A Hypothetical Dream Trip

If I won ten grand, I'd blow it on a heli trip. I can save enough for a frugal trip to Japan or Chamonix on my own but I'll never have the funds to go heliskiing.

I’d start in my home mountain, Les Arcs for a month with day trips up to Tignes/Val d’Isere and Courchevel to hang with friends from previous winters. Then start heading south to alp d’huez, les 2 alpes and chamrousse over a couple of days before heading back up north towards La Clusaz for a day or two then visiting friends in Chamonix for a bit before returning back to Les Arcs for the remainder of winter, with trips to Verbier, Grandvalira and St Anton to visit friends/ski. Maybe move to Mayrhofen over the summer with Hintertux glacier just up the road and loads of hiking/biking on the doorstep.

As many heli days in AK or interior BC as possible.

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**This post was edited on Nov 4th 2018 at 9:52:22pm

**This post was edited on Nov 4th 2018 at 9:53:15pm

Camerontaylor158I’d start in my home mountain, Les Arcs for a month with day trips up to Tignes/Val d’Isere and Courchevel to hang with friends from previous winters. Then start heading south to alp d’huez, les 2 alpes and chamrousse over a couple of days before heading back up north towards La Clusaz for a day or two then visiting friends in Chamonix for a bit before returning back to Les Arcs for the remainder of winter, with trips to Verbier, Grandvalira and St Anton to visit friends/ski. Maybe move to Mayrhofen over the summer with Hintertux glacier just up the road and loads of hiking/biking on the doorstep.

Yo that sounds like a well thought out plan my man that would be so dope

https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/913587/Salomon-FreeskiTV-S04-E06-Deep---Mica-HeliskiingI'd go big or go home. A week at mica would be something to remember. But......hear me out guys.....




1.Quit my job(I can always find another banker position somewhere)
2.Sell my car(6 grand)
3.Buy old van or 4runner with 4wd (5 grand)
4.Convert to awesome ski van with living area in back with couches and such (500 bucks max)
5.Epic Pass + Ikon pass(1700)
6.Extreme Cold camping gear such as sleeping bag, stove, thermos, really go crazy on the gear for those cold nights (800)
7.Live my dream winter travelling around the country with nothing but my skis, and 8000 dollars for gas, beer, and food



Goddamn, it all seems so plausible, At the rate I'm saving, I could literally do this next year if I wanted to, it's a shame I want to build a life with a family, I'd be so happy doing that and just travelling around visiting you guys at your various home resorts in the U.S. from December through June

3mania^^ Camerontaylor158 knows what's up. France rules.

**This post was edited on Nov 4th 2018 at 9:52:22pm

**This post was edited on Nov 4th 2018 at 9:53:15pm

Yeah man, I love it, in Tignes for the whole of this winter too, gassed for it.

evan.schuYo that sounds like a well thought out plan my man that would be so dope

Took me way too long to write/plan. Considered continuing through to summer but thought better of it.

If I have to blow it all in one trip Antarctica. Would be cool to blow it over a whole season and ski AK, Morocco, Japan, maybe Iran. Idk.


But one trip Antarctica. I would imagine you can find better snow other places, but just seems like the trip in general would be worth it.

BigPurpleSkiSuithttps://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/913587/Salomon-FreeskiTV-S04-E06-Deep---Mica-HeliskiingI'd go big or go home. A week at mica would be something to remember. But......hear me out guys.....




1.Quit my job(I can always find another banker position somewhere)
2.Sell my car(6 grand)
3.Buy old van or 4runner with 4wd (5 grand)
4.Convert to awesome ski van with living area in back with couches and such (500 bucks max)
5.Epic Pass + Ikon pass(1700)
6.Extreme Cold camping gear such as sleeping bag, stove, thermos, really go crazy on the gear for those cold nights (800)
7.Live my dream winter travelling around the country with nothing but my skis, and 8000 dollars for gas, beer, and food



Goddamn, it all seems so plausible, At the rate I'm saving, I could literally do this next year if I wanted to, it's a shame I want to build a life with a family, I'd be so happy doing that and just travelling around visiting you guys at your various home resorts in the U.S. from December through June

See I think that’s the scariest part of the whole situation is it’s actually semi realistic and even more tempting

A TC type thing. Except with one huge RV.
I’d tour the major east resorts first. Like November-December-Januaryish. Boulder, Ktown, carinthia, Sunday river, maybe more. Then head out and hit the good parks in the Midwest. Troll, Wild Mtn, Tyrol Basin, Duluth,... there’s probably a lot more sick parks that I’m missing. I would do that like January-Februaryish. Then I’d head out towards the Rockies for end of February and beginning of March. Probably all those resorts around break, copper, etc. I’d then head to Utah for Beginning of March. Snowbird, Solitude, Alta, PC, and finish it off with the closing day at Brighton In like mid April. Then I’d head to the resorts in Cali. Bear, mammoth, North Star, all that good stuff. Once May would hit, I’d definitely head up towards bachelor and hood for the remainder of the summer. Switch between hood and Bach, cross off one on my bucket list: skiing on my birthday (May 29). Once bachy closed I’d just ski hood all spring and summer long until Timberline wasn’t open anymore.

10k definitely wouldn’t cover all this but I’d definitely try to make it work lol.

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