East coast mountains a double black diamond is equal to a black diamond on the west coast. Basically drop one level for every difficulty level. A double black in the west coast is non-existant in the east coast. The mountains are just not steep enough or dangerous enough.
Hmmmm - I don't think I could handle the Alps - I'm not getting on a tram that goes over a 3-500ft gorge....no way...
Did pretty good today - a buddy of mine is a ski instructor + racer so he helped me work on my form today + my turns.....EXCELLENT day, but cold - oh and I found a quarter!! Yay!!