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Love A-Basin. If it was my local mountain a lot of my opinions about making it to Europe would be similar to EMSC. People who live out there are spoiled. I spent a few days in the Berkshires last week at Catamount and all I can say is our local hill is a bit different. When I was in college I...

Were you on the United flight that leaves DC around 5 PM? I took it last year and likewise couldnt believe the immigration situation in Geneva. I had been hoping to be on the slopes in Courmayeur earlier but the delay set me back. Ive found Milan and Zurich to be much faster, I wonder if that is...

You know Im addicted to Europe when I still am itching to get back after nearly getting killed!

The crowded pistes are definitely pretty brutal. Not just the snow quality but the sheer amount of people—it’s not even skiing sometimes. What goes on at St Anton is pretty crazy. I’m very much on the opposite circuit as you, trying to hit all the larger places that I’ve never been to and...

Reading all of the TRs from the last few days and how this discussion has evolved I think ultimately I come back to this point as being where I fall. I understand EMSC's feelings on the conditions, especially having local mountains to compare to. But as a New Yorker, who could equally get...

Chris, looking at my photos from last year that looks like the run that required hopping a fence and putting on your skis inside the top of the couloir. I did not feel comfortable at all so I bailed and went for a drink in the restaurant while my cousin and the guide did it 😂 if so, when he did...

This article/video is making the rounds today. Good press for airbags. This is much more intense than ours was given the tight and steep terrain and that the skier immediately falls...

We were probably 10/20 yards outside of the slide area at that point so we were sinking in regular snow. I’d imagine the debris was easier to get footing on once he reached that part. But we couldn’t even make it that far it was so deep. Which is strange because it didn’t seem like that much...

Very poised. And the rest of us wanted to help but literally every step we took we sunk into body deep snow. We couldn’t move. Somehow he was able to get over there. We had a general sense of his direction which helped him get started. But physically it was no small feat getting there.

This is an interesting distinction and I think you are correct. This was a guide booked through a ski school. He was also from South America and there seasonally. His 7th season I believe. In hindsight, my previous guides in Courmayeur, Zermatt, and St Anton were all very much local and booked...

Ikon pass. I doubt it but I’ll check.

We haven't really had a conversation with the ski school yet. To be honest, we do not want to cause any trouble for our guide who is a lovely guy and obviously is despondent over what happened. I think if we were more aggressive with the school it could make things difficult for him and we are...

We had this same no light on Friday at Corviglia. The piste skiers in the group called it a day quick. Still had an amazing lunch though. Luckily our guide found me some tree skiing and I was able to eek out a solid day. Saturday we had the same experience you did, low clouds in the Engadin...

Its a testament to how much I love skiing in the alps that in spite of what happened we still had an amazing trip and cant wait to come back. Plenty of drinks were had.

Their current position is had we called Amex in the moment and asked them to send a helicopter it would be covered. But getting reimbursed is not covered. Frustrating given we did not call it, ultimately we did not need it, and they really didn’t do anything. We will keep speaking with them and...

Do not recall hearing that sound. It was very surreal and seemed to be happening very slowly. In the moment it didn’t seem so large but in hindsight I guess it was. The airbag clearly saved the day. Unbelievable piece of equipment. Looks like we will be charged for the helicopter even though we...

Did not snap any photos at Corvatsch yesterday or Corviglia today but have some more of the fun day on Wednesday. Flat light today put a damper on things but we were able to find some good off piste routes in the trees down to Silvaplana. We were also able to get out by 815, they open early...

After spending a lot of time today discussing things with the guide, his assessment is more or less in line with what you guys are saying. He ignored obvious signs and was blinded by wanting to show his clients a good time. In hindsight there were several red flags he overlooked. Really is as...

I am the only one with an Ikon Pass :ROFLMAO: This was this guys first run ever skiing in Europe, ever skiing with an ABS bag. The odds really cant be believed. Luckily he is an excellent skier and very poised and the guide walked us through deploying the bag 5 minutes earlier. It all started...

This was an hour earlier when they made the fresh tracks before bringing us back