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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Oh, very nice.
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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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So I'm back from a day up on the Kitzsteinhorn. Tired but with a massive grin on my face. Plenty of fresh snow for us to play in, got some nice off piste runs in, mostly just off the sides of the pistes and also down to the Alpin centre. Did see tracks going further down too. Much more open there now, and there's a piste down to the Alpincente open.
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mountainaddict, are you a bit more relaxed for your trip  following last weeks storm?
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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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mountainaddict, just be careful 'cos the crevasses are still a lot more open than usual, and while this snow will definitely have covered them I'm not convinced it will really have bridged them...
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mountainaddict, just back from the weekend at Sölden, have to say that the snow is better than last year both in quantity as well as quality. Love that squeaky sound as you walk over it. It snowed again up there last night and was cold enough today that even something like 30,000 spectators and skiers could not get it to go slushy except at the very edges near the Rettenbach restaurants.
Racing was brilliant by the way, both days 
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Samerberg Sue, I watched the mens...really feel the season is close now 
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They've opened up a bit more now, couple more chairs open, not pisted down to the top of Gletscherjet 1, but you can get below the Alpin centre to access the 6 man chair back up (can't remember the name, only used it once today which was first day of it opening). Odd bits of veg showing through on the piste approaching the Alpin centre, but they've got the cannons on up top, albeit they've got one facing one of the t-bar queues, not fun!
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| just be careful 'cos the crevasses are still a lot more open than usual, and while this snow will definitely have covered them I'm not convinced it will really have bridged them |
Thanks - piste it is then!!  |
There is also a fair bit of safe offpiste too, but sorry, I'm not prepared to try and explain where on a forum!! Particularly as I'm not a guide, not infallible, and haven't been up in a couple of weeks. If I was able to make it over to show you it'd be different, but I'm not sure I'll be able too.
The lift staff are very helpful if you ask for directions to safe offpiste. Also drop into the Stubai Freeride Centre office in Neustift and ask Patrick Ribis for advice.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@Sitter, nice! Photos?
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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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Not really got photos apart from the odd customary 'view from the top looking over the mountains/lake'. Going up over the weekend for fun so will have time for photo taking then. Can tell it's half term week tho, queuing quite a bit to get up the mountain.
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You know it makes sense.
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@mountainaddict, thanks for the report! Looks like I'll be in Stubai and maybe Hintertux this long weekend
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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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Enjoy @horizon - wishing I was there... 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Good amount of snow but crusty or VERY crusty in places at Stubai today. Still managed some decent turns (and broke a carbon Dynafit pole).
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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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Just back from a week in Kaprun skiing on the Kitz glacier with Singlesport and Skivolution. Great week! the snow was pretty good considering how warm it was. This was my first time on the glacier and the first time I have skied this early in the season. I was pleasantly surprised by the size of the place and the variety of pistes available. Big shout out to Ruth for organising it, Dave for running it and to instructor Rob who had to put up with me all week.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Been snowing the past two days up on the Kitzsteinhorn too. Visibility poor and quite cold at times when the wind picked up. Some nice off piste turns in fresh powder 
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(I'll hammer it back into place and just use the other edge for now....). We were particularly impressed by the refurbished (since we last visited) Tuxer Fernerhaus at Hintertux middle station. The self service restaurant is really nice and there's a posh (separate) table service restaurant with very reasonable prices (eg €4 for soup). You can go in the posh bit just for drinks too - it's got a really nice comfy seating bit with a real fire 
It's hard for me to say how much new snow there was as I didn't get an opportunity to ski beyond the button lift behind the Gamsgarten restaurant. I'd guess at half a metre or more. The snow was lovely and the temperature was properly winter cold. Officially the run to middle station wasn't open but it looked like a few people missed the sign 