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Originally Posted by dreambrother808
I've heard that Whistler gets more snow while Europe has more steeps.
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It gets double looking at this but its base at the top is in the same ball park since Solden which I am using as a reference goes to 3400 meters while Whistler goes to 2200 or so. But yet in Whistler you have a better chance of getting fresh snow, while in Solden you have a better chance of a clear day and having to put up with man made snow or skiied out snow off piste. Plus like I said in Europe they dont avalanche control off piste in bounds like they do in Whistler so there are more risks and more people do die who go off piste at the resorts. This is a cultural thing as Europe in general (outside of say UK which has common law instead of civil law) is big on personal responsibility, it's the same reason in Solden you can stay at one of the pubs up top and when they close at night you have only one way down...in the dark, intoxicated, from well over 2000 meters, while the cats are already out prepping the runs...something that would be unthinkable in NA.
https://www.onthesnow.com/british-columbia/whistler-blackcomb/historical-snowfall.html?&y=2018
https://www.onthesnow.co.uk/tyrol/soelden/historical-snowfall.html?&y=2018
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