

While our yardstick for a high-value all-in ski week in the Arlberg, Hotel Sandhof in Lech, stopped offering such a package a while back, I received an e-mail from an on-mountain hotel in Zürs with a similar setup: Hotel Ulli 7 nights lodging Gourmet half board (including a mid-afternoon snack)...

Ski areas must have been happy about that ^^ as the latter part of the season isn't where most of their revenue is usually generated. Prior to 2025-26, can anyone recall the last Xmas/New Year's holiday when conditions were very good (i.e. there wasn't a damaging rain event)? I can't remember...

Extra points for honesty! :icon-lol: That's ^^ what I fear going places where I can't speak the language -- assuming that people are taking the piss out of me while smiling in a friendly manner.

Humble brag! :icon-confused:

Don't try this at home: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/20/tesla-cybertruck-texas-lake-wade-mode

Ouch, although you don't sleep on the red-eye going to Europe either. You just like to complain! :eusa-hand:

Gorgeous midwinter conditions approx. 50 miles south of Salzburg: link

You're @ChrisC's hero: RAWDOG!! Actually, maybe not -- if I understand it correctly, you also have to forgo food and drink, which I don't think you did.

I'm sure that this has been noted in TRs but it's worth underscoring: The Jungfrau is the biggest example of lift/train-served industrial sightseeing; however, it's a huge product throughout Switzerland, e.g. below in red. I've often crossed paths with busloads of Asian tourists like here at...

Putting aside private rentals, has Plattekill ever operated anything other than Fri/Sat/Sun/holidays, at least since the Vajtays took over in 1993?

There have been discussions about how/why Alta gets more snow than Snowbird and it's interesting to hear that there's a similar situation in BCC.

See? This ^^ is why you make the big money! Based on Tony Crocker’s season-progress posts plus the page-29/30 thread discussion, the biggest underperformers versus long-term norms in Western North America were pretty clear: Colorado (worst relative loser overall) Colorado was repeatedly cited...

The same company that offered the Triple Play last season is using the Indy Pass format (two days at each participating ski area at a $400-ish price point) on a new product: https://www.skimag.com/ski-resort-life/what-to-know-snowpass/