 Poster: A snowHead
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@AJD, Daughter said the snow quality was good up there today, pleasantly surprised.....not sure what the area will be like tomorrow when there will be a lot more people skiing it. Have looked out my window just now and can tell who has the rental skis, you're right, stick to you old ones.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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20cm is not a "great dump"welcome though it would be!
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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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Anyhoo, what's likely to be open in 4Vs tomorrow?
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Much better than expected, quite quiet in the morning, best snow including some off piste patches and some nice bumps, lac de Vaux.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Big inversion last night when I drove in Sion -1C but bybthe time I got to Les Collons +6C - no snow cannons for us then 
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Lots open and you could ski down to within 100m of Medran if you ignored the closed signs at the bottom of the Mayenzet.
Not at all crowded this afternoon but the snow coverage is very thin in spots.
It is polished though, most people would call it icy, but I've had the misfortune to have to deal with actual ice in the past and there is some way to go between hard, very had and polished and then actual ice.
A few runs this afternoon did for my fine tuned edges, they really were knackered and I have been redoing them this evening.
Daily tuning will be required.
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Lovely snow on Mont Forrt and pleasingly quiet yesterday. Looks like a couple of mm fell yesterday evening but we've all got everything crossed for what's due tomorrow. Spoke to Jean-Lou who owns Namaste yesterday and he's fairly relaxed because people can drive there!
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15cm at Les Collons by 0615 and bucketing down
I drove down to Sion station and there was thick snow on the roads in the town
Treacherous drive up and down
The snowploughs have started but the main roads are 20 cm deep
Interesting to see which lifts open today with the Avalanche risk through the roof
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It's been belting down in Le Châble since 5am. Looks like it's going to be very cold. Currently -18 in Verbier. Chassoure-Tortin being prepared for opening.
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Chucking in down in Veysonnaz, snow chains needed, they will clear the main roads quickly as they have loads of people leaving today and even more arriving.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@Steve Sparks, why were you up at 5am?
I know you are keen.....
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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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Just what was needed - buckets of snow and nice cold weather to preserve it. Looks like skiing next week will be very different from skiing this week, with less people on slopes too due to cold.
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Probably 50cm all the way down to the valley. Roads shut, travel chaos. We're not going anywhere.
@Rungsp, I was quite excited about the prospect of snow 
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You know it makes sense.
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powder everywhere yesterday - driving interesting especially avoiding the german family who were attempting to put chains on in the middle of the road
cars off the road to Thyon everywhere
lots of blasting this am but should be a good day
sadly off to the US so will miss what looks like being a great week although avalanche risk will be severe - you could see fresh snow slides off etherolla with fissuring
anyway happy new year to wall of you lucky enough to be here
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Bruson (yesterday) was...sacrilege...a bit disappointing.
The fresh was deep, but not enough under it to make the off piste seem safe, there is a lot of fallen timber and branches and the risk of getting hooked made it too iffy for me.
The pistes only opened yesterday and by lunchtime were as flat as a flat thing.
Savolyeres today was lovely. Pistes in superb condition, saving the very occasional wisps of grass (it's all meadows underfoot) and the off piste on the front side was deep and fluffy (also grass beneath).
The main lift up was very busy, but once up there the left queues were negligible.
It really does help to have been there in the summer, and to know what is under that snow.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Too right Rungsp. One of my mates wrote off his 4Fronts yesterday. All of Mt Fort sector now open. Working on tactics to avoid the crowds. The line in Verbier this morning was ugly as I passed it on the way up from Le Châble
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Bus to Carrefour is a good option, queue at Mayentzet only took 10 minutes.
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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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My Fort lovely yesterday am. Gentianes good in places, but many rocks hiding. Headed across to Printze sector, queues not bad and some good snow to be found. The artificial snow at Combatazaline is quite interesting  Queue back up Tortin not bad- 10 mins at 1500.
Bit of a shame that the Le Châble bubble broke later. Some were dangling on it for an hour, but all back up and running this morning.
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An hour? We were stuck for an hour and a half!
Cold and dark....
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Considering that it is super peak season busy....it really isn't that busy.
Did a 4V excursion today and I can report that almost all pistes are in good condition. A few are getting a bit polished and firm....you just need to ride that edge-slide until you find some grip.
