 Poster: A snowHead
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How about a challenge to find a resort that noone has been to
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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1993/94
Ellmau & Ski Welt, Austria (92 days); Kaprun, Austria ( 1 day); Kitzbuhel (1 day); Saalbach-Hinterglemm (1 day)
1994/95
La Plagne, France (1 day)
1995/96
Chamonix, France (7 days); St Anton, Austria (2 days); Lech, Austria (2 days); Zurs, Austria (2 days)
1996/97
Monte Rosa, Italy (Alagna, Champoluc, Gressoney 13 days)
1997/98
Stranda, Norway (10 days)
1998/99
Big Mountain, Montana (28 days); Sunday River, Maine (12 days)
1999/00
Big Mountain, Montana (93 days); Castle Mountain, Alberta (1 day); Big White, BC (2 days)
2000/01
Big Mountain, Montana (97 days); Turner Mountain, Montana (1 day); Castle Mountain, Alberta (1 day); Alta, Utah (1 day); Brighton, Utah (4 days)
2001/02
Porter Heights, NZ (2 days); Ohau, NZ (1 day); Mt Dobson, NZ (1 day); Cardrona, NZ (1 day); Coronet Peak, NZ (1 day); Craigieburn, NZ (4 days); Temple Basin, NZ (1 day); Big Mountain, Montana (4 days); Kicking Horse, BC (62 days); Panorama, BC (1 day); Lake Louise, Alberta (7 days); Sunshine, Alberta (1 day)
2002/03
Portillo, Chile (7 days); Big Mountain, Montana (4 days); Kicking Horse, BC (72 days); Panorama, BC (8 days); Fernie, BC (2 days); Lake Louise, Alberta (1 day); Sunshine, Alberta (1 day); Castle Mountain, Alberta (2 days)
2003/04
Portillo, Chile (4 days); Termas de Chillan, Chile (2 days); Las Lenas, Argentina (8 days); Beaver Mountain, Utah (1 day); Brighton, Utah (8 days); Deer Valley, Utah (7 days); Park City, Utah (20 days); Powder Mountain, Utah (13 days); Snowbasin, Utah (4 days); Snowbird, Utah (1 day); Solitude, Utah (5 days); Sundance, Utah (3 days); The Canyons, Utah (4 days)
2004/05
Chapelco, Argentina (4 days); Caviahue, Argentina (5 days); Civetta, Italy (37 days); Montgenevre, France (1 day); Les Deux Alpes, France ( 1 day); La Grave, France (1 day)
2005/06
Termas de Chillan, Chile (5 days); Antillanca, Chile (3 days); La Hoya, Argentina (1 day); Cerro Bayo, Argentina (1 day); Chapelco, Argentina (1 day); Caviahue, Argentina (1 day); A-Basin, Colorado (4 days); Beaver Creek, Colorado (3 days); Breckenridge, Colorado (1 day); Copper Mountain, Colorado (3 days); Crested Butte, Colorado (1 day); Keystone, Colorado (94 days); Loveland, Colorado (1 day); Monarch, Colorado (1 day); Ski Cooper, Colorado (1 day); Snowmass, Colorado (1 day); Steamboat, Colorado (1 day); Sunlight, Colorado (1 day); Telluride, Colorado (1 day); Vail, Colorado (3 days); Winter Park, Colorado (1 day); Big Mountain, Montana (2 days); Montana Snowbowl, Montana (1 day); Moonlight Basin, Montana (1 day); Powder Mountain, Utah (1 day); Snowbasin, Utah (1 day); Alpental, Washington (1 day); Crystal Mountain, Washington (1 day); Mt Baker, Washington (2 days); White Pine, Wyoming ( 1 day)
2006/07
Wherever it's dumping 
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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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Mike Pow,
What do you do for a living? You've clocked up some serious skiing 
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1993/94
Chalet Rep for Crystal in Ellmau
1994/95, 1995/96, 1996/97, 1997/98, 1998/99
All holidays
1999/00, 2000/01
Resort Rep for Inghams at Big Mountain, Montana
2001/02, 2002/03
Had my own Ski & Snowboard Instructor Training Company, IN THE POWDER, based at Kicking Horse, BC.
