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congrats bro ... great pics.
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Ha brilliant BWM - congratulations!
Verbier!
St Anton, Austria
This was last week in Whistler, still finding waist deep 3 days after snowfall. Thanks Olympic.
These pictures are amazing! Looks so much different to NZ. Does anyone know if there is any way you can post pics off your hard drive? I've only found the URL photo button and I don't keep any of my photos online
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nah mate - you have to link from online. facebook, flickr, photobucket etc
Whistler Jan 2010
Originally posted by: Ride Againstsure is bro. trees, higher altitude and different rock in north america. Join flickr of something for free to host your pics bro. not that hard just some mucking around. these canada pics are providing a dilemna for next year. canada,usa roadie or both?
These pictures are amazing! Looks so much different to NZ. Does anyone know if there is any way you can post pics off your hard drive? I've only found the URL photo button and I don't keep any of my photos online
go to europe, way better than the US
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way more expensive too
Italy 2010/2011 then BC 2011/2012 
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Austria is max 38 euros a day, US is up to $90US a day, accomadation in Austria is way cheaper than the US, and the flight to Europe is more expensive, but not loads more. Easy to get around europe and the mountains are better
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mite be 38euros sleeping in the gutter with a seasons pass bro but prices ive seen aint cheap less you hit the eastern block or have a seasons pass. not to mention the terrible exchange rate
also how do u define "better mountains"? more vert,more area,more lifts,more snow? hell in that case even aussie beats nz
european resorts blow the US out of the water for lifts, terrain, backcountry options, price, accomadation. We paid 200 euros for 11 mountain season pass, lift tickets ranged from 20-32 euros back in 2005, 32 got you the best of the best. Looking now, Alberg converts to $55US a day for 280kms of runs, 77 lifts including 18 gondolas/trams, awesome awesome off piste runs and great snow
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Originally posted by: Ride Against
These pictures are amazing! Looks so much different to NZ. Does anyone know if there is any way you can post pics off your hard drive? I've only found the URL photo button and I don't keep any of my photos online
Dude, you can alway use imageshack.us
Easy to use and totally free!
And yeah, skiing in Europe is an amazing experience, totally different to NZ. My gf and I have been getting out to France, Switzerland and Austria for the last few years and it's been phenomenal. We're heading to Ohakune in a few weeks though, can't wait to get home!
Whakapapa!
yeah id agree BWM..i paid about 400 pounds for a week in serre che, including flight london-turin, accom, transfers, lift passes...u can fly in to uk for between 2-2.k, or u could go direct to viena for less...they had 4 lift linked areas each larger than turoa/whaka combined.90 something lifts, about 10 gondolas/cable cars. vertical drop was 1800m i believe.
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This is going back a bit(thou i still see comparable prices around) 250 pounds for andorra including flights from london, all food, hotel, transfers, lift pass for a week.
We did a trip to serre chev 1999 450 pounds 2 weeks, all above included, plus on snow accom in chalet..u could board to the door
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Agree. I've had full weeks in Europe - return flights from London, transfers to/from Geneva, fully catered accom (inc loads of wine!) for only £300ish. Lift passes can be more than £200 for a week though, depending on which pass you get. Not at all bad for an amazing week's skiing high in the Alps though.
too bad you only get 46p to the kiwi dollar
anyways i know this link is biased but i rest my case. for pow north america and japan gets the dumps
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22150492/ [msnbc.msn.com]
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Got married up Mt Cheeseman on Sat, couple of pictures
Hey congratulations BWM. What a spectacular spot for a wedding ceremony!
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hey BP, how much was accomadation in tahoe per night, was there free buses to the ski lifts, etc, etc, Austria and other parts of Europe have got it figured out muc better than the US, we used to do 18km runs, took an hour to get up all the lifts and snowbaord down, an hour per run, Europe is better hands down
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$50 us a night, free bus to northstar,homewood,squaw and alpine. gas $3 a gallon so cheap to drive around.plenty of deals on passes too or a squaw season pass was $250 preseason. europe looks great but im not done with usa/canada yet. when i have 1-2months spare sometime i'll be keen for europe. when i have 3 weeks i'll take the shorter flite and more guaranteed snowpack.
Originally posted by: 03snowman
too bad you only get 46p to the kiwi dollar
Don't complain. Back in my day we got 29p thanks to Rob Muldoon....
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Japan rocks. Relatively cheap (cheaper than Canada) and the quantity and quality of snow is just monstrous.
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Yeah Japan is my pick aswell(not so good for the little ones!!)Don't get the massive steeps in Hokkaido,but the amount of snow and waist to chest(not kidding)and -10 to -20 C and the amazing food is awesome,Niseko is great,but there are so many more resorts without the crowds.Definatly worth the trip Snowman,would seriouly think about it.
Super cheap aswell,$30 to$40 a night will see you right for foods and beers and you can eat like a king.
id rate austria over france. Thou St Foy was in a class of its own.
Anyone here been to Gadauri? supposed to have massive snowfalls.
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Damuls in austria averages 9.5 m snowfall per year.
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Originally posted by: oldscoolOriginally posted by: 03snowman
too bad you only get 46p to the kiwi dollar
Don't complain. Back in my day we got 29p thanks to Rob Muldoon....
... and in 2002 when I went to England for a wedding
VERY expensive trip, that.
whoops that was supposed to be a 
Hey some of us got SOTD this week. Keep the pics coming!
Peak 2 Peak
ooo prettttty
Blackcomb Glacier
Thought i should add a nz picture too
Couple from last years sketchy gap.
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The jury's out for me on the US/Europe debate. They're each totally different animals.
