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- Organisation: European Space Operation Centre (E.S.O.C)
- Date: Wednesday, 18 Nov 1992 19:28:05 CET
- From: <ACROWSON@ESOC.BITNET>
- Message-ID: <92323.192805ACROWSON@ESOC.BITNET>
- Newsgroups: rec.skiing
- Subject: Another "where to ski in US" request
- Lines: 37
-
- I'm hoping the wisdom of the net can help us decide where to go! I and a
- friend are planning to spend the first two weeks of February skiing in
- America. Trouble is, that's a little vague. We've done what research we
- can from brochures, guides, the net etc., and come up with a short list
- of resorts, but can't agree on how to shorten it any further. Any advice
- or tips would be welcome. Neither of us has skied oustide Europe before.
-
- The general idea is to spend a week in each of two resorts/areas. One of
- them is almost certainly Jackson Hole. The "short" list for the other is
- like this (after two hours of elimination last night):
-
- a) somewhere in Utah - probably Snowbird or Alta? (my best bet)
- b) Taos
- c) Telluride
- d) One or more of Aspen, Vail, Summit County (his best bet, I think)
-
- We haven't managed to agree to eliminate any of these. We're both good
- skiers, but not experts (give us time!), and enjoy doing things we find
- harder more than looking good on easy runs. The biggest attraction of
- US skiing for us is good powder snow (not too common in Europe these
- days -- I hope the fame of Rockies snow isn't all hype). We don't care
- about beautifully groomed trails or extensive nightlife. Slightly
- worried by (i) expecting rather smaller ski areas than we're used to,
- and (ii) tales of zealous policing to stop us doing things like skiing
- fast or skiing off the piste ...err, trail (practising the language).
- Don't like lift lines (who does?), but at least one of us (the other
- one) is not really into hiking to get to the skiing. Will probably
- think about taking a few lessons.
-
- Any informed advice will be appreciated. I promise not to post your
- secrets if you send me them by e-mail, but otherwise will summarise
- if response/interest is enough to warrant it.
-
- Thanks,
-
- Anthony Crowson
- acrowson@esoc.bitnet
-