Did one trip to NZ and one trip to Chile to research offering a summer product.
2003/04
Holiday to Chile & Argentina.
Resort Rep for Inghams at Park City, Utah. Had a car with the job so visited as many of the Utah resorts as I could. 
2004/05
Holiday to Argentina.
Resort manager for Pinnacle Travel (UK schoolkids ski holidays) in Civetta, Dolomites, Italy.
Holiday to France.
2005/06
Private trip to Argentina & Chile. Organised, escorted and instructed three guys from Scotland on a 3-week trip to S America.
Ski Instructor at Keystone, Colorado.
Tagged on a road trip at the end of the season taking in other resorts in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming, Montana and Washington.
You can read about it here
http://adrenalintrip.extreme.com/forum/viewtopic/1/150172?siteid=1&sid=08a75d2603e9f239f23b05ecd4efe737&308
2006/07
Another private trip to Argentina & Chile.
Either ski instructing back at Keystone or hopefully in Niseko, Japan
Came to it late, so I'm making up for lost turns
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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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Mike Pow,
Comprehensive reply. What do you do out of season?
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Shaping minds and kicking ass at a US residential children's summer camp
My normal year is:
Mid-November through to the end of April instructing at a Northern Hemisphere ski resort, typically in the US or Canada
May at my parents' place in Wales
June through to the last week of August at a residential children's summer camp in NY state, USA
Last week in August through to the first week in October either running private ski instruction trips and/or skiing in Argentina & Chile
First week in October through to mid-November back at my parents' place in Wales
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martski,
Which part of the Welsh Alps are you from?
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Aviemore
Zwiesel (grosse Arbour)
Bodenmeis (Germany)
Glenshee
La Plagne (Twice)
Cervinia
Courmeyour
Zermat
Les 2 Alps
Sierre Chevallier
Arinsal
Soll
Crans Montana
Biberwier (Austria)
Tignes
Macugnaga (twice)
Copper Mountain/Steamboat Springs (same trip)
Heavenly/Alta/Snowbird/Park city/Brighton/Solitude (same trip)
Bansko
Verbier
Val D'isere/Tignes
Glencoe
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Cairngorm 1985 (20? days)
Glenshee 1986 (5 days)
Lecht 1989 (6 days)
Les Menuires 1990 (6 days)
Nevis Range 2006 (30 days)
Les Deux Alpes 2006 (8 days)
Sierra Nevada 2007 (4 days)
Val Thorens 2007 (6 days)
Glencoe 2008 (1 day)
Resort - year first visited and aprox number of days skiing there
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Seefeld - first time skiing
Obergurgl - twice
Saas Fee
Soldeu
Lech - 6 times
Courchevel 1850
Megeve
Morzine
Winter Park 2007
Les Arcs 2008
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Seefeld - first time skiing
Obergurgl - twice
Saas Fee
Soldeu
Lech - 6 times
Courchevel 1850
Megeve
Morzine
Winter Park 2007
Les Arcs 2008 |
You've been skiing for 158 years? 
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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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5th-12th Feb 2006 - Arinsal, Andorra - Complete beginner so didn't ski the Pal side or cover much milage but I loved it.
3rd-10th Feb 2007 - Les Deux Alpes - Skiing really improved so I really had a sense of exploring the mountain as I wasn't limited to just the greens. Spectacular views.
12th-19th Jan 2008 - Borovets - The skiing compares well with Arinsal which has similar piste KM.
