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How might one even get to portillo in this? I’d think the road could be closed still for weeks with all of the backup. Helicopter? I’ve been tracking snowfall there ever since my first visit in 2015 and it’s truly mind blowing what’s happened so far this year. And they had predicted La Niña!

Thinking about taking my 4 year old to Portillo July 4 for a mini week. They have very good pricing for kids. Basically free including daycare and lessons. My wife doesn’t love the idea of me being alone with her half way across the world. But the timing looks perfect given these unusually...

Amazing photos. Those perfect days in Europe just hit different.

Looks like it. I definitely recall mellow off piste in that area but I could be mistaken.

Zermatt of all places, and from what I recall not an extreme area. Not sure if the American was with a guide or not. Investing in a guided group or private guide remains something I’ll insist on splurging on. Scary stuff...

I was definitely satisfied, the trip was a win. The powder days could have been some of the best of my life had that warmth not crept in. Seems like it was just bad luck. But I typically go in 5 day intervals and for the most part, unless Im getting great snow and Im able to ski it, I prefer...

The France vs Italy/Switzerland on mountain dining opinion was probably based on past internet research but limited to the mega resorts. My understanding was that the on mountain dining in France was more basic with a lot of the restaurants owned by the lift companies. Happy to be wrong...

Looking at a trail map difficult for me to remember. We took the Chaz dura chair up from Les souches. I wanted to ski the many long inviting pistes from there given I had no expectation of off piste. But the guide really wanted to make his way right away to Mont valaison so we immediately skid...

La Thuile delivered today. Everything previously discussed in TR’s was spot on. Easy drive from Courmayeur, empty on a Saturday, easy parking. On arrival at the top of the base gondola I was immediately awed by the scale of the area and the scenery. Courmayeur is beautiful in its own right but...

Off piste was a bust today. The trams opened but our one run off the back of the Arp cable car was terrible and we wound up with a 30 minute trek out of unskiable cement. Skied on piste the rest of the day. Visibility was good, place wasn’t too crowded, and had a great lunch at Chiecco. It is...

Yes they skied into it. They took the elevator down from helbronner and walked through a tunnel. From there they hopped a fence protecting the observation deck from the top of a colouir before putting their skis on and descending the colouir onto the glacier. They said the snow was slick in the...

Unbelievable afternoon on the valle blanche. Our guide said it was a 7/10. 10/10 weather, abundant sunshine. 5/10 snow. The stair case down from the top of the skyway was easy as could be and I was glad to avoid the arete on the Cham side I have read about. The top bit was heavy, after a while...

Well my cousin is getting the run of a lifetime, I am enjoying a beer at the top of the skyway. They will be back up in a few minutes and we will do the valle Blanche afterwords. The guide wanted to enter the toula glacier by taking the elevator down from the top of the cable car through the...

Not sure what the alternative to the ladder looks like in practice but hopefully we will go up and take a look. At least to the direct side of your photos that doesnt look bad. I think we will definitely get two trips in. Meeting at 9 and have all day so I don't see why not. I guess if we get to...

Our guide is trying to convince us that this can be done even without the ladder. He is pitching some sort of rope repelling or colouior. I have an aversion to heights and the last time I let a guide talk me into something I wound up on the West side of the Valluga in St Anton walking down some...

Mixed bag today. Still, the lunch and views made up for any shortcomings in the off piste. Coverage was not the issue, plenty of snow. There was a valley cloud that just hung around all day and the humidity seemed to crush the snow. At high elevation was still heavy, by the lower elevations of...

Did that on the trip to arlberg. I skied until noon. Was great. I was in Jackson in January. Getting there and back was just as difficult, more expensive, and most importantly to me burned as much time. A minimum of one wasted travel day. I’d just rather come here.

Always. In 2020 took a Neos air flight from JFK to Milan that landed by 6 am and was skiing at St Moritz by 1030. In 2018 landed in Zurich at 7 and was skiing in Steuben by 11. Geneva was easy, we were on the ground before 7. Swiss actually added a 430 PM flight to Zurich this year which gets in...

Pulled into Geneva early. When I entered the Mont Blanc tunnel there was virtually no snow on the ground. When I exited on the Italian side it was full winter. Lightly snowing in town when I got here with what seemed like at least a foot of fresh snow on the local roofs. Even operating not at...

We booked one guided day at La thuile on Friday and one guided day at courmayeur on Thursday.