Only one run had any stones at all and they were the small loose type that are not too bad.
Main Verbier was busier than the 4V extremities this afternoon, but even there the lift lines were only 5 minutes or so.
Rode a cable with a visiting guide from chamonix (www.chamonixskiguide.com) who was amazed at how much better the conditions are in Verbier and the 4V at the moment, he was very scathing at the snow and piste management in Chamonix, I have not been so cannot possible comment!
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Flippin 'Eck....ignore my previous comment about crowds not being too bad....today it was seething with skiers, I have never seen it so crowded.
The overflow to the overflow carpark at Le Chable overflowed!
....and next week is one of the quietest of the winter....
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Ice rink today. Seems like it rained pretty high yesterday evening.
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but almost empty when compared to yesterday.
Actually snow was lovely so long as you stayed above the height about equal to the M25
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Raining hard in town right now. Hopefully falling as snow higher up.
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Some decent snow today in Lac de Vaux and the red from Gentianes to La Chaux, and really a lot better overall than I was expecting given the lack of snowfall. It is still the poorest I've seen it for the time of year, but it really isn't too bad.
Very quiet by Verbier standards too, longest queue was about a minute, but mostly none.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I wonder how high it rained last night, felt pretty warm so probably fairly high. Next week is one of the quietest weeks of the season but quiet slopes might well be the only positive.
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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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Thinking of extending my Swiss trip by 1 or 2 days and heading round to Verbier tomorrow. Appreciate if someone currently in the village could comment on on-off piste conditions today, cheers.
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@never summer, snow line was around 2000m by the end of the night, probably higher earlier. There was more snow than I expected. Mont Fort was bump free at lunchtime and some nice pockets of powder to be found. It had been windy last night so most was wind affected but provided some lovely skiing.
@skidm, stay high, above 2,000m conditions are very good. Keep an eye out for submerged rocks but the sun and temperatures over the next few days on crowd free slopes will provide some great skiing.
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You know it makes sense.
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Thanks @Steve Sparks, I think you've convinced me... wouldn't have taken much though!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Any news from Verbier/Nendaz today? Did the snow, that was so confidently forecast, actually arrive? Thanks
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Poster: A snowHead
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There were about 15cm at altitude lyesterday and It started snowing again in Verbier about 2200 last night. The rain turned to snow in Le Châble overnight and it's now snowing heavily down here at 850m. Due to snow all day until about 2000. Should give us 20-30cm. Looks cold and snowy for the rest of the week.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Excellent!
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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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Super day. Visibility wasn't bad, no one around. 15-20cm on piste, more in pockets off. Didn't do any exciting stuff but had a lovely time riding piste side. Tomorrow could be very special as the vis should be good. Not getting above freezing all week in Verbier so conditions should stay great with regular top ups.
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Pretty epic. Turned out to be about 30cm under clear cold skies. Everywhere was awesome. LOTS of people. Longest queue ever to get up Gentianes, 3 bins. Tomorrow will be super with no one here and there's still plenty left.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@Steve Sparks, The queues were pretty grim, we turned back at Tortin rather than go all the way over to Verbier, but what a great day. You're right about tomorrow, when I took some chums down to Sion station tonight, the road down was heaving with people leaving the slopes....so a great week to be had with more snow on the way. 
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Stunning day. Skiing with Powder Extreme this week and discovering some great terrain. Had untracked on Greppon, lovely end of day down the Dents de Scion in glorious sunshine in knee deep pow. The cool temps are conserving the snow nicely and there is no one here.
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Very jealous but back out in 10 days - where is dents de scion Steve ???
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@AJD, It's the range above Cabane Mt Fort on the North side, opposite Barry's bowl. Accessed from behind the jumbo.
Did a wonderful col d'etygeon yesterday morning and the day's ending was a great Cathederal in low afternoon sunshine. There's still tons of stuff left here.
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Still shredding fresh tracks. Anyone lunching at Cabane Mt Fort today - those 6 tracks to the left of Barry's bowl are ours! The cold has kept the snow great. Pistes are tip top and there's still loads of good off piste if you know where to go, which our Powder Extreme coaches certainly do.
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@Steve Sparks, I will look for those tracks today when I go up the Jumbo  Who are you skiing with from PE?
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