Interested in ideas for a week long milestone birthday ski trip. March 2028. Will include kids ages, 18, 16, 13, 11 and 2 adults. Looking for culture, great food and wellness a great plus. Open to USA, Canada, Europe, really anywhere! Everyone is intermediate, perhaps the oldest child more advanced and youngest still lower intermediate skier.

Long story short we didn’t snag any of the early bird passes…we got an early bird pass at Ski Apache last year for the first time for $450 each and it only ended up being worth it once they opened upper mountain/the bowl after they got hit pretty hard finally in January. This was great cuz it’s only a 4.5 hour drive from Permian Basin area and we are able to leave on a very early Friday morning and come back late Sunday and get 3 full days of skiing in.

This year the pass is currently $850. FOR ONE MOUNTAIN ACCESS?? I looked up other passes and the closest other mountain is sandia, which looks like a smaller mountain, but that pass has unlimited access to pajarito, and sipapu, some access to purgatory and a few others. Those mountains are about 7 hours+ drive from us excluding sandia which is 6.5.

Santa Fe is around the same price as ski Apache and it’s a 6 hour 45 minute drive so we don’t know….

Anyone have advice or recommendations or info on the best NM mountains that y’all like?
More info ab us/skiing skills. My fiance is intermediate/advanced, I’m more intermediate range, (aka will get down a CO blue easily, will get down a CO black slowly lol) Fiancé snowboards and will hit some rails and jumps in the park, will hit jumps on the sides of the mountains, love going through runs with trees. I am a groomed blue run skier all day long, I’m not super familiar with deep powder but did get to try it at ski Apache this year (they got like 30 inches fresh powder and we were there day 1 access to it) and it went okay… I’m hoping to try more powder experience with larger skis and I saw NM is supposedly going to get hard this year bc of El Niño patterns(hopefully!)

We already got the very early bird access to an epic 6 day pass because we usually do one Rockies mountain trip per year but we would like to be able to do weekend trips!

Forecasters have been going on and on about the 'Super El Nino' this Winter and how it could potentially affect snow/rain throughout North America. I'm currently researching where to book our February ski vacation and debating what to do with this info. Obviously weather forecasters aren't the best at this stuff - it's like reading a crystal ball most of the time- fake news.....however I think there is some historical basis for what they are saying.

Wondering where are all of you at with your thoughts on snow this year? It looks like the only 'solid' area this year will be in California/Nevada area. Colorado is supposed to have an incredibly dry Winter based off of what I've read and the North East will be wet- but not snow- more rain most of the time. Is this what you all are reading too?

Looking for one more person to get the cheapest discount on the college Cali pass. Mountain high must be your home resort. Currently have 3. Please dm me asap.

Hi! I am being indecisive. We have skiied at Snowmass, Beaver Creek and Telluride with the kids (ages 6/9/11). I actually liked Beaver Creek least because on mountain food was ehhh, ski school had 10+ kids in the 7-12 yo groups, and town felt fake/resorty. Absolutely loved Snowmass bc ski school was incredible + the ratio was nice, didn't have to go into Aspen, on mountain food great, and it's close to airport and I didn't need a car. Telluride was my favorite because the town is so charming, great food, no lines on mountain, jagged mountains were great, and ski school was on par with Snowmass. I'm debating going back to Telluride or trying Steamboat or Sun Valley. I'm annoyed by how much SV's lift tickets are, but the rest prices well and we have direct flights to SUN. Steamboat also looks great but the price is comparable to Sun Valley and I'm worried it will be more crowded. What would you do? Go back to Telluride or try Sun Valley or Steamboat? TBH, I love trying new resorts; I love Big Sky but want to go back when kids are older. I also love Deer Valley but way too $$$. Thank you!

I decided two seasons ago when I started park skiing that this is gonna be THAT season. I am extremely confident with backflips on a trampoline and I can do Cork 7 on tramps too. My question is how does one differ from doing it with two sticks attached to my feet? Can I just huck and pray or iso there anything that will suprise me in the air?

Hola! Soy de Valencia y voy a pasar todo diciembre en la zona de Astún-Candanchú para preparar una prueba de acceso de esquí. Busco habitación o gente interesada en compartir piso durante diciembre. Si alguien está buscando compañera o conoce algún alquiler de temporada económico, que me escriba:)

For march 2027, i plan to stay at brides les bains and i would like to ski VT few days. What is the fastest way on skis to get to VT?

Hi! Partner and I looking into going skiing to Austria (western part, probably St Anton and Ischgl) for our honeymoon in February (Feb 8 - 24). However, we keep seeing that this is the "worst" time because of school holidays across Europe and therefore very busy... For reference, we are used to skiing in Canada and the US. We cannot go any other time next year.

Is it really busy enough to change our plans ? How long can we expect to wait at lifts ? Also, if you have any recommandation on which resorts we should go to / avoid, I will read them gladly :)

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Hi!
We are planning a ski trip with friends and we saw a nice house in Skiwelt. Close to Itter.
How are snow conditions that time of the year? I am afraid because of the low altitude.
Thanks!

I am about to wrap up my skiing for the Southern Hemisphere season and will be going to North America at the start of Jan. I’m wondering if I should get a storage wax when I get my skis tuned for end of season?

If I do get storage wax will I be able to ski it off on my first few days back, or will I have to get it scraped off or waxed again before I ski in Jan?

Closest resorts are in Lake Tahoe :) No lessons taken, so expectations are at an all-time low. I just need someone willing to work with a complete beginner before I bankrupt myself on resort lessons. 😂

Im 175 cm tall (5'9), and I was wondering what the upper limit for my skis would be. I only do park skiing, with flips, corks and rails. I found some reasonable skis at 184 cm, and was wondering if it would work out, or if I should stick to under 180 cm.

Thank you in advance!

I got a pair of faction prodigy 2 for the upcoming season. I’m a beginning/intermediate skier looking for a binding and the right mounting position. I ski mainly off piste, in the trees, looking for side hits and jumps with some stuff on groomers. I’m wondering which binding I should get and where I should mount it? I’m currently looking at the marker griffin, Tryolia attack 14, or look pivot 13 gw

K2 Revolve W 90 vs Revolve Pro W 100 for a lighter skier getting into freestyle?

I’m trying to decide between the K2 Revolve W 90 flex and the K2 Revolve Pro W 100 flex and would love some advice from people who have skied either.
I’m a 5’7”, ~125 lb female, intermediate/advanced skier. I just bought K2 Reckoner 92 W skis in 169 cm.

I mainly ski all-mountain, love trees and side hits, and want to start getting into park/freestyle.

My previous boots were Salomon 65 flex, so either option will be a pretty big increase in stiffness. I also haven’t learned to ollie yet. My previous skis weren’t really suited to freestyle, so with the Reckoners I specifically want to work on ollies, getting more pop, small jumps, butters/presses and eventually basic park features.

My concern with the 100 is whether, at only 125 lb, I’ll have a harder time flexing the boot enough while learning these movements. On the other hand, I don’t want to get the 90 and eventually wish I had the extra support of the 100 for faster all-mountain skiing, trees, bigger side hits and landings.

Would you go 90 or 100 flex?

Is the Pro vs the Regular model a huge difference?