Travel – International

Low Key Skiing at Monetier les Bains, France

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On the recommendation of a dear French friend who lives in Grenoble, we booked two weeks at Monetier les Bains in the Serre Chevalier Valley, between Grenoble and Turin in Italy.  It is less well-known and less crowded than such mega-resorts as Chamonix…
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What’s New for the 2022/2023 Season – Quebec Edition

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Fall and cooler weather are giving antsy legs to all skiers, snowboarders, as well as all other winter lovers. Here’s what’s new this season, north of the border in the province of Quebec, by region, including several important resort anniversaries. Bas-Saint-Laurent Parc…
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XC in Mont Tremblant Canada

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Mont Tremblant is a major alpine ski resort just north of Montreal, part of the vast Alterra Mountain Company menu of ski areas, which includes Steamboat, Winter Park, Mammoth Mountain, Deer Valley, Stratton, Sugarbush. Therefore it’s part of the…
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A Down-Under Skier Reminisces About His 2019-20 Canadian Road Trip

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I was inspired by (SeniorsSkiing.com contributor) Yvette Cardozo and her excellent missives re skiing Canada and the world. Her unique turn of phrase will inspire some to write, but mostly will move others to keep skiing when they can. Those three words,…
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Tukino Skifield, Mt Ruapehu, Aotearoa/New Zealand

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Tukino Skifield (www.tukino.org) is a Club-operated field (“skifield” is the down-under term for ski slope) on the eastern slopes of Mt Ruapehu (9175 ft/2797 m), a live volcano and the highest mountain on the North Island of New Zealand. It is located…
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Look Ahead: Report From Australia

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The Virus Is Contained, Resorts Anticipate Regular Openings. We, the skiing public here in Oz, are quietly excited about the prospect of finally skiing again after a year off. While we wait for government decisions and confirm opening dates at Mt…
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Look Ahead: Despite Challenges, Chilean Resorts Are Preparing

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Areas' Marketing Campaigns Are In Full Swing, But Will The Weather Cooperate? For 2020, the ski season revolved around the multiple ills Chile has been suffering, including the ongoing drought that affected the skiing. This year would seem to be…
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Ski Club Work Weekend In Oz

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Before The Snow Flies, Members Gather For Work Party And Find A Reason To Talk Skiing. My road trip from Melbourne in my Skoda AWD has been a pleasant morning drive. With two and half hours peeling away quickly, the freeways were unusually devoid…
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Question For You: Ski In Japan?

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If You've Been, Tell Us So We Can Have A Vicarious Vacation. We have an interesting article this week from Dave Chambers, the "Traveling Australian." He takes us to Appi Kogen, a resort in the north of Honshu, the big island of Japan. He spent a…
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Ski Japan: Happy Appi Kogen

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Untracked Deep Powder For A Week. Casting aside the duvet and, with a flourish, we spread the curtains wide to greet a new day, a new location, a place of considerable legend. Here the tall Japanese Black Pines punctuate the landscape between…
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First Timers Tips For Skiing Europe

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The Straight Story On The Continental Skiing Scene For Seniors. I have coached in pretty well all of the European skiing countries. SeniorsSkiing asked me could I recommend resorts to suit mature American skiers, especially first time visitors to the…
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Les Deux Alpes: Top-To-Bottom

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One Heck Of A Long Run. We're getting hooked on these top-to-bottom videos.  For one thing, they are showing us ski resorts we have not visited. That alone is interesting in a vicarious vacation kind of way.  For us New England-oriented skiers,…
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Obsessing Over Gelati In Milano

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After Your Ski Trip, Do This, Especially When In Italy. It is the 8th March 2013, the day is cool but sunny. It is still winter here in Milano, Italy. Food and Italians go together like toast and marmalade on Isle of Wight. The clever people that…
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Vicarious Ski Run In The Swiss Alps: Fun Or Foolish?

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Here's A Top-To-Bottom Video Of A Run At Nax. [Please consider supporting SeniorsSkiing.com with a donation. We appreciate your help. Click here.] This is a Go-Pro video we found on YouTube.  It's shot at Nax ski resort in Switzerland, a charming…
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Marg’s Morzine Mishap

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Poor Marg. She Becomes A Poster Person For Travel Insurance. [Please consider supporting SeniorsSkiing.com with a donation. We appreciate your help. Click here.] When I think back over the last two decades, our group of skiing fanatics have been largely…
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Revelstoke Ramblings

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A Traveling Australian Discovers Charm, Interesting Characters In British Columbia. The end of the week is nigh. Traveling from the village of a thousand colors that is Silver Star Ski Resort. Around the village ski resort, multi-verandered facades…
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Report From Chile: The COVID Season

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What We Can Learn From The Ski Season In Chile During The Pandemic Only four ski areas opened in Chile this year, due to the pandemic, all in the last third of the normal season (late August). The country was in the midst of a severe drought…
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Pandemic Skiing In Australia

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Impossible Or Just Tricky? Resort skiing in Australia is in the Australian Alps straddling the border between our most populous states, New South Wales and Victoria, with capitals in Sydney and Melbourne. The season officially opens in early June…
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