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Originally Posted by sam_mrskincash
It completely depends on what you are looking for. He said best resort so I say Whistler based on it's enormous size, variety of terrain, great village nightlife etc. It certainly isn't the most extreme. I would put Jackson Hole up there if that is what you are looking for but I didn't read that in his question.
That being said there is plenty of challenging terrain on these mountains. Maybe you only Heli in Alaska or something.
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Nah, I was retorically replying to his brush off of the Alps... as in "he's been to the Alps, but Whistler is still the best" - I've been to only a fraction of the Alps - 3 times each year for the last 20 years and still I haven't "done the Alps". Hell, I haven't even done the French Alps (although the south has been done to death and La Plagne, where we have an apt I know like the back of my hand.... but that is just a tiny fraction.
I know Paradiski (la plagne/les arcs) blindfolded, and it is two resorts linked by a telecabine much like whistler/blackcomb and by comparison, it is *huge*. And it's off-piste (guide advised) in the valley between the two is excellent - by the looks of that plan, the valley is mainly wooded, which doesn't make for great off-piste.
Oh, and btw, I search for the all-in-one resort - having two kids that go to ski school, I look for great shit between 8:30-1pm for the adults and the great family runs from 2:30-5:30. Which is why we have an apt where we do. Too old for the apres-ski, which is why we are in the lesser known small villages in the massive station.
Never done heli-skiing but done heli-climbing in the dolomites - eliminates days of useless trecking leaving only the fun bits ;)
btw, here's paradiski plan, my favourite (only major trails shown, due to its size) - 4 major mountain ranges and I can tell you, the off-piste from the glacier bellecote down to the valley between les arcs and bellecote are f***** excellent. Done 6 in my lifetime (there are hundreds of gulleys) and they just kill you with fear and thrill (guide essential)
