As high season approaches in the high mountains, Bargrooves takes to the slopes to sample the pleasures of bar culture Apres Ski-style for its first instalment of 2012. Anyone who's enjoyed a snow sports holiday well knows the quality of Apres Ski or activities off the piste are as important as the quality of snow on it. For the more socially adventurous, bar culture in the Alps of Europe or the Rocky Mountains of North America is as established a part of the overall snow sports experience as hu