They feel like a slipper, but actually have pretty good traction on snow and ice and are reasonably weather proof. Wear them around town and on the bus to the hill here in Banff all the time, and...

Thanks! Back in Canada now but we had a good day there! Nobody skiing off the groomers, so we had good snow on all the little short shots. Did one run down the glacier off the back too. Cool...

Thanks! Had been considering it for tomorrow to avoid some of the weekend crowds at bigger resorts, but maybe best to leave for a day or two.

Anyone here very familiar with Pitztal Gletscher?
Only worth hitting when there is fresh snow? Or would it still be nice right now on sunny days even though the snow isn't great? We have touring...

Having trouble figuring out what's happening up high. Most resorts don't seem to be updating things online. Which probably isn't a good sign...

Currently +5° and raining in Landeck. Might just be...

Stupid warm out there today. Basically couldn't ski anything that wasn't groomed after about noon today at SFL it was so soft! Love me some spring skiing, but getting it in January is a bit much! At...

Will do!

If anyone else wants to join the fun, we'll be skiing anything within about an hour of Landeck until Feb 3. Let me know if you want to meet up!

Nice little mag meet up today with skiinggirl and waxoff at Zurs. Still some good snow to be found! Rain crust started about 150m above valley floor, but good above that, and still freshies to be...

https://alpineairadventures.com/ is also good, and Jeff is a great guy as well.

They said with mountains....

My wife and I are coming over from Canada. Been living in Banff the last 25 years. I'd like to think we aren't Barry's...

Be in the area Jan 22 - Feb 1 skiing various places depending on conditions. Arlberg amongst them.

I'm sure it's not as great of quality as the best ones out there, but just picked up one of these and quite impressed for the price. Especially, when they put them on sale for $63 CAD.
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Lake was skiing quite nicely today too. Typical Lake 5cm which meant closer to 15cm in spots on the back. Wasn't too cold to start, but did certainly get colder as the day went on. Time to hibernate...

Correct

Might want to check in on the Kootenays thread about Revy. Think there are more Revy folks on there. This one is more KH, and the actual Rockies.

The Christmas to New Years week will be busier than the first week of January. Having said that, it is almost never stupid busy on the hills here. Never skied Tahoe, but from what I hear, it will...

Hope that we get more snow. It has improved a lot in the last week, but we still need a lot more to get all the terrain open.

At LL, ski the back and west bowl. At SSV, ski the Dive, Wild West and...

IF they are allowed to do it. Half the Rockies resorts would have tons of hoops to jump through to get permission from government bodies.

So typical Fernie!🤣

Summit was about as well filled in as I've ever seen it on opening day. Maybe we need to start getting more Whistler weather!🤣

Sunshine. Sunshine is always the answer on a powder day!

That's their plan. But might have gotten delayed today with patrol having to do a lot more control work than they had probably anticipated. And there were delays with chairs this morning due to...

Last 48 hours has REALLY transformed the Lake. Pretty good skiing today by any standards. And it came down wet enough that it's packing down nice and firm as a base once skied on. So fingers crossed,...

And apparently Barrier has about 8cm of standing water on it after today's weather... Considering it was raining to about the top of Glacier chair today, even higher elevation lakes probably didn't...

Ahh, of course. It's on the hit list too!

It's like it was an omen I booked last night! Can't wait!

Yeah, basing a good part of the trip out of Landsdeck so we can be mobile. Familiar with Koehtai. What is SFL?

Sorry to hear my research about discount cards was correct... Oh well.

Trigger pulled! Going to be in the area between Silvretta Montafon and Soelden from Jan 18-Feb 3. If anyone wants to show a couple of Canadians around, apres is on us!

And if anyone knows of any...

Gonna really depend on if that bit of snow they are calling for tomorrow night and Sunday comes in. About the one time in my life I'm hoping it DOESN'T snow. Not enough to make a difference in this...

Lake Louise was great skating on Wednesday. Two Jack has a light dusting of snow, but still good. Heard great conditions at Peyto, Waterfowl and Spray as well.

That's a way better price than what I've seen for Landeck! I mean, what I've seen isn't outrageous, but that's super cheap! Guess you'll need that price after St Moritz!🤣

Seeing all this is really making me think of heading over to Austria for a couple of weeks in the second half of January! Especially since we can barely ski at home right now...😔

Was thinking that...

And the actual lake is even more fun right now!

Why I especially don't get the West Bowl part. Backside is skiing pretty well right now all things considered. The front side has some nasty crusts and you just know the bottom half of West Bowl...

https://www.rmoutlook.com/lake-louise/skier-killed-in-avalanche-in-banff-national-park-6896161

Apparently in West Bowl.

Limited exposure to avalanches for the most part. But with limited snow this year, crevasses aren't as well bridged as they would be normally by this time of year. Also more wallowing while walking...

Can you imagine the stories hanging at a bar with those 4!

Rolling into Chamonix Saturday night if anyone is around next week and looking to get out.

Couple of cm overnight and some wind to buff things out made for a nice little reset for Meribel today. Enjoyed our days there for sure! Now in Bourg d'oisans for a bit to hit la Grave, Alpe d'Huez...

Cool, thanks! What link did you use? I was having trouble finding a snow report for there online.

And yes, Serre Chevalier and Montgenevre are already in the plans too!

Yeah, pretty confident in my ability to do the "normal" stuff without a guide. Just having trouble finding out just how much snow there is down there and if there is even enough base for the normal...

Anyone been in la Grave recently? Wondering how conditions are, what the base is like and what sort of lines are skiable right now. Debating on if it's worth going there. Really want to ski there,...

Oh, I know. Definitely want to come back some time! Lots more to do. Plus lines that weren't in this year with lack of snow. We were sleeping in Val Claret.

Vetured out a decent amount did some laps where we totally left the resort even though we got to the lines straight from a lift and right back to a lift. Didn't even pull skins out of the bag once...

Meribel was pretty sweet today. The cold is keeping the snow soft, so even where it's tracked, it's still soft. Best part though is that everyone only seems to ski groomers here so the good stuff...

Had some great days in Tignes/Val d'Isere to start our trip. Pretty deep day at Les Arcs today. Arrived in 3 Valles this evening for the next 5 days. If anyone is around and wants to link up for some...

Certainly can't complain about the skiing we've had!

If anyone is around Tignes/Val the next couple of days, let me know and we can hook up for some turns!

Fly home Feb 10. Plan to ski every day up to and including Feb 9th. Today was day 4. And so far, SUPER stoked to be here!