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I don't know how many there are-imagine it would be quite a few-you reckon between us snowHeads we've visited everywhere? Or at least 99% of places?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Not even close to 50% I would imagine.
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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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| Deliaskis wrote: |
| we have no way of knowing what all the lurkers do... |
That's a scandal. Fortunately, with the various new laws being put in place, we will soon know what everyone is doing all the time. Well, the government will, at least.
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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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Think I have seen a figure of 670 resorts just for the Alps.
Alpine resorts are the biggest and more extensive than other major skiiing countries. European resorts can be used as good reference. Haven't skied USA yet but if Whistler is the largest in North America then I am not impressed. Japan's resorts are supposed the best in Asia, Austrilia and NZ but they are not in the same league as those in the Alps.
I suppose there are plenty of small resorts all over the world to make up the 6000 figure and they can be very enjoyable with the right snow condition. But for sheer scale, facilities and the variety of lifts I would rather like to exhaust the 670 Alpine resorts before looking elsewhere. In 10 years I managed just over 100 resorts (including small ones) in 13 countries. At this rate I have to give a miss to the majority of the 670 Alpines resorts, let alone the 6000 in the world.
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That's a scandal. Fortunately, with the various new laws being put in place, we will soon know what everyone is doing all the time. Well, the government will, at least.
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and we all will two days later once the reports have been left somewhere 
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yes good list but it doesn't have Yad Moss, Raise, Allenheads or Swinhope Moor - there must be many more ski tows dotted about in snowier places than england that are "off the map" so to speak.
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Goski only reports some 2000 Gobal resorts so it is a long way off from the 6000.
Tajikistan got mentioned bacuse it has one resort that has one lift!
Austria's page has 150 entries but Bergfex (an Austria's own site) reports 322 resorts.
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There are thousands of commerical ski resorts worldwide.
From micro-resorts with 1km of runs through to mega-resorts like the 3 Valleys with 600km.
I would say the total number globally is closer to 6k than 2k.
And I bet no person on Earth has skied them all.
It would take atleast a decade or two.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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arv, I believe Masque researched all the ski resorts and there were many thousands 
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You know it makes sense.
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| Whitegold wrote: |
| I would say the total number globally is closer to 6k than 2k. |
Could well be; Patrick Thorne uses the numbers 5,700 and 5,800 on his website:
http://www.snow24.com/
("Ski centres" - implying that that also includes artificial slopes.)
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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That's alot of research! 
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Poster: A snowHead
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| saikee wrote: |
Think I have seen a figure of 670 resorts just for the Alps.
Alpine resorts are the biggest and more extensive than other major skiiing countries. European resorts can be used as good reference. Haven't skied USA yet but if Whistler is the largest in North America then I am not impressed. Japan's resorts are supposed the best in Asia, Austrilia and NZ but they are not in the same league as those in the Alps.
I suppose there are plenty of small resorts all over the world to make up the 6000 figure and they can be very enjoyable with the right snow condition. But for sheer scale, facilities and the variety of lifts I would rather like to exhaust the 670 Alpine resorts before looking elsewhere. In 10 years I managed just over 100 resorts (including small ones) in 13 countries. At this rate I have to give a miss to the majority of the 670 Alpines resorts, let alone the 6000 in the world. |
What criteria of measurement saikee?
And bigger is not always better.
And the 3 Valleys is tiny compared with terrain available at Termas de Chillan in Chile.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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arv, So far I've logged over 7K and I think the final total will be near10, BUT . . . MANY of these are one run and a donkey to drag you back up the 100 metres of gravel you've just ruined your bases on. Tthere are about 3.5K that could be described as a 'resort' and another1.5 that are best called a 'destination'. There are also many in the States that are semi private or kept secret by the locals.
This doesn't include skiable mountain where a bit of effort can have you looking at a personal heaven that the rest of you lardarsed beer hounds will never make a point of visiting. . . just look at some of Davidof's pics 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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How do you define a ski resort?
Hautacam in the French pyrenees has multiple lifts however doesnt have any accomodation. Is it really a resort? More like a ski station. Its pedantic I know! 
Can a slope/field with 1 tow/drag/t-bar etc. be called a ski resort?
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Can a slope/field with 1 tow/drag/t-bar etc. be called a ski resort?
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If so then circa 1985 England alone would have had at least 11 seperate 'resorts' I can think of, some with two or more tows. Today we are down to about six. In 10 years time ? 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Have you read Ski the World by Arnie Wilson? He spends a year skiing every day in 100s of resorts across the world.
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| Christopher wrote: |
| Can a slope/field with 1 tow/drag/t-bar etc. be called a ski resort? |
If that's all that's available to you . . . it certainly can.
Just because we've become lazy, selfish and superficial in our need to be entertained by thousands of kilometres of perfectly groomed, not too demanding hillside doesn't mean that we should deride the ecstasy of those that are less blessed with our income and ability to travel . . . but still have a hill to slide on.
Let's not forget, if climate change keeps accelerating and we actually have an economy that allows us disposable income to go play on the white-stuff . . . then we may well be looking to visit some VERY non-familiar places to get our fix.
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Masque, I wonder what potential there is for new ski resorts in the himalayas?
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Christopher, Is the RIGHT question - How do we define a ski resort. Does it require just skiing, or some sort of tow, accommodation etc. The ski tourers seem able to ski almost anywhere they get to on foot. The the heliskiers redefine even that. Before the tow was invented were they classed as ski resorts.
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I would have thought a skiing resort is one that the public can go to, purchase a pass, take the mechanical lifts to a higher elevation and ski down.
The accommodation got nothing to do with a resort as visitors can stay in cheaper off-resort accommdoations, as most continental skiers do.
I thought the purpose people doing ski touring is to avoid skiing inside a resort.
The number of lifts should not matter either. Just count the lifts in La Grave or Vallee Blanche. Tochal in Iran also has two lifts only but the first one is 7km long!
Although the resort size should not be a determining factor for enjoying the sport but skiers having no knowledge/experience of say the major or the largest skiing resorts in each country would be unable to draw credible comparisons.
No doubt there are many other features skiers want from a resort. For example people who want a drink and like to see real snow would discount Dubai ski dome even some have ranked it as one of the most exquisite skiing places in the world by Forbes.
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I have been out in Austria for 2 seasons.
Ski at least once every 3 days or so....
I get the Salzburger Super Ski Pass (with over 2,200km piste)...
I reckon i have skied less than half of the ski areas on offer on this pass over the course of 2 years! (That isn't half the Km available but half of the actual lift systems based in Austrian towns)
I challenge a SH to cover the whole Salzburger Super pass !!
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So, what resorts does it cover?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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My guess is that jacksonhole probably has come closer than any other snowhead to skiing the full list of resorts.
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Skicow.com lists 2500 ski areas and 1500 ski villages.
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