US/Canada's main selling point is the language. I know that might sound snobbish/elitist but the short of it IMO is that it's a lot easier to get by on your own when you can actually talk to people. I spend a season in Tignes back in 2004 and what surprised me was how cliquey the English speaking community is there. On a busy night in an English speaking bar, you basically won't get served unless you know the bar staff.
The upshot is the sheer size of the ski area. Val d-Isere and Tignes combined is over 24,000 acres of lift accessed terrain, which when compared to Squaw Valley's 4,000 acres or Hutt's 360, put the size into perspective somewhat.
Having said that, there's no defined ski area boundry in Euro resorts. If you're on a groomed run you're inbounds and if not then you have your life in your own hands. This is fine if you know your stuff about avalanches but if not, then you can easily enter a world of danger without realising it. In the US, and here, there's a circle in which all terrain is avalanche controlled and crossing it is very obvious.
Originally posted by: otagoshred
Thought i should add a nz picture too
Thats my local!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Looking amazing too. Damn bring on winter!!!!!!
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Originally posted by: Mr. Splodgesome interesting points. whats the tree skiing like in europe? looks like most of the action is open bowls above the treeline?
The jury's out for me on the US/Europe debate. They're each totally different animals.
US/Canada's main selling point is the language. I know that might sound snobbish/elitist but the short of it IMO is that it's a lot easier to get by on your own when you can actually talk to people. I spend a season in Tignes back in 2004 and what surprised me was how cliquey the English speaking community is there. On a busy night in an English speaking bar, you basically won't get served unless you know the bar staff.
The upshot is the sheer size of the ski area. Val d-Isere and Tignes combined is over 24,000 acres of lift accessed terrain, which when compared to Squaw Valley's 4,000 acres or Hutt's 360, put the size into perspective somewhat.
Having said that, there's no defined ski area boundry in Euro resorts. If you're on a groomed run you're inbounds and if not then you have your life in your own hands. This is fine if you know your stuff about avalanches but if not, then you can easily enter a world of danger without realising it. In the US, and here, there's a circle in which all terrain is avalanche controlled and crossing it is very obvious.
Every place I have been in Europe had heaps of tree runs. Best run of my life still is easily a u shaped gunbarrel chute with trees either side, a few in between and stupidly deep powder at Pitztal in Austria.
There's plenty of tree skiing in Europe but the trees are different. A bit more tightly spaced in Europe than in the US, probabaly because there's no man-made thinning of trees in the ski areas to make them more punter-friendly. Trees in the western US seem to thin out with altitude whereas in Europe there's a more clearly defined tree line. This could be due to the climate or the type of trees, but probably a combination of the two.
depends where u go..some places in france like chamonix, trees are tightly spaced, but other areas like st foy are more open. Austria, Andorra and Italy are much wider spaced like North America
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Norway has rad trees, I will say that much. Being at Hemsedal was funny, way way bigger than anything in NZ (and a lot of North American options too) but the Europeans I was there with (French, Swiss, Austrian, German) said it was absolutely nothing on anything on the main continent. They have a way different attitude over there though, and backcountry is huge, as is telemarking (saw kids under 5 ripping on tele's). Norway is relatively undeveloped, which a lot of the people I was with reckoned they preferred, as they were all big into the backcountry side of things (which for them is epicly long ski tours, ice climbing to get into chutes and stuff like that).
The coolest thing was that while Norway is one of the most expensive countries in the world (1 NOK = 4 NZD, and everything there is already 2 - 4 times the price it is in NZ) skiing is damn cheap (lift passes less than NZ, nice accom cheap as, and gear pretty cheap too, generally cheaper than NZ). A lot to be said for a country where skiing is the national sport! The kids there absolutely rip...
But now, some pics from NZ... Mt Cook region, late September 09
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More from home, how about Fiordland, December 28, 2009. The snow in these pictures is mostly the remnants of the winter snowpack, when we went in, the snowline was around 1100m on southern aspects. This area has so much potential for those who want it...
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gah can't get that last post to work, will try again later on
More from home, how about Fiordland, December 28, 2009. The snow in these pictures is mostly the remnants of the winter snowpack, when we went in, the snowline was around 1100m on southern aspects. This area has so much potential for those who want it...
Black Lake, frozen.
Mt Talbot would be epic for riding in winter...
Barrier Knob, our destination this day. Again, a lot of potential in winter/spring.
Some of the nicest corn snow I have seen!
Talbot again from Barrier Knob
Looking south to Mt Crosscut. About now I really wished I had my board...
Thick snowpack
There is so much BC potential in NZ... go get it!
Originally posted by: BluntOriginally posted by: otagoshred
Thought i should add a nz picture too
Thats my local!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Looking amazing too. Damn bring on winter!!!!!!
Yeah i took this back in 05. Spent quite a few years up ruapehu! Epic mountain!
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This was as busy as it got that day - midweeks where it's at!
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A few minutes out of Turangi on way to Waiouru 3 or so days after the October dumps
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Originally posted by: otagoshredOriginally posted by: BluntOriginally posted by: otagoshred
Thought i should add a nz picture too
Thats my local!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Looking amazing too. Damn bring on winter!!!!!!
Yeah i took this back in 05. Spent quite a few years up ruapehu! Epic mountain!
I can't believe that amount of untracked snow. Was it pre-season?
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Why nots are too full for pre season? Maybe first lifts?
I was working for RAL this season and managed to score a chair up with some patrol. Opened to the public 1/2 hour later.
wonder if that was the same day everyone on this forum complained about delays on road and lift openings and then found the whole hill already tracked by ski patrol
a fleeting glimpse on SH4 near Horopito (not the Makatote Viaduct, but the one near "the last spike" I think.)
I was driving to Whakapapa for the day from Ohakune, and it was an awesome sunny day with no one around. Love those.
