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That looks awesome!

Btw @LonghornJones this is a good Aussie review of Serre Chevalier.... We are staying in Monetier Les Bains which was a spa town long before it was a ski town

It depends a) when you go and b) which airlines you want to use. I'm always a big believer in focusing on snowsure resorts... if I'm flying all the way there, I want good snow. If flying into Torino is an option, I would say Montgenevre in France is excellent as you're also connected to the entire Milky Way/Via Lattea system in Italy. If you don't mind going a bit further Serre Chevalier (mentioned at the top) really impressed me. To the point that is our next trip. Chamonix is not far from Geneva but takes a little work in the valley. The best mountain in Grands Montets but its not the most intermediate friendly. Closer to Geneva airport are Avoriaz, Flaine, etc... a little more purpose built. From Milano you could go to Courmayeur and also buy a pass that gives you access to other mountains in Val d'Aosta. Car helpful in all these cases. Also, we've flown into Munich before and driven all the way over to Obergurgl in Austria... great small town, nice mountain, access to Solden. Obergurgl is very snowsure and most of the hotels offer half-board options but not necessarily cheap. Use this to keep track of school holidays in Europe... our spring break is generally awesome in Europe with few crowds. https://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=167136&sid=690aa98945be90e86fb409760e2c4fd5 So anyway, here's where I've have skied in Europe... Selva, Val Gardena and Alta Badia in Italy - beautiful, massive, interconnected... not as high so snow can be an issue but they are masters at snowmaking and grooming. Courmayeur, Italy - great proper town, good skiing with most above 1900m so relatively snowsure. Great views of Mont Blanc. Access to other mountains in the valley possible. La Thuile, Italy - great mountain, snowsure, connected to La Rosiere in France. Town meh. Would not use it as a base. Better to stay in Courmayeur and hop over for a day. Pila, Italy - better as a commuter mountain from Aosta to visit while somewhere else in the valley Obergurgl, Austria - really underrated but a great mountain, nice small town. lodging can be pricey but almost all close to slopes Solden, Austria - bigger, big vertical, glacier skiing... its a big mountain with 007 cred but the town is maybe not as nice but could be a good base and then you can hit up Obergurgl Chamonix, France - aka Le Tour/Vallorcine, Les Grands Montets, Brevent/Flegere, Les Houches - all a little disconnected but tons of skiing and you can chase the snow. Grands Montets is epic and the cable car to the top should be running when you go which means top to bottom vertical of 6,600 feet. Pass can also connect you to St. Gervais Les Bain and Megeve which is another large interconnected ski area. Chamonix is a proper town and you can go up to Mont Blanc and ski the Valee Blanche. In this valley, you can go as easy as you want or as extreme as you want Montgenevre, France + Claviere/Sauze d'Oulx/Sestriere, Italy - can't say enough about the versatility of this area. Great and cheap. Tons of skiing. Can recommend a ski school and ski guides. Serre Chevalier, France - like I said, I can't wait to go back. Has everything and is next to the amazing town of Briancon. Lots of skiing above and below treeline. Maybe the best French ski resort no one knows about. Saas-Fee, Switzerland - Big vertical, glacier skiing, views for miles, wonderful car-free town and access to Hochsass and other smaller mountains nearby. Get ready to pay out the ass for everything except for guides, ski school and maybe lift tickets. Everything else will be $

If you say anything about snow blades being cool, I'm punching you through the intertubes. Cross-Country just looks like work. I'd rather find a way to get injured the old fashioned way. Anyway... keep dreaming y'all... ski season is not that far away...

How quickly do you go through olive oil? Also, provenance of said olives sound sketchy

FAFO

Yeah... I've always viewed high school soccer as the step child of youth soccer in Texas because there are so many exceptional club teams. The quality of play tends to be suspect. For our corner of AISD, my son's middle school team somehow bowled over everyone else in the district because the team was exclusively made up of kids who play soccer for local clubs like Westlake, Lone Star, Cap City, etc. Those kids get fed to their high school and despite having an incredibly laughable practice field, they seem to do well. Apparently they were one of the top ranked teams in the state. Maybe that's more due to the kids than the coaching but I think most of them view playing HS ball as a cool thing rather than what you aspire to.

MAGA loves dogs

I remember going to some music festival in Houston in Hermann Park... some kind of Freedom Fest and they had bands like The Guess Who and Richie Havens. I must have been 15 or 16 and them talking about Vietnam sounded like they were talking about the 1800s. Felt like ancient history to me.

Not in my corner of SW Austin Being warned about more good times this afternoon

They are voting for him because they believe what the Bible tells them about the anointed one... well, the parts they like...

So close y'all. Billie Eilish is going to announce the cease fire in Gaza

Yeah, I straight up got choked up watching it. Pissed me off to no end. That said, Keenan Thompson absolutely delivered. That was great!

How's the minivan working out?

We would be disappointed if you didn't

Harris campaign needs to blast that on TikTok allllllll daaaaaaamnnnnn fallllll

Former straight ticket R here.

Guys guys... be nice... at least these athletes are often very deep and introspective and learn from their mistakes.

Imagine thinking Dems control things these days in the state. Who cares who passed it. Republicans have the power to fix it and they have Z E R O interest in doing anything that is in the best interests of the state. It is all about grift, power and owning the libs. No CR, of course.

I love KUT... especially their artist of the month program where you can hear great local bands like Je'Texas, DAIISTAR, Being Dead, etc. https://kutx.org/artist-of-the-month/

Went outside this morning around 6:45 AM... honestly not bad. Please please let next week actually be better.

Man and that water stays nice and cool all summer long.