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Roughly in date order from first ski in 1996 to end of this season - and including resorts only once!:
Nevis range
Glenshee
Lecht
Aviemore
Les Arcs (staying in 2000 and 1800)
Glencoe
Val d'Isere
Three Vallets (staying in La Tania, Mottaret, Meribel, Courchevel 1650 and 1850)
St Anton
Lech/ Zurs
Chamonix (skiing in le Tour, Grandes Montets, Brevent/ Flegere, Vallee Blanche)
Megeve/ St Gervais
Vail
Beaver Creek
Alpe d'Huez
Verbiers
Courmayeur
Cervinia
Copper Mountain
Keystone
Pila
Hafjell
Kitfjell
Reiteralm
Zermatt.
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You know it makes sense.
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In order of most frequent visits
Tignes or Val D'Isere(at least x 15 times, know the ski area by heart!)
Soldeu (x4) (parents have house in Pyrenees)
Les Angles (x3) (ditto)
Alpe D'Huez (x3)
Flaine (x3)
Avoriaz (x2)
La Clusaz (x2)
Chamonix (x1)
Saas Fee (x1)
Meribel (x1)
Font Romeu (x1-too flat for me!)
Les Deux Alpes (x1)
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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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Jings, this is going to jolt my memory a wee bit...
Zell am See
Valmorel
St Francois Longchamps
Morzine
Montgenevre
St Anton
Chamonix
Ceurmayeur
Kaprun
Garmisch Partenkershen
Whistler
Claviere
Aviemore
Glenshee
Glencoe
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Poster: A snowHead
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God I cant wait till I have a list as long as the rest of you.
Only ever been to Montgenevre, Christmas 2006 and 2007.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Learnt to ski in Soldeu, Andorra - great Instructors
Serre Chevalier
Chamonix 2 weeks
Les Carroz x 2
Hope to go to Austria next year but will have to go half term! 
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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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Just a list, can't remember the years
Milton Keynes!
Grindelwald,
Meribel,
Killington,
Whistler,
Saas Fee(didn't actually ski was pregnant!, but nice town),
Peisey(Les Arcs),
Morzine.
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Tignes x 3 2005/2006
ADH
Arosa
Saas Fee
L2A x 2 2006/2007
Verbier
StAnton
Whistler
StAnton 2007/2008
Verbier
PDS
Innsbruck
to be continued ................................ in the next few weeks hopefully:D
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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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Many moons ago, first few trips....
1985 La Clusaz 1st ever trip with school aged 16 - arrived to green fields on Dec 23rd !!
So were bused to La Plagne for the first 2 days.
Soldeu
Pamporovo
Borovets
More recently
2001 Banff
2002 Soldeu
2003 Kimberley / Fernie
2004 Hopfgarten - Ski Welt
2005 Soldeu
Saalbach
2006 Morzine
2007 Passo Tonale
Aspen/Snowmass
2008 Banff / Kicking Horse
44 days to Zermatt.
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errr... chaps....
shouldn't we be doing this in the skier profiles (see AZ sticky) rather than resuscitating a 2-4 year old htread?
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Venabu (twice)
Obergurgl
Livigno (thrice)
Macunaga
Les Arcs
Meribel
Serre Chevalier (4 or 5 times)
Val d'Isere
La Clusaz
Tignes
Gressoney la Trinite
Passo Tonale
Cervinia
St Martin de Belleville
Verbier
Grimentz
Zinal
St Luc
Vercorin
Morzine
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Done 100+ ski areas in 15 countries (Scotland, Austria, France, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Andorra, Leichtenstein, Poland, Norway, Spain, USA, Canada, Chile - and last (and very much least!!) England (on real snow in the North Pennines).
There are still plenty more countries left to go at - would love to add Bulgaria, Romania, Slovenia, Oz, New Zealand, Argentina & Japan to the list.
Has anyone "done " Morocco, Cyprus, Greece, Lebanon, Iran, Turkey, South Africa, China, Russia, any of the "Stans" (Uzbeki etc) or any other weird or wacky destinations??
