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Slightly off topic
My friends are looking for a location for a downhill ski vacation
over the New Year period, and they seek a modern resort such as Banff and close to an airport they could reach with a UK flight. Does anybody have a suggestion for an area or comments on the likely snow conditions they could expect at that time Thanks Mike |
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I've snowboarded and tele'd over 70 North American resorts in the last 18
years. I've sampled at least some of the ski areas in every North American region except Alaska. Email me, or have your friends email me, at thomas dot w dot taylor at att dot net, with the obvious fixes to the "dots" and the "at," with some information about date range, price range, ability estimates and desire for things like back country, night life, and preferred lodging style and I'll try to give you a helpful set of opinions with stated reasons. All of the information requested is important. What's good in May is very different from what's good in February; prices for major resort packages cover a multiple of at least 3X for about the same on-snow experience; cornice jumping and groomer cruising aren't entirely incompatible but some resorts do one better and some the other; the amenities and setting are important too -- if you hate Las Vegas, South Tahoe may not be the best place to stay but, if you want to disco all night, a cabin at Snowshoe, WV may not be ideal either. Tommy T. "taywood" wrote in message ... My friends are looking for a location for a downhill ski vacation over the New Year period, and they seek a modern resort such as Banff and close to an airport they could reach with a UK flight. Does anybody have a suggestion for an area or comments on the likely snow conditions they could expect at that time Thanks Mike |
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Tommy T. wrote:
I've snowboarded and tele'd over 70 North American resorts in the last 18 years. I've sampled at least some of the ski areas in every North American region except Alaska. Email me, or have your friends email me, at Thanks Thomas I've passed on your offer. They need to book a flight now to secure seats over the New Year period. Its only off topic in the sense that they didnt invite me along to a location with Nordic trails nearby. Mike |
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Job closed. Flight now booked. Dont know the details yet.
Looks like they've settled on their first choice of Banff area, its a place they know well, so they probably got a discounted flight to Calgary. Thanks everyone |
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