 Poster: A snowHead
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Where's ok in these regions at this time ?
Am strong intermeadiate skier who's never been across the pond, but as have had to curtail skiing ativities so far this year, have a bit more cash for an end-of-season blast, so would like some info.
Like fast long runs and mixed interesting stuff. eg prefer Davos to Les Arcs. Not so good on moguls, no great off-piste experience but happy to include both. Looking at a fortnight away 
Cheers,
Austin 7
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Try a similar query on epicski.com and you will get loads of US input, also try a search there as there have been a number of similar queries and threads on this topic.
Generally you will find early April sees a number of areas winding down-usually lack of people as opposed to snow- but still loads of skiing available. Tahoe, Mammoth, most of the Utah resorts, Whistler, Banff will all still be open . All of these areas should be large enough to keep you interested for a couple of weeks with some days off. The benefit is lowish crowds and most likely nice weather- at Tahoe last year it was glorious sunny weather in early April and there was still a fair amount of snow as they had been dumped on big style in early March. Often you can strike lucky and get fairly significant new snow in a storm - we have had that in April at Tahoe 2/3 times and at Whistler.
As you will see from epicski everyone has their own favorite-mine are Whistler and Tahoe, but we are trying Mammoth this year. The benefit of these is that you can tag on a few extra days at your gateway airport city for a bit of variety eg San Francisco for Tahoe, Los Angeles for Mammoth or Vancouver for Whistler. If you go to Banff you can do the same in Calgary or take a few days off to see Banff National Park
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Been to Banff / Lake Louise a couple of times at Easter. Strongly recommended  Good snow and pistes fairly quiet.
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I went to Breckenridge a few years ago in early Feb, and mine host spent most of the time saying how much better everything was in April, although (because?) fewer people went then. Can't say I was over-impressed with the skiing itself - pretty much all the runs were very short, with the only things approximating to a cruisy Alpine red were the couple of blue-blacks over on Peak 10 (?IIRC -anyway its the one to the far left as you look up at the hill from the town). Really enjoyed my days at Keystone and Vail though.
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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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| telford_mike wrote: |
| Been to Banff / Lake Louise a couple of times at Easter. Strongly recommended Good snow and pistes fairly quiet. |
I agree; I've been to Banf 6 times at Easter, and at worst the snow has been good, at best great.
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Ditto re Banff. Search some of the earlier threads.
You've got three local areas accessible, plus possible trips farther afield (Nakiska, Panorama, Kicking Horse). Weather at this time of the year is good. (Not brutally cold, like January). Snow has been good in my experience (like Nick, I've been there for the last 6 years around Easter and have never experienced poor conditions, even when the locals have complained of a "bad" snow year).
Banff is a good base, with a lot of choice of accomodation and good shops and restaurants for those non-skiing moments. The skiing offers a lot of variety, and if you struggle on the bumps, there are some great instructional programmes. (I recommend the "Club Ski" 3-day programme: good value and great instruction).
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| Acacia wrote: |
| been there for the last 6 years around Easter and have never experienced poor conditions, even when the locals have complained of a "bad" snow year). |
Yes, they're a fussy lot. I haven't used Club Ski but have heard good things of it.
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check out kicking horse, in golden, b.c., about 1.5hrs from banff
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pollittcl, not when I was there a few Easter's ago. 
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