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Roughly from when I started:
1979 Verbier x3
Meribel x 2
Val D'Isere x2
Les Arcs x 2
Les Menuires x1
Isola 2000 x1
Meribel Motteret x1
Kitzbuhel x1
St. Johann x1
Kirkdorf x1
Steinplatte x1
Andorra x1
Courchevel x2
La Tania x2
Tignes x2
Fernie x1
Ste. Foy x1
Peissey x3
La Rosiere x1
La Thuile x1
Sestriere x1
Serre Chevalier x1
Mont Geneve x1
Sauze D'oulx x1
Claviere x1
Aviemore x15
Zermatt x1
Bride Le Bains x1
Chamonix x4
Argentiere x3
Morzine x1
Les Gets x1
Avoriaz PdS x2
Milton Keynes x10
Hemel x 1000's
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1990 Ellmau
1991 Kirchberg
1991 Val D'Isere
1992 Les Deux Alpes
1993 Cervinia
1994 Soldeu
1995 Ischgl
1996 Ischgl
1997 Ischgl
1998 St. Anton
1999 Ischgl
2000 Solden
2001 Ischgl
2002 Ischgl
2003 Ischgl
2004 Ischgl
2005 Ischgl
2006 Ischgl
2006 Mayerhofen
2007 Ischgl
2007 Kitzbuhel
Off to Ischgl again on 7th March (bit of a theme here) and Zell Am See on 22nd March for Easter
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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In order of going starting from 1991 (and any complaints regarding (mis-)spelling will not be tolerated), Orcieres-Merlette x2 ; Ellmau; Meribel x2; Courmeyeur; Alp d'Huez; Cervinia; Wengen; Les deux Alpes. Takes us to 2000 then Whistler; Crans-Montana; Le Mont-d'or x2; Selva; Val d'Isere; Sestriere and last but not least, Les Carroz the last 5 years.
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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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Since 2000
La Plagne x2
Val Cenis x12
(Bonneval/Termignon/Val Frejus/La Norma/Val Thorens) as part of the above
St Gervais/Megeve x2
(Les Contamnies/Les Houches)
Mayrhofen
Wengen
Glencoe
Glenshee
Yad Moss
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Reflecting a bit of a bias towards most things Italian:
Pila
Sestriere
Bormio
Canazei
Arabba
Santa Caterina
Dartmoor
St Martin de Belleville
Passo Tonale
Gressony
La Plagne
and a near-miss on Mt Etna
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You know it makes sense.
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Cripes, not stayed in em all, but certainly skied:
La Plagne x5
Les Arcs
Chamonix x2
Grindelwald
Wengen
Zermatt x4
St Anton x2
Lech
Zurs
Saalbach x2
Zell Am See x2
Radstadt
Flachau
Wagrain
Zauchensee
Val Thorens
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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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Places I've stayed (often involving skiing in neighbouring resorts, obviously) in no particular order, some repeat visits, length of stay variable:
Verbier
Courchevel
Meribel
Meribel Mottaret
Val D'Isere
Andermatt
Stuben
St Anton
Lech
Sauze D'Oulx
Canazei
Zermatt
Chamonix
Morzine
Wengen
Davos
Klosters
Villars
Courmayeur
Arosa
Whistler
Panorama
Snowmass
Tahoe
Vaujany
Crans
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Places skied in no particular order
Hemel
Christchurch
Southampton
Sheffield
Edinburgh
Hilllingdon
High Wycombe
Newton Toney
Aviemore
Les Gets
Chateau d'oux
Bad Kleinkirchheim
Saalbach
Hinterglem
Kaprun
Meribel (and Mottaret)
Val Thorens
La Tania
Courchevel
Gstaad
Rougemont
Val d'Isere
Tignes
Les Arcs
La Plagne
Verbier
Morzine
Avoriaz
La Clusaz
and probably some I have forgotten
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Time for my new list:
Crest Voland *2
Les Saises
Flaine
Crest Voland
Morzine
Passo Tonale *2
Madonna di Campiglo
Livigno *2
Alpe D'Huez
Les 2 Alpes *2
Soll
Saalbach
Hinterglem
Zell am See
Kaprun
La Rosiere/ La Thuile *2
Lake Louise
Sunshine
Lecht
Nevis Range
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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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A real live newbie......@ 53 years of age!
