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a.j., wow! Were you drunk?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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 the french or the falling over? The light was much worse than it seems - and of course I've only kept the amusing bits!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Looks like a fun day....I am heading that way the week after next. 😄
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Quite a bit of snow forecast over the next 24 hours... if anyone is out there don't forget to keep us updated
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Great vid a.j.
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Snow was forecast for last nigh to this morning but as of yet nothing seems to be falling in la tania! Clouding over so hopefully to comes soon!
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When I was there earlier in the season in Jan, the off piste (even the bits down the side of the piste) was a bit undesirable...poor base layer and sprinkling of rocks. Generally speaking, I haven't heard of any huge dumps since then, I assume the situation is similar...poor base layer, no significant change to the structure of the layers of the snow, and still a sprinkling of rocks? (excuse the lack of terminology, I'm still learning!)
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fxf, it's all OK now !
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fxf, There has been a lot of snow since January ... and its snowing now, even down here at 700m
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Faaaaab! Pretty excited about coming back and it'll be even more lovely with some snow!!!! 
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In Courchevel (Le Praz) at mo. Two fantastically sunny days before today. Today was dump time. Started at lunchtime and it's still going. Must have been over 4 inches. Pistes in great condition and now there's fresh powder to be had. Tomorrow looks interesting as I am not sure the piste bashers will be on top of this lot that quickly. So expecting a lot of silliness!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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20cm overnight, sunny now, more snow expected later
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Great news about the overnight snow, fingers crossed for some more tonight.
There's also a video of the Val Thorens zip wire on news section of the Val Thorens Guide site if anyone is interested - link below:
http://www.valthorensguide.co.uk/news.html
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You know it makes sense.
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Arrived in La Tania today, the snow cover is excellent, fresh powder is plentiful and it was snowing in the village earlier with conditions that suggested a lot more higher up.
Brighter skies forecast for tomorrow so it should be a great day.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Very overcast for the first couple of hours this morning, with poor visibility. Then the sun came out, and with about 20cm of fresh snow, it turned into a classic day. More snow forecast tonight, down to 600m.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Patch seemed to be fine over the VT end above 2200m. Not a cloud in the sky but thick blanket lower down.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Came off the slopes last night in blazing sunshine, woke up this morning to find it's been snowing all night in La Tania (and presumably further up the mountain). The visibility is going to be appalling but the powder should be great.
Predictions are for a clearer day tomorrow.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Got back from La Tania Yesterday! what a week. fresh snow overnight Tuesday I think woken to a beautiful bluebird powder day. spent lots of time enjoying knee deep in places off piste. mountain a little cut up in the afternoon. Pretty good few days a bit cloudy after that, then a re fresh dump Friday night so more powder Saturday on quite pistes and off piste due to normal transfers.
all in all everything looking good out there
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Warmer weather forecast for later this week
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Looking forward to hitting the slopes tomorrow afternoon for our annual week. Looks like the factor 50 will need liberal application!
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Tshirts are packed. We are on our way on Sunday.
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I know that reported snow depths should be taken with a pinch of salt, however I notice that snow depths in VT have dropped by 10cms on both upper and lower slopes (to 245cm and 144cm respectively). Bearing in mind the warmer weather only kicked in a couple of days ago, this seems like a fair drop. It's still 2 weeks till I go  and it looks like the warmer weather is set in for the short term.
Any news on conditions from anyone in resort?
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I wouldn't worry: Meteo Chaine Montaigne (Google it) reporting a return to colder conditions from around 19th. We're out on 22nd -- and (light) snow forecast from 20th . Looks like they are going to have a warm and sunny week this week (and most of next though).
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Cheers CharlieL, think I'm just getting a bit paranoid!!!
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Pistes in excellent shape, very sunny, and quiet today.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Patch, excellent news! I just need them to be excellent shape in 2 weeks time!!! 
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It all looks to be brewing up rather nicely for the next 3 weeks. Can't wait
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You know it makes sense.
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Anyone going out next week? Don't forget to keep us updated on conditions - especially over Sunday and Monday when it's supposed to really warm up!
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I will be going to Les Menuires on Saturday for a week. Haven't been to the area for a few years so looking forward to seeing it all again.
Will report back on the conditions, probably whilst in shorts and a t-shirt from the look of things!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Cheers Touchguru, I'm out the following Sat so it would good to know what to expect
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Handy Turnip, based on many years skiing late MArch/April your highly likely to experience a bit of everything, sun, snow, cloud, blue skies, warm temps and cold temps!!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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a bit of everything, sun, snow, cloud, blue skies, warm temps and cold temps!!
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to which one can add very hard icy pistes, beautifully soft swooshy pistes, sugary pistes, moguls, that horrible "elephant snot" stuff which grabs your skis and stops you dead and puddles. What you hope not to get is rain.
A puck of Zardoz Notwax is good for the snotty elephant stuff.
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Handy Turnip,
I'm off to VT tomorrow morning (hopefully in resort in time for all the rugby matches), so will try and update regularly.
Have yet to pack, though...
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Cheers HossDoc, much appreciated! Look forward to the updates - enjoy the rugby! (And the skiing obviously!!!! )
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Ok me and 5 mates have booked meribel for the 5th April. Super worried about the conditions as the piste depth seems to be dropping so fast. Can anyone in the know explain how bad our situation is in regards to the likelihood of a week of shredding. Is it likely we will be arriving and not be able to board/ski. Thanks for any responses
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Welcome to snowheads Lawson85!! There's rumours that the current warm weather might come to an end next weekend, hopefully coupled with a fresh dump of snow. Obviously a week away is a long time in weather forecasting but fingers crossed! Regardless, there's plenty of higher slopes so I'm sure they'll be plenty of slopes still open, especially over in VT. There's a decent base of snow this year, so it'll take quite a while to melt.
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Ok thanks handy turnip I booked it telling my mates we have nothing to worry about and now I'm the one worrying. As long as we can ride somewhere I think ill escape the blame.
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Just had an excellent week in 3V staying in Reberty. It was a very warm and sunny week, but the snow held up remarkably well. We have skied much worse in march in 3V.
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definite spring skiing today. Hard/Icy in the morning and slushy in the afternoon. All good fun though and as long as you time it right you can have some great skiing.
Lots of slides today on skiers left as you come down from Mont Vallon.
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