Exactly
Oh. OK.
Shut them all down and run it purely for cross country skiers.
Good business model.
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Revelstoke sounds fit for mad â â â â â . Iâm getting the impression that your ability is way beyond mine.
Jackson Hole looks good although itâs further south than weâd like. The terrain seems more suited to advanced/expert types also. I would describe Mrs diggers as low intermediate level but she lost confidence in Appi as most of the terrain was above her level. One look at Revelstoke and she wouldnât agree to a ski holiday ever again.
Sun Peaks appears to have the right mix of terrain to suit all of us but those other two are on the list if I can get Mrs diggers on board.
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Jackson is huge so would have something to cater for everyone, probably more so than Revie.
Enjoy the planning!
On the subject of snow⌠itâs snowing now at Baw Baw and a decent dusting overnight down in Tassie. Come on winter!!!
It should snow more in Tasmania.
mountains too small. All bar 1 <1600m.
But that doesnât mean there isnât some
Great touring down around the SW and Walls Of Jerusulem/Cradle Mt NP.
Iâd love to see new infrastructure in Australian resorts but I understand the realities of it. A season pass that gets me into multiple resorts in Aus and overseas, and costs me the equivalent of a single day pass, and I can get for my wife and kids too? Sign me up.
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Sale went through. Falls/Hotham now Epic.
Vail now own half the skiing in Aus.
If they develop them* to be anywhere near as good as the Vail resort itself, Iâll be happyâŚ
(*wonât happen)
Revelstoke is huge, an awesome place. Really needs to have good snow though and when I was there it hadnât snowed in a couple of weeks.
Kicking horse was really cool too, a little more mellow but still heaps to keep you interested.
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You can now ski Falls/Hotham/Perisher on one pass for $830 a year. Thatâs phenomenal value. Plus the access to all the other epic resorts which include Breckenridge, Whistler/Blackcomb, Teluride, Hakuba, Rusutsu and various resorts throughout Europe.
Even if they donât invest in infrastructure (any why would you in a county with such marginal skiing conditions) at least the value is there.
True re investment (why would you, when youâd have to battle Parks Victoria every step of the way - itâs a battle just to do any summer grooming, let alone get anything built).
And true re value.
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Having read the press release from Vail I noted already thereâs some possible caveats over access at Hotham, where as Falls is guaranteed as unlimited access.
I do most of my skiing in the backcountry these days so lift passes are redundant but given the provisional access to the main range through Perisher and the Bogong High Plains from Falls itâs actually a really attractive option if and when my skiing increases again. Alas thatâs a few years off until both kids are firmly entrenched in ski school and indoctrinated in the lifestyle!
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Woot! Season passes for the cost of a day pass for the rest of my life!
Where do you ski backcountry in Australia? I do mainly backcountry in Japan each year, but never met anyone that does it here. Not something you want to just wander off alone and tryâŚ
Bogong High Plains. Razorback. Mt Hotham Back Country thus far.
Yet to get to Main Range, Mt Bogong, Feathertop yet. Would like to do some touring down in Tassie but itâs a bit of a different experience, permafrost and fog most of the time, so youâve gotta time your run right! Thereâs an awful lot more incredible back country terrain in Australia than people know about.
And youâre right, not something you should ever do alone. period.
I take it you are downhill skiing, not cross country? Skins or shoes?
yeah mate. Skins, touring bindings. Which reminds me, I am due for a new dedicated touring set upâŚ
Somehow found myself stuck with splitboarders for mates though⌠
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So it looks like it might be ski-able this weekend at Falls and Hotham? I keep getting emails from Epic about season passes. Do they run for 12 months such that I could possibly also make use of it over 2019/2020 holiday period at Northern Hemisphere resorts?
Doubt itâll really be good conditions. Opening few weeks are always crap.