2006 - Madonna de Campiglio
Madesimo
2007 - Hinterglemm + Saalbach
Obertauern + Flachau
2008 - La Plagne et al
Alpe D'Huez et al
Bormio + St Katerina + Livigno etc
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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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northantsred, you got bitten by the bug bad!
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Started late too at 46.
2005 Geilo, Font Romeu
2006 Banff (Sunshine/Lake Louise/Norquay), St Sorlin D'Arves, Alpe D'Huez
2007 Les Deux Alpes (3 times), St Sorlin D'Arves
2008 Zermatt, Foppolo, Les Deux Alpes, Alpe D'Huez
2009 Tignes, Zermatt, Les Deux Alpes
2010 Tignes, Laax, Les Deux Alpes
2011 Tignes (x 2), St Anton, Les Deux Alpes (and perhaps some time at Lech, Zurs, Alpe D'Huez, Serre Chevalier)
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When Where No of days skied
Dec 1991 School ski trip to St Johann im Tyrol Austria 4 days, then very long break....
Jan 2005 Val Thorens 2 days
Mar 2006 Bad Kleinkirchheim Austria 5 days
Dec 2006 Madonna di Campiglio Italy 5 days
Feb 2007 Levi Finland 1 day
Mar 2007 Going Austria 5 days
Dec 2007 Tignes 6 days
Dec 2007 Chamonix 5 days
Jan 2008 Courchevel 6 days
Feb 2008 Brides Les Bains/Meribel 6 days
Mar 2008 Nevis Range/Glencoe 3 days
Apr 2008 Val D'Isere 12 days
Total so far 60 days = 10 (6 day) weeks
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List too long if I put in all the years, so:
1984-1990. Learnt in Isola 2000 3 weeks over season; Les Arcs, La Plagne, Val Thorens, Tignes, Val d'Isere (6 weeks), Meribel.
1991-2000 Meribel, Tignes, Val d'Isere, Morgins, Avoriaz, Verbier and 4 valleys, Flaine, Zermatt, Vail, Alta, Snowbird, Park City, Canyons, Deer Valley, Flims-Laax, Davos, Klosters, St. Anton, Lech, Zurs, Notre Dame de Bellecombe, Les Saisies, Alpe d'Huez, Serre Chevalier, Wengen, Grindlewald, Engleberg, Murren.
2001 to date Heavenly, Sierra, Kirkwood, Homewood, Squaw, Northstar, Mount Rose, Sugar Bowl, Alpine Meadows, Taos, Angel Fire, Breckenridge, Arapahoe Basin, Vail, Beaver Creek, Keystone, Snowbird, Alta, Brighton, Solitude,Whistler, Big Sky, Jackson Hole, Gressoney, Champoluc, Arabba, Val Gardena, Corvara etc, Ischgl, Stuben, St.Anton, Lech, Zurs, Courchevel, Meribel, La Tania, Val Thorens, Val d'Isere, Les Arcs, Champagny, La Plagne, Ste. Foy, La Rosiere, La Thuile, Zermatt, Crans Montana.
Still have all my lift passes when available to prove it. Don't know how long in total as some have been short trips associated with business but on average at least 3 weeks per year so over 400 days. Nice to think I've spent a year and a half of my life doing the thing I love most! Thank God they've stopped requiring photos, the past 24 years are starting to show!
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P.S. Forgot Winter Park, Loveland and Copper done this year........ 
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Notable gaps in my cv include Austria, Utah/Wyoming/Idaho, Japan and Scandiland.
Must try & fix a couple of these next year - anyone know the best lowcos for a maximumised weekender (e.g Fri night flight/ Monday night rtn) to Innsbruck or somewhere Nordic?
Notable non highlights include Skem, Bracknell & a very foggy day at Glenshee.
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