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Continuing the rolling worst of awards ....(suck on that Phil Keith)
What's the resort with the biggest gap between its marketing image and reality?
My vote Bansko, I've never been but puff pieces in the press describing it as the new Val D'Isere and a hilarious promo DVD I picked up at the ski show one year are enough to convince me.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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fatbob, Alagna, Freeride Paradise
Yeah, right.
Only if you are prepared for a little self elevation.
A single face of itineraries off Punta Indren does not a Snowbird make.
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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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I once remember St Johann in Tirol describing itself as "Powder Paradise".
Utah's "The Greatest Snow on Earth" always gets me. Sure, it can be epic but your timing has to be right.
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| under a new name wrote: |
fatbob, Alagna, Freeride Paradise
Yeah, right.
Only if you are prepared for a little self elevation.
A single face of itineraries off Punta Indren does not a Snowbird make. |
Think you're being a bit harsh about the terrain at Alagna, but it's hard to take the claim seriously when the slots for skis on the gondolas are too narrow even to fit Salomon 1080s!
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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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| Bode Swiller wrote: |
I once remember St Johann in Tirol describing itself as "Powder Paradise".
Utah's "The Greatest Snow on Earth" always gets me. Sure, it can be epic but your timing has to be right. |
so can Yadd Moss
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Arno, The terrain is magnificent, but the snow isn't so often and lift served hp is limited. And often rocky.
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| Arno wrote: |
Think you're being a bit harsh about the terrain at Alagna, but it's hard to take the claim seriously when the slots for skis on the gondolas are too narrow even to fit Salomon 1080s! |
What an excellent idea, that will keep the riff-raff out. More resorts should do it.
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| fatbob wrote: |
Continuing the rolling worst of awards ....(suck on that Phil Keith)
What's the resort with the biggest gap between its marketing image and reality?
My vote Bansko, I've never been but puff pieces in the press describing it as the new Val D'Isere and a hilarious promo DVD I picked up at the ski show one year are enough to convince me. |
I know the DVD you are talking about - its quite good.
I'm sorry but I am a fan of Bansko - I had a great holiday there; don't know how it compares to Val d'Isere but, if what I hear about Val d' Isere is true, I would rather not go thank you very much!
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under a new name, yes, it certainly wouldn't be top of my list for powder destinations
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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^^^^ They're going to get a terrible chill on their kidneys. AND where are their helmets?
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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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| Anniepen wrote: |
| AND where are their helmets? |
So many possible quips, so little time.
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You know it makes sense.
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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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Arno, but if you are prepared to skin up a little...
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Poster: A snowHead
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boabski, Pure dead brilliant is cringeworthy. Whoever came up with that needs put up against and wall and shot.
I'll never forget flying back to Prestwick from Turin after a ski holiday and me and my fluent italian speaking mate were behind a group of Italian school kids who thought they had landed in a 3rd world backwater. My mate heard them say that Prestwick was the worst place they had been in their lives and they wanted to go home straight away. Then they saw the slogan in huge letters inside the terminal and couldn't understand why they could be dead and that it was brilliant to be dead! 
Poor kids.
jb1970, you're missing out if you don't try Val D'Isere at least once and you're deluded if you think that Bansko is a better ski holiday destination.
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Whoever came up with that needs put up against and wall and shot.
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My borther in law knows the woman. Pure dead neddy, by the way
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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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shoogly, I think Prestwick is a gem in comparison to Genoa in 1977 to which we were diverted due fog in Turin.
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Espace Killy - The top of Toviere could be better described as "Absolutely Feckin Heaving Killy"
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| shoogly wrote: |
jb1970, you're missing out if you don't try Val D'Isere at least once and you're deluded if you think that Bansko is a better ski holiday destination. |
Hear hear!
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Sofia Airport in Buglaria in the late 80's, had a luggage belt (not carousel) consisting of a row of about 20' of wooden rollers - when the luggage reached the end it just fell off! Imagine the scene on a busy arrival morning, and the ensuing pile of cases, skis, boot bags etc. Complete mayhem
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| Utah's "The Greatest Snow on Earth" always gets me. Sure, it can be epic but your timing has to be right |
Hmm....Tell me (and Mrs MA) about it! We once skied there for 10 days in January (Canyons, Park City, Deer Valley, Snowbird and Alta): Wall to wall sun, packed powder, every inch of the mountain tracked....not one single powder turn. Seeing every car bearing the 'Greatest Snow on Earth' state numberplates just made me want to ram them off the road  .
The same season we had 3 or 4 powder days in Scotland.....Europe's Adventure Capital indeed!
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