 Poster: A snowHead
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It's obviously a matter of debate, but these are the "world's five best big city ski destinations" compiled for MSNBC by 'skisnowboard.com', 'skisnowboardeurope.com' and 'xcskiresorts.com':
Salt Lake City
Reno
Quebec City
Innsbruck
Geneva
Here's the report.
I would have thought that Turin, which is hosting the 2006 Winter Olympics, beats Quebec hands down. Any other views?
Anyone been to Reno?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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David Goldsmith,
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Anyone been to Reno?
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Er..yes...a couple....well...a bit more than.......er.......every weekend from July to the end of October last year! 
I suppose you were hoping for a sensible answer?
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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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David Goldsmith, Boulder needs to be on this list!
Then, again, maybe not. Everyone should stay away...! 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I don't really see Bourg as a destination in itself, rather as a convenient base for a skiing holiday. If I wasn't into skiing I suspect that I would get bored of it quite quickly on a holiday.
I think that one of the great skiing cities that has been missed out, and definitely deserves to be there more than Quebec, is Vancouver.
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Santiago , Chile > Hapening !
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Not so sure about Geneva really, it's a good location but not that handy for Swiss skiing. For a Swiss city I'd have nominated somewhere like Bern or Interlaken, you can go skiing using public transport, as you can in Fribourg and Neuchatel for that matter.
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or Sion or Lausanne of course.
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i'd have to second Kramer with Vancouver - slopes in the city (cypress mountain), the best ski resort in North America only 1.5 hours away (Whistler) and the option in April/May to ski in the morning and surf in the Pacific in the afternoon ....
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Milton Keynes?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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doogo, yes Vancouver - red hot mountain biking on the North Shore too.
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And isn't one of the main reasons for going to the mountains to get away from city stress and pollution?
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PG, ...............but Bourg stinks (IMHO everytime i've stopped there) due to the pollution being trapped there??? Does the smell ever go away or is it "trapped" by the temperature inversions???
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You know it makes sense.
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Dan, depends if you're cleverly located on the south-facing slopes, 60/70m above the valley floor or not There's no industry to speak of, so only when there's a high traffic throughput is there ever a problem. Most of the time it's fine.
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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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ise I assume that Geneva was nominated for its French skiing...
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Poster: A snowHead
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I'm glad to see Innsbruck on the list, the only place where I've caught a city tram to go skiing.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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ise, where can you go skiing in Neuchatel?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Le Pâquier - Crêt-du-Puy
Les Bugnenets - Savagnières (home station of Didier Cuche)
Val-de-Travers / La Robella
Vue des Alpes - Tête de Ran
Les Breuleux
Les Genevez
Les Prés-d'Orvin
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What was the criteria? Does anyone actually stay in Geneva and travel to the slopes? the same would go for Turin.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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coldworld, very good question. Geneva and Turin are 60-90 minutes from very good skiing, but you wouldn't want to travel that distance after a hard day's work on the hill.
I once based myself in Salt Lake City to ski, which is OK.
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David Goldsmith, by those criteria Munich has to qualify easily! We are 40 minutes from the nearest useable slopes in Lenggries, an hour from Garmisch, and about 75 minutes from Kitzbuehel (if you manage to avoid the traffic). Zillertal about 90 - 120 minutes. St. Anton is about 2 1/4 hours (again if you manage to avoid the traffic over the Fernpass). Soelden, Obergurgl, Saalbach, Serfauss etc etc all within a two to three hours drive! Italy, just a couple of hours... and St. Moritz is about the furthest I venture at four hours. That must put us in at least the same league as Geneva?
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