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We have always rented a car in Europe. But we've driven to some locations and never used it until we left, so car not needed at some places. Most Euro cities are like that, including our non-ski excursions on ski trips. But getting to and from ski resorts to those diversions was surely...

Snow was abundant in January 2019 but the glacier run from Diavolezza was not open yet. Corvatsch had a few big boulder fields similar to Zermatt's. Overall St. Moritz is more intermediate than Zermatt (not Cervinia though) and probably requires less coverage. I've skied with Jimk and his son...

James has the big picture right about starting with only picking the airport and car rental. But Jimk can educate himself with ChrisC's maps and be better prepared when the time comes a week or so ahead to choose a resort. These are the areas I mentioned earlier as consensus top resorts for...

Jimk said he's going in late January. That's the time frame both James and I have used most. It is not necessary to commit advance $$$ to lodging then. The sole exception in our experience were those Winter Sports Weeks at the Sandhof in Lech. I checked their website last night and no longer...

I'm guessing you're flying in/out of Geneva with that second week in Bern. You know our official advice. Rent a car for the entire two weeks. Decide where the first week is based upon weather forecasts/snow conditions a week or so in advance. I can't imagine why not. The Classic Route is...

I thought it was ChrisC who says Jackson has changed a lot with the doubling of skier visits in the past 20 years. I also found the comparison of Andermatt to Whistler inappropriate. Lift capacity and terrain at Andermatt-Sedrun were expanded far more than the bed base was. Andermatt in no...

is the one who wrote about our 2017 eclipse wedding in Jackson. we rode only once because it was in fog. We did get some powder in the E1 sector ChrisC circled though you had to be careful as it was a bit low tide in 2017.

Yes and no. The 400 inch region (Warth, Damuls, Lech, etc) is the northwestern edge of the Austrian Alps. Just to the south is the core of the Arlberg. Silvretta Montafon is SW of the Arlberg and Ischgl SE. The pass between the latter two regions is closed in winter. Ski terrain in general...

Fraser says Les 2 Alpes has dropped out of early season competition; here's his overall view on early season skiing in the Alps. The higher base areas in the Tarantaise usually open in late November. Before that it's still the glacier resorts, mainly in Austria but also Zermatt and Saas-Fee...

We rented skis and poles. Boots and clothing were in our carry on backpacks so it was simple just to wear those for the quarter mile walk from our hotel to the mall. We had all our gear with us because of the ski week in Uzbekistan. I'll defend Patrick here. He's going to be in Europe for at...

Not as good as either of the seasons Patrick was there in 2018 and 2022. By Spencer Creek base depths 2025 was barely above average until a big bump in late August and September. I didn't watch Peak Rankings but that NZ trip, like Patrick's 2016, sounds worse for conditions than any of mine...

Patrick is in Belgium and the Netherlands. He e-mailed me a map showing at least 10 indoor ski areas in those countries. He will get to some real mountains in November.

I wouldn't say it's zero in my experience but definitely a small minority.

I will take the mountaineering helmet I had to buy for Antarctica and was required to use for the Level 4 off-piste group at Club Med Val Thorens in 2022.

All of the worst chronic lift lines I have seen predate the high speed lift era: 1) Germania at Alta, Christmas Week 1986-87, average 45 minutes, peak 75 minutes. 2) Goldmine (now Bear Mt. at Big Bear) Dec. 30, 1978, 30-40 minutes all day, skied bell-to-bell all of 9,100 vertical 3) Mammoth...

Sorry, I trust Steenburgh way more than PeakRankings or the NY Times on the subject of Utah snow. As MarzNC notes above, he wrote the book on it, which I have and recommend highly. Here's an interview with him with the lead question on the subject of the shrinking Great Salt Lake. Steenburgh...

are nearly as natural snow challenged as Mayflower. The Cottonwood microclimate area is quite small, much as most Utah marketing directors would like you to believe otherwise.

Obviously the :troll: is far better being Reagan. This is usually the angle I use when needling MAGA Republicans like our former admin.

I'm inclined to believe that the 10,000 GPM combined with Jordanelle Reservoir water might be the highest capacity in western North America, even if it's far less than the Dolomites or several places in Austria. Like the Dolomites, it might ski fairly well in December/January though my...

Anyone else notice the commercial middle of third inning of ALCS Game 7 in Toronto? It's a narrative touting the advantages of free trade. If you don't recognize the voice, at the end they show a TV screen of President Reagan giving the speech in 1987. Small print at the end: Paid for by...