Aviation x Travel x Ski
Since I consider Whistler Blackcomb to be my home mountain, I have reviewed my skiing and snowboarding experience in past reviews here and here. However a major change is transforming this ski area after the purchase by Vail Resorts in 2017, and my last visit earlier in 2019 showed some immediate changes to the resort. [...]
A huge trend in the way ski lift tickets are sold in recent years is through the sale of multi-resort ski passes. This trend was started in the United States with the Mountain Collective and Epic Pass. Traditionally, lift ticket prices in Europe are generally better value with day tickets in top resorts like St. [...]
Normally most people would not associate with skiing alongside a waste incinerator. However Bjarke Ingels designed a waste-to-energy power plant with the idea to incorporate a ski hill on its rooftop, making an urban ski area in Copenhagen possible throughout the year. Dubbed Copenhill, the facility officially opened to the public on 4th October 2019 [...]
While I picked up skiing in Canada, I have travelled with a group of my friends based in Asia to Japan where it is closer to my place of residence at this point in time. However circumstances on the last ski season somehow found us all heading to Canada and I was enthusiastic to show [...]
During my stay in Lech, I took one day to explore the Warth-Schröcken ski area which is perhaps one of the less covered areas in the greater Arlberg region. Warth-Schröcken is connected to the rest of the Arlberg via the Auenfeldjet. As one of the more remote ski areas, this is one of the hidden [...]
Having experienced skiing in Lech am Arlberg for a day, I made it a goal to be back in Arlberg and managed to find lodging in the village of Lech am Arlberg. With the huge snow storm that passed through and delayed my arrival, I was super excited to be able to finally ski in [...]
