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foxtrotzulu wrote:
Jerusalem in St Martin de Belleville
Combe Saulire in 3V if you catch on a nice quiet day.
agreed on both
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They are both super runs but if we can have the caveat "on a quiet day" then I'd put Combe de Vallon and Combe de Caron above them both. No?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I think it the variety of the runs and the setting (wilder) that makes me say that.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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| sn00boarder wrote: |
| Number 11 - Westendorf - one of my favs. |
My favourite piste too - especially before they built the gondola back from it!
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I can never remember the names of pistes that I do!
Love the discipline required for the Grand Couloir and other technical runs but it's fab to find a wide, smooth, deserted run where you can carve the full width of the piste at whatever speed you naturally attain, edging the skis further and further till you feel like your legs will collapse. Best not to do this with faulty hire skis as I did on the BB this year as skiless boots don't have much of an edge 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@skimastaaah,
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33 to Zug from top of Madloch, (nice snow, north facing, some OP) Lech/Zurs.
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Can get a bit tracked out, some really great variants off the side of this. Great run in fresh powder.
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| Markymark29 wrote: |
@skimastaaah,
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33 to Zug from top of Madloch, (nice snow, north facing, some OP) Lech/Zurs.
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Can get a bit tracked out, some really great variants off the side of this. Great run in fresh powder. |
danger of little kids showing you up in the bumps on the variants...
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Well, since several runs on my side of pond are mentioned, I guess I will chime in.
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there is something about the snow quality in Colorado
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Yes, we are very fortunate. (Arapahoe Basin is still open top to bottom with a 65 inches at midway.)
Glad to see several of my favorites from my one week in the Alps are mentioned:
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Tignes: Glacier -> Face -> Double M, all the way from the top of the Grande Motte down to Val Claret
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| Rebellion wrote: |
the Tranquille area (Grand Prix) at the top of Espace Killy/ Val
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I also liked Arcelle (red) off Manchet Express at Val. I really liked the Glacier de Pissaillas. A surprising long run with varied terrain and the views are absolutely spectacular.
Favorite cruisers in Colorado:
Dallas Freeway/Wineskin at Snowmass. Huge, wide open, long (2000 vertical feet) blue runs under the Big Burn chair. It must have been a big burn - there are almost no trees.
See Forever at Telluride. One of the most scenic blue runs in North America.
Andy's Encore at Copper Mountain. 2300 vertical feet, several steep pitches. Would be a red run in Europe.
From when I skied the hard stuff:
Spiral Stairs at Telluride.
Phoenix Bowl at Crested Butte.
Tower Three Chute at Jackson Hole.
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