Nice sneaky soft afternoon with pretty much no one on the mountain at Santa Fe yesterday. Looking hopeful for tomorrow.
RA- I was wondering where in the alps that cable car pic was from. The alps are a whole different experience than NA for sure. Good to see you getting after it!
If you haven’t been to WC in 20 years, it is a lot bigger (wider) now. When I skied it in 98/99, waterfall was newly open but you had to get towed back to the base area behind a snowcat--long lap times. Three new chairlifts have nearly tripled the expert terrain since then, but every fall line seems to be interrupted by 2 or 3 flat benches on the way to the valley floor.
Hmmm, looks like Andermatt will be on the Epic Pass next year. Love it or hate it, it could still be somewhat compelling to be able to ski a resort like that, and also spend some time at the Epic Pass resorts in the US.....View attachment 164067
that tram pic was of the upper tram or second stage on the Gemstock. That’s the Gemstock in this photo. 4900 vertical feet of predominantly north facing, free ride skiing bliss that rises right out of the picturesque Swiss mountain town of Andermatt. It’s just one part of the Disentis, Sedrun, Andermatt Ski Arena, a twenty mile wide ski area connected by every sort of lift imaginable and a train. I think Disentis has close to 6000 lift served vertical feet. The Swiss Alps are big, like mind numbing big.
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Andermatt.
Your timing was very good. But what happened to cause the gash/stitches at 8:20?Posting videos doesn’t seem to be the norm around here. But hey, the season and chat are winding down. Here’s a powder edit from 8-11 March trip to Taos and WC. Timing was good
My five day pass for Andermatt/Disentis was 280.Too bad for Andermatt. I’ve wanted to go there for a while. Given that lift tickets are a good bit less expensive in Euroland than North ‘Merica, epic ownership shouldn’t make a difference on where ‘Mercans ski in Euro, but it will.
also just read it on msn.comI was watching the NM fire updates on the weather channel and saw they have told people in Angel Fire area to be ready to go. Looks like it is burning in the direction of Taos. I know there is concern in AZ also. I hope you are all safe and stay safe.
The White Mountain Apache seem just fine with development on a different 11,000 foot mountain they run a ski resort on.One sided guardian advocacy article that gives details about upgrade plans that I wasn't aware of
Skiing on a sacred mountain: Indigenous Americans stand against a resort’s expansion
The debate over an Arizona ski resort’s future has exposed two vastly different visions of the American west: ‘Nuva’tukya’ovi is our Mount Sinai’www.theguardian.com
One sided guardian advocacy article that gives details about upgrade plans that I wasn't aware of
Skiing on a sacred mountain: Indigenous Americans stand against a resort’s expansion
The debate over an Arizona ski resort’s future has exposed two vastly different visions of the American west: ‘Nuva’tukya’ovi is our Mount Sinai’www.theguardian.com