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Overseas Ski Trips: A Total Waste of Money?
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Date: December 29th, 2015 6:42 PM Author: jet-lagged corner mental disorder not a particular skimo, but can someone explain to me how spending tons of money on a far-away ski trip is a good use of resources (assuming you dont have throw-away money)?
i can see why you'd golf overseas, but skiing, i just dont get why people do it beyond one-upping their friends that they're in chamonix for winter vacation. |
Date: December 29th, 2015 9:17 PM Author: Emerald Theater Elastic Band at least for niseko it's because it dumps powder. friends who have done argentina say it's awesome because totally wild. another reason may be just variety. can only do BC/CA/CO/WA so long before time to try something new (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3082523&forum_id=2#29480679) |
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Date: January 1st, 2016 2:13 PM Author: jet-lagged corner mental disorder does this make sense for 1-2x/yr skiiers? how much variety do you need? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3082523&forum_id=2#29498468) |
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Date: January 1st, 2016 2:14 PM Author: Crystalline sick orchestra pit ratface how good of a skier are you, when i was skiing in switzerland i quickly realized their bunny slopes are black diamond in the us (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3082523&forum_id=2#29498471) |
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Date: November 19th, 2018 2:45 PM Author: peach market compared to pennsylvania maybe (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3082523&forum_id=2#37264305) |
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Date: November 19th, 2018 3:11 PM Author: Crusty glittery brunch pozpig (Guy who has never skied Jackson) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3082523&forum_id=2#37264513) |
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Date: December 29th, 2015 9:20 PM Author: exhilarant indecent dilemma toilet seat I think South America is credited because you can go in the summer and I imagine it's cheap compared to American ski resorts (?). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3082523&forum_id=2#29480708) |
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Date: December 29th, 2015 9:22 PM Author: Orchid Temple Makes sense if you are a 3x/year skimo for variety. Otherwise no (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3082523&forum_id=2#29480721) |
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Date: January 1st, 2016 2:17 PM Author: mind-boggling useless chad stag film The Rockies are the nicest ski mountains in the world, dumbass. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3082523&forum_id=2#29498478) |
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Date: November 19th, 2018 2:45 PM Author: peach market alps are still pretty fucking great, and the towns in the alps are better than 95% of what you'd find in the western US (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3082523&forum_id=2#37264311) |
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Date: November 19th, 2018 2:51 PM Author: topaz station deer antler Lol at the blatant disrespect of Utah/Montana/Canada ITT (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3082523&forum_id=2#37264365) |
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Date: November 19th, 2018 2:53 PM Author: peach market not in this thread (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3082523&forum_id=2#37264383) |
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Date: January 1st, 2016 2:28 PM Author: Cocky people who are hurt locus Sochi is the shit. You ski Krasnaya Polyana in the morning and in the afternoon you sun youself at the beach or go shoot giant freakin deer. Nothing in your hellish Yankee backwater compares. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3082523&forum_id=2#29498517) |
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Date: January 1st, 2016 2:35 PM Author: Grizzly Stain Range Its TTT as fuck (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3082523&forum_id=2#29498565) |
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Date: January 1st, 2016 2:36 PM Author: Grizzly Stain Range Its worth it for the apres scene alone. Skiing in the alps is also different because you're above the timberline (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3082523&forum_id=2#29498571) |
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Date: November 19th, 2018 2:47 PM Author: Narrow-minded parlor immigrant (Guy who hasn't skied at Loveland) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3082523&forum_id=2#37264323) |
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Date: November 19th, 2018 3:13 PM Author: irradiated insecure ape You can ski above the treeline in Colorado (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3082523&forum_id=2#37264525) |
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Date: November 19th, 2018 2:47 PM Author: Narrow-minded parlor immigrant You don't do it just because you want to ski. You do it because you want to experience the location and also ski. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3082523&forum_id=2#37264330) |
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Date: November 19th, 2018 3:08 PM Author: jet-lagged corner mental disorder the location = a swanky ski lodge w elites (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3082523&forum_id=2#37264486) |
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Date: November 19th, 2018 3:15 PM Author: Zombie-like persian Is Canada “overseas”? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3082523&forum_id=2#37264541) |
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Date: November 19th, 2018 3:16 PM Author: peach market the exchange rate is still pretty great. i did banff/lake louise last year, probably going to whistler in a month. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3082523&forum_id=2#37264553) |
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Date: November 19th, 2018 3:17 PM Author: Zombie-like persian Going to Whistler in Feb.
Want to do lake louise next summer. |
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Date: November 19th, 2018 3:26 PM Author: peach market i loved LL/banff. easy to get to from calgary, great mountains, banff is a cool little town.
we had a wedding there this past february, best destination wedding i've ever been to lol |
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Date: November 19th, 2018 3:19 PM Author: Passionate Idea He Suggested Outted as Toledomo (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3082523&forum_id=2#37264570) |
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Date: November 19th, 2018 3:37 PM Author: Zombie-like persian (guy who doesnt know the wonders of midwest skiing and Tony Pacos hot dogs) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3082523&forum_id=2#37264650) |
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Date: November 19th, 2018 3:21 PM Author: Pink Aromatic Preventive Strike not much of a skier but went on a ski vacation with a group of folks to Swiss Alps - I took some awesome day trips and enjoyed the towns, cheese, wine, and night life was fun
worth it if you break trip up between skiing and seeing other sights |
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Date: November 19th, 2018 3:24 PM Author: Razzle Skinny Woman Address its totally worth skiing a few days, trip of a life time-type shit. that area is a lot of fun. |
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Date: November 19th, 2018 3:25 PM Author: peach market euro trips are usually way cheaper than going out west if you can find reasonable airfare (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3082523&forum_id=2#37264594) |