 Poster: A snowHead
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Jonny Jones, fanatstic advice, thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Have you skied Kicking Horse Jonny Jones?
If you haven't, then you'll be blown away in comparison with Panorama.
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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, no I haven't - it's on the to-do list, but it's never quite worked on the dates I've been looking. It's actually surprisingly difficult to cost-effectively accommodate a family of five: most resorts seem to assume a nuclear family of two adults and two kids, and special deals evaporate rapidly when your family grows.
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True.
Doable as a day trip from Panorama.
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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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Really? I can't convert acres to km, but I had impression Whistler would be far more extensive than Les Arcs? Is it not? What french resort is it comparable to size -wise? |
I don't know absolutely but if you just consider groomed run kms which is the most direct comparison that would be one marker. Somewhere like the wider above Val Thorens area (including Orelle) would easily surpass one of Whistler or Blackcomb. North America definitely isn't great for the sort of person who likes to travel one place to another in the course of the skiing day and you absolutely have to be willing to ski multiple lines off the same lift to make the best of it. Now if you don't ski off piste in Europe but you are going to try in North America a whole world opens up to you and IMO relatively tiny places like say Kirkwood in the US or Red Mountain or Fernie in Canada become vast playgrounds. However if you do ski offpiste in Europe you might find even say the Blackcomb glaciers relatively small beer (although hopefully compensated for in snow quality)
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+1 to fatbob's advice above ^^^
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I also completely concur with fatbob. Skiing in North America needs a different mindset. If you go there looking for some things that Europe excels at - eg huge linked ski areas - you'll be very disappointed. I personally find that I most enjoy runs that I'm familiar with so size doesn't bother me. Especially when the going gets tough, you sometimes need to know a run well to work out the best line that will allow you to really let rip.
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Bones, Agree the Ghee is a fun place and literally pick your line from the top. Jackson is a bit of a weird mix as US towns go- obviously heavily skewed toward the summer tourist trade but a bit of a magnet for ski bums and international visa workers. Some of the "corer than you, bro" attitude is around if you're in line for first tram but it's not as obvious as in Chamonix and all holidaymakers are made to feel welcome regardless because they are the lifeblood..
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FAQ
Theres an old Brit who works in the ticket office,he got a shock when I handed him my UK driving licence for ID 'I dont see many of those' were his first words 
