AviationMaster From Switzerland, joined Oct 1999, 2464 posts, RR: 38 Reply 1, posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 1560 times:
MastaHanky From United States of America, joined May 2006, 264 posts, RR: 1 Reply 2, posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 1547 times:
Genuinely and take this advice. Try Italy and La Thuile. La Thuile is stunning, nice restaurants and fantastic intermediate skiing. I love it. All you English book with either Inghams or Thomson/Crystal in either the Planibel Hotel or the Planibel apartements.
Not only is it fantastic, you get to fly through the mountains into Turin on either a BA RJ100(Inghams) or a Thomsonfly 757(Thomson/Crystal)
SlamClick From United States of America, joined Nov 2003, 10062 posts, RR: 71 Reply 6, posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 4 days 6 hours ago) and read 1526 times:
Mount Rose and Slide Mountain, small areas, are less than an hour away from my door. Feel like spending a bit more for a lift ticket, nearby favorites are Kirkwood and Heavenly.
I also ski places in Utah and Colorado but pretty rarely anymore.
Happiness is not seeing another trite Ste. Maarten photo all week long.
Pawsleykat From United States of America, joined Jul 2005, 1978 posts, RR: 14 Reply 10, posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 3 days 2 hours ago) and read 1482 times:
Courmayur is a great place. I liked going up in the cable car thingy and then skiing down the side of the mountain.
I usually go to Hillend out near Edinburgh, plus it has an added bonus, you can see all the aircraft arriving into EDI as long as they are using RWY 24.
I went to a place near Zurich once about 15 months or so ago and there is a great place near Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic (it was also featured in the movie Last Holiday with Queen Latifah) that's really good.
JG
First Class passengers are my favourites. They can't get any further forward without an ATPL.
DLKAPA From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 13, posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 2 days 22 hours ago) and read 1466 times:
My favorite place to ride (skiing is for wusses, nuts to independant suspension) is Copper Mountain, I also like Winter Park, Wolf Creek, and Purgatory, but nothing comes close to the vertical Copper has.
Toulouse From Ireland, joined Apr 2005, 2726 posts, RR: 58 Reply 14, posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 2 days 18 hours ago) and read 1460 times:
Davos (Switzerland). Great skiing, linked to Klosters (in good conditions you can ski non-stop for a couple of hours without taking a single lift from the top of the Parsenn all the way down to some of the villages around the Klosters area... wonderful). Lots of après-ski as it's a rather large town. I love the place!
Dinker225 From United States of America, joined Jan 2000, 1049 posts, RR: 20 Reply 16, posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 2 days 17 hours ago) and read 1450 times:
ZakHH From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 21, posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 2 days 15 hours ago) and read 1424 times:
So far:
Speikboden, Klausberg, Kronplatz / Italy (every year for "warmup")
Dolomiti Superski (almost every year)
Marmolada 3 x (great!)
St. Anton / Austria 2 x
Feldberg / Germany (Schwarzwald) 1 x
Winterberg / Germany (Sauerland) 2 x
Chymbulak / Kazakhstan (Tien Shan Mountains) 2 x
Yeah, boarding is a great thing, as every plane travel begins with it...
Or did you mean this senseless activity of these hip'n trendy folks who sit on their arse most of the day, preferrably right behind an edge, discussing which slope that is far beyond their capability they will fail next on? If yes then go open your open thread. This is about winter sports, not about posing.
Halls120 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 23, posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 2 days 14 hours ago) and read 1416 times:
I've skiied Squaw Valley, Alpine Meadows, Incline, Homewood, Soda Springs, Heavenly in Tahoe, and Yosemite, but my favorite is Kirkwood, which is south of Lake Tahoe. Higher base elevation than most of the Tahoe runs, lots of powder, and great scenery.
MesaMXORD From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 24, posted (6 years 11 months 3 weeks 1 day ago) and read 1389 times:
Keystone, Breckenridge, A-Basin, Vail and Beaver Creek. All under the colorado pass. Sweet deal.
25 Texan: Steamboat Springs Soon to be Killington, VT since I'll be living near there. Texan
26 Vaporlock: Wow, I ski about 45 minutes from home...LMAO Phyllis
27 Reins485: Breckenridge, A-Basin and Keystone for last spring break with some of my fraternity brothers. Alex
28 Dinker225: Where else can you get so many options for so cheap? Love that pass. Such a deal! Dinker
29 LOT767-300ER: Been there twice already. Great place. We have a timeshare in Keystone so natually snowboard all 3 on the same ticket.
30 Willo: Val Cenis - France On the French / Italian border, virtually unheard of outside of the area. Only really busy on Saturday when busloads of Italians co
31 Vikkyvik: As a New Englander, all of my skiing has been done...well, in New England. The majority has been done at Sunday River in Maine, as well as Loon in New
32 Nosedive: 3rd, but I'll be in Europe this fall.
34 SA7700: I tried Ayers Rock in Australia. What a bumpy ride... Rgds SA7700
35 AirframeAS: Snoqualmie Pass! http://www.summit-at-snoqualmie.com/ Silver Fir is the best lift at that resort.
36 Piercey: You lucky b@sta@rds, I'm stuck at Holiday Valley, although I'm planning a trip to Whistler within 2 yrs.
37 BA787: Go with Crystal or Thomson or Neilson or First Choice then which are all on either TOM, TCX or FCX 752's Also, I think Inghams fly to Geneva now with
38 FrancoBlanco: Fly to INN, not only we have the best ski areas in Europe (yes we do), but you also get a fantastic approach and a fantastic landing at a fantastic ai
39 Mir: I´ve skiied at: Butternut Basin, MA Killington, VT Crested Butte, CO Val d´Isere, France By far the best was Val d´Isere. -Mir
40 KSYR: When I lived in NY, I would snowboard at Dry Hill, a local ski area only about 2 miles from my house. Since I moved to NC, I don't snowboard too often
41 UAL747: i haven't been skiing since we sold our mountain home in Breckenridge, CO. Breckenridge was a great place for me and my family, but only going once or
42 CasInterest: I live here in NC, USA. I have boarded and skiied at many resorts. My fav that I can get too in 6 hours or less is Snowshoe, WV. Favorite on the East
43 Arcano: The season just opened in the Southern Hemisphere. For Me? Chilean resorts: Portillo Valle Nevado (in Santiago) Termas de Chillan
44 Joness0154: I've ski'd and boarded: Mammoth Mountain, CA Big Bear, CA Lake Tahoe (Northstar @ Tahoe, and some other, I forget as I was young) Mt. Baldy, ID Vail,
45 ANother: Wherever there is Snow! I've skied most major resorts in Switzerland & France, a few in Austria and a couple in Italy. Spain and Andorra to come ... I
46 Melpax: The main resort for the Victorian snowfields is Mt Buller. I've been there once, back in 1990 for a school ski trip. It's not too far from Melbourne
47 AirPacific747: I don't go skiing. I'd rather go snorkling [Edited 2006-07-10 11:27:55]
48 Mir: How could I forget Valle Nevado? Great place, but very foggy while I was there. -Mir
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