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That depends on the season, can be more more than "marginally." I would still hold off on the room reservation. A big part of road trip extra logistics is relocating the lodging base. Fernie works as a lodging base for Castle, Kimberley and maybe Whitefish. In 2024 at Castle the lower...

KH is a little extra detour on the Fernie to Lake Louise route. It's also somewhat limited in non-advanced terrain; I'm not sure if that's an issue for berkshireskier and daughter. I hope he'll embrace the Calgary loop plan but I have my doubts. I suspect he's averse to road trip...

Recall this map of the Dolomites showing the pre-WWI boundary. Alpi di Suisi where Jason is staying is west of the NW corner of that map, definitely on the Austrian side of the old border. It was where we skied our first day in the Dolomites driving in from Bolzano. If you pass through...

Lucky dog. Samantha was deaf for about her final year. That meant she would bark a lot when we weren't home and annoy the neighbors.

The Maine ones are wild. At a Bethel B&B they served them over pancakes. They don't seem to lose their delicate flavor much by freezing.

If you are there for a whole week, probably, noting EMSC's caveat above. James has a broad standard here, and that description would not occur to me. Both are in the national park with extremely stringent limits on development. I know most people don't want to spend as much time on the road...

Are those like the famous Maine blueberries?

One of our Mammoth acquaintances, Elissa, used to spend this same week in late February in Eden skiing mostly Powder Mt., also having remarkably good luck with snow. Before 2024 she got dirt cheap advance purchase lift tickets. For 2024 those tickets were $120 for a senior. They are more...

We found emus to be more aggressive than kangaroos.

Most would agree with that assessment. You really need to cherry pick for conditions; otherwise you'll walk away with that underwhelming impression. I'd guess you still get powder 2-3 days after a storm, but under new management that's due to price rationing. Jim's rentals like James' are the...

Yes, in general more leading edge tech than the ones at Universal Hollywood.

That is quite a report. I confess to being surprised that someone who has lived his whole life in Maine, skiing since he was a kid, was that much of a virgin (his words) at tree skiing and powder at age 56. Home hill is Sugarloaf, which has enough of a reputation that it's high on my...

The link to the Powder Mt. TR is moved here.

Read the transcript James posted. I agree with the Aussies that it's accurate.

Am I the only one on this Forum old enough to remember the expression "E-ticket ride," derived from the top ticket in those booklets applied to any top level entertainment experience, whether at Disney or elsewhere? Disney World Florida is like Aspen or Vail, primarily a destination resort...

The Matthew Prince proposal is for a transport only gondola. That should, but probably won't, ease the concerns of the backcountry skiers. Those points are in the subscriber only version. 1) Define what “growth” is. Stuart says that means not sticking with the post WWII single family home, car...

Yes. Overall I'd expect more snowfall than those leeward of the crest South Island places. But your odds of getting skunked by wind/ice, etc. on a fixed schedule are probably worse. I guess I was lucky to get a nice weather day at Whakapapa on Sep. 3, 1982.

I was carrying Samantha up and down the stairs, but only for her last week.

Not necessary to shut down the whole city, only the foothill areas with dry brush below the power lines. If that includes people like us a block away, I'm fine with that. These strongest Santa Ana wind events are not that frequent. Our local Verdugo mountains block a lot of them. Typically...

Typical N.Y. Times apples-and-oranges narrative: The Gifford Fire is a summer forest fire like Caldor, Dixie, etc. Their level of destruction is due primarily to misguided forest management over the past century with a climate change boost from hotter summers and insect infestations. All of...