In my experience, the average French tourist is not as skilled at
skiing as the average tourist in Vermont.   They love those long meandering 
trails.   

The French people that I met in the cities were regularly horrified when
they heard where I was skiing.   They would tell me of the dangers. . .

I didn't do anything that any average Vermont skier couldn't do.
By our standards, I am pretty average.  

A French colleague from Les Gets was very impressed with Stowe.
Looking down from the top Stowe he said sadly "obviously Les Gets is good
for families and children".  Before that, he always telling me how great
it was.  



On Tue, 6 Sep 2005 22:31:28 -0700, Miguel Naughton
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>--- Leigh Daboll <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> The World's Biggest Ski Areas: 2005-06
>
>The grass is always greener on the other hill (or maybe that should
>be the snow is always whiter..)
>
>I've skied the Trois Vallees, Portes de Soleil and La Plagne (before
>it was connected).  Believe me, a lot of the terrain is pretty boring.
>Sure, there's good stuff, but not nearly as much as the hectareage
>would suggest.  And, remember, trees are hard to come by in the
>high Alps.  Lots of fog in the high Alps too, which is hard to
>handle without any trees around.
>
>I think we've already got it pretty good in NA, at least as far as
>skiing is concerned.
>
>Mig
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