Where are you going this season (25/26)?

Sorry post #48. On phone in Quito airport.

jamesdeluxe said:
Skiwelt and Westendorff: two days to see how Austria's intermediate heaven has evolved since we were there in 2003.
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I’m glad I’ve seen them but they are perhaps the last Euro places I’d return: minimal above tree line terrain and mostly manmade snow. The Innsbruck group sounds interesting per the other thread.

It’s Europe with enlightened lift ticket pricing, so no need to be confined to one’s multiarea pass as in the US.

Now that your wife is with you, I thought the Dolomites were high priority: intermediate heaven with mind blowing scenery and awesome food.
 
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Tony Crocker said:
I thought the Dolomites were high priority: intermediate heaven with mind blowing scenery and awesome food.
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Our calculations:
  • If we follow the Indy Pass itinerary mentioned above, our ski tickets will cost $0 (or $52 x 2 if we buy a discounted additional day in Innsbruck).
  • We don't have an Ikon Pass so at the current exchange rate a one-week offpeak Dolomites pass (through the end of January) would be $482 x 2. A peak pass from early Feb until the fourth week of March would be $532 x 2. A thousand dollars may be a rounding error to some here but not to us. Better to wait until we can buy an Ikon and take advantage of it in North America and the Alps.
Tony Crocker said:
I’m glad I’ve seen them but they are perhaps the last Euro places I’d return: minimal above tree line terrain and mostly manmade snow.
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As mentioned above, I wouldn't necessarily go to the Skiwelt by myself but I'm reasonably sure that my intermediate wife (who hasn't skied in eight years) will be fine with the easy meadow cruising as shown in this report and relaxing in the sun at the many atmospheric huts. Kleinwalsertal is also on Indy Pass and I enjoyed it a couple years ago; however, it would add 3-4 more hours of driving so we'll save that for another time.
 
Stuart has been cheerleading the Indy Pass for months now. James can send him an email end of season for most diverse use.

I looked up Indy for interior NW and resorts are dispersed: Silver and 49 North from Spokane, Lost Trail and Montana Snowbowl from Missoula and Brundage and Tamarack from Boise. Those are all worthwhile areas but realistically most people will fly into one of those places and ski a mix of places in easier drive range.

I will likely be driving to Canada and can go anywhere along the way. I had not received my Indy Pass in the mail as of Nov. 22.
 
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