Member Postcard: Alpine Skiing

Indagare member Christopher Leach has spent years taking ski trips to the Alps. He reports back on his impressions of skiing in Austria, Italy, France and Switzerland.

All-in-all, I find ski trips to the Alps better than those in North America because of the breadth of terrain and charming villages dotted throughout the region. One important difference between the two is that in Europe, there's no such thing as a ski area boundary. There's either ‘piste’ (a groomed, marked run) or ‘off-piste.’ ...