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Nice pix. Remind me what Panorama's annual snowfall average is? IIRC, it's 160-180 inches? Here's Storm Skiing's review based on a visit last February.

Hadn't skiers from the two coasts been relocating en masse to SLC for years, primarily for Alta/Snowbird, and Ikon then exacerbated the existing issue? I can't remember which FTOer the collective advised to consider that very point before moving there. Every person has a different point at which...

Right, I forgot about that.

Great for skiers but wondering how much of a revenue shortfall ski areas/resorts/adjacent sectors are looking at given that all three "winter holiday" periods (Xmas, MLK, Presidents) are past. For example as noted in the Mammoth thread, United Airlines seems to be stuck with a lot of empty seats...

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I was going to say that. The German part is really odd but hey, whatever works. Spaetzle goes with virtually anything, I'd argue.

20 years ago, this was the best practice. Half the snow of the Cottonwoods, but significantly fewer people. Lift tix were $38, which is $61 inflation adjusted. Today, they're $159.

I'll buy that as a partial explanation and @snowave has pointed out that a bar with a footrest is uncomfortable at best for boarders. Just saying that the "people out here started skiing at areas with no bars, so we don't think about it at all" results in a bit of region-specific parochialism --...

Such a hostile tone for someone enjoying a world-class catski operation!

I got an e-mail blast from United to drum up business for its nonstop flights from EWR to western ski destinations during the challenging season until recently: Bozeman, Jackson Hole, Eagle/Vail, Montrose/Telluride, and Hayden/Steamboat Springs. It also mentioned Bishop/Mammoth with a change of...

The internet says 250 verts? Being right in the middle of town, it looks like something you'd see in Quebec (as well as Snow King in Jackson, WY). To his delight, @EMSC will be skiing next winter at the "newest" municipally-owned ski area in America. :icon-lol:

"If that's the case, let's forget about the whole thing because they're not part of our skiing culture."

Sounds like a great trip. How many lodging changes did you have? Tony's head exploded whenever I even brought up Gstaad as "under consideration if conditions warrant." That ^^ was the general opinion from the German forums. Agreed, we really liked La Clusaz as well as its more intermediate...

Californians in general tend to drive more than anyone else; however, we should keep in mind that worldskitraveller has out road-warriored them all.

What's a more typical average speed and how much did the snow slow you down?

Apologies for such a bottom-line query but did Ikon give you a no-questions-asked refund on your season pass?

Is there anything noteworthy in this article? https://unofficialnetworks.com/2026/02/13/eldora-mountain-update/

Imagine how fit the porters need to be! 45 pounds is approximately what my ski bag weighs for plane travel. Hard to imagine what it's like schlepping that up a mountain to 19,340 feet.

Can't recall if it was brought up -- a couple weeks ago, an Australian snowboarder in Japan died after her backpack got entangled in a chair. We've had the discussion before about the statistical unlikelihood of this happening and why people skiing lift-served/inbounds terrain want to bring...

Not gentlemanly to ask but it's key info: how old are Liz and Margaret? You've been mentioning it elsewhere but maybe you can move everything into this thread -- what specifically has Liz been doing to prepare and for how long? Did the two of them compare notes and prep in the same way?