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It\u2019s no secret I choose skiing as my winter escape, so naturally I gravitate towards ski destinations this time of year.<\/p>\n
Recently, Travel & Leisure<\/a> put together a collection of 16 of the world\u2019s scariest (ahem, gnarliest) ski slopes, convincing me that Europe may just be where it\u2019s at.<\/p>\n In particular, France appears three different times on the list (check out this video of the Grand Couloir in Courchevel!<\/a>), along with areas of Austria and Switzerland. That\u2019s 31 percent of the entire article!<\/p>\n Even with Jackson<\/a>, WY, Snowbird<\/a>, UT, and Banff<\/a>, Alberta (more to come on Banff later this week) making it, three of my favorites, I have to give a shout out to the Big Couloir<\/a> at Big Sky, Montana <\/a>(imagine a 45-degree, terrifyingly narrow chute) that ranks pretty high on the gnar scale.<\/p>\n So, maybe I\u2019m a bit partial to my own backyard, but the point is, the\u00a0terrain I\u2019m seeing in Europe might easily convince me that it\u2019s time for a ski pilgrimage. Wouldn’t you say?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s no secret I choose skiing as my winter escape, so naturally I gravitate towards ski destinations this time of year. Recently, Travel & Leisure put together a collection of 16 of the world\u2019s scariest (ahem, gnarliest) ski slopes, convincing me that Europe may just be where it\u2019s at. In particular, France appears three different […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,2562,2573,2570],"tags":[797,1027,712,170,3274,21,1028,711,1026,626,1029],"yoast_head":"\n