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The Bucket List

Feb 22, 2009     Comments (9)

rsuminsby

  • Name: Rob
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A few days ago I read the "25 Easy Adventures" feature in the Feb 09 issue of SKI magazine, and then last night my family and I watched "The Bucket List" with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. (For those that haven't seen it, it opens with a flyover shot of some beautiful mountain terrain that led my 14-year old to ask "Dad, is this another ski movie?"

The movie got me to thinking....it would make an interesting blog thread to hear everyone's choices for their skiing "bucket list". What are the resorts/mountains/routes that you dream of skiing sometime in your life? Herewith are a few of my top choices...please add yours in a comment!

1) The Back Bowls at Vail, Colorado
2) The Vallee Blanche route, Chamonix, France
3) Cat skiing in British Columbia....Revelstoke, perhaps.
4) Heli-skiing in the Chugach Range, Alaska

 

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  • by rsuminsby Mar 22, 2009
    Actually, the definition of the Arctic Circle (approx 66 degrees N) is the latitude at which the sun does not rise (or set, depending on the season) for one full day. So above the Arctic Circle, you can get 24 hours of darkness. Up on the North Slope, the sun sets sometime in late Nov, and doesn't come up again until late Jan or early Feb. But down in the "banana belt" of Anchorage, the shortest winter day has about 4.5 hours of daylight.

    And yes, the Borealis is spectacular!
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  • by nessasnobunny Mar 21, 2009
    Rsuminsby- thanks for the reply. People are so funny, I've heard there's at least a little sun during the worst part of winter. Anyway, nothing some good lighting couldn't fix. I guess not everyone would be down to ride under the Borealis like I would! lol
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  • by rsuminsby Mar 18, 2009
    Nessasnowbunny - I can answer that...I used to live in Alaska. You are exactly right; there are so few roads in Alaska that much of the terrain is too remote...which explains the explosion of Heli-skiing in the Chugach Range back in the early 90s. Alaska's population is only about 500K, so it can't really support a big ski industry, and the typical tourist doesn't really think of Alaska as a ski destination (they think, "my God, the night's a 6 months long"....) The Thompson Pass area, about an hour or two from Anchorage, is a popular backcountry destination. There was talk of building a commercial resort there, but I don't think it's happened yet.

    I've been to Silverton, CO, but haven't skied it yet. All in good time.
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