Nice. I really enjoy your photographs. Very good. The Parr and Ghirri references and choices are equally well chosen! Really nice. My favourite: Flégère with the little chalet.
North America (Rockies and West Coast) gets more consistent and larger amounts of snow, which is the most important thing. But for everything else, the Alps are better. The lift passes are way cheaper, the infrastructure better, the resorts larger, the scenery more spectacular, the food is incomparably better, as is the charm of the ski towns/resorts, and the apres ski is a lot more fun. Personally, I'd go to the Alps every time, but there again, I could barely afford a week at places such as Whistler or Jackson Hole.
Thanks for your reply. I learnt to snowboard recently in the Rockies, none of the fancy resorts a smaller one but still ended up shelling out alot for the seasons lift pass. Had a few pals from Austria that always joked about Canadian resorts and likened them to a casino where you put lots in and get little out. They all ended up heading for the back country which I would too if I had the avalanche courses and much more experience of course.
Nice. I really enjoy your photographs. Very good. The Parr and Ghirri references and choices are equally well chosen! Really nice. My favourite: Flégère with the little chalet.
Thank you Søren! 🙏🏻
I absolutely enjoy this read 😍.
Spark’s of encouragement for me to take more Protoss mixed with a great story.
Nice read. Do you prefer skiing in Europe or North America? I can kind of guess the answer already but interested to hear your view.
North America (Rockies and West Coast) gets more consistent and larger amounts of snow, which is the most important thing. But for everything else, the Alps are better. The lift passes are way cheaper, the infrastructure better, the resorts larger, the scenery more spectacular, the food is incomparably better, as is the charm of the ski towns/resorts, and the apres ski is a lot more fun. Personally, I'd go to the Alps every time, but there again, I could barely afford a week at places such as Whistler or Jackson Hole.
Thanks for your reply. I learnt to snowboard recently in the Rockies, none of the fancy resorts a smaller one but still ended up shelling out alot for the seasons lift pass. Had a few pals from Austria that always joked about Canadian resorts and likened them to a casino where you put lots in and get little out. They all ended up heading for the back country which I would too if I had the avalanche courses and much more experience of course.
Thanks Hanno! First I get to enjoy 14 degree Celcius and grey skies over Christmas in the UK. Full write up coming next week.