 Poster: A snowHead
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You are right, but it doesn't stop us all checking ALL the forecasts for weeks before we go and only believing the ones we like !!!!!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Think there is some scaremongering going on here. "Some places " in my experience means just that and only really on the runs down to Vercland and Morillon. Skied all over the GM yesterday. No brown patches or closed pistes to speak of. Pistes in very good condition. Gers and Cascades were open and more good off piste than you might expect. The beautiful weather means you must expect some spring conditions first thing and later afternoon. Snow id forecast soon.
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@ian999, thanks for the update, leaving for Les Carroz in next half hour, so good to hear you've saved some snow for us!!
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@ian999, I've just spent 4 days all over the GM and no scaremongering is going on just reporting as we saw it and trying to inform people. Yes runs down to Morillon and vercland were looking very brown. Grand Cret and (I think forny) were shut all weekend. Lanche was closed yesterday. Corbalanche was closed yesterday morning but not the afternoon (not due to lack of snow). If you didn't see the brown patches then I would suggest you didn't ski the runs I did (Bergin for one was very thin still skiable but looking worn). Still plenty of great skiing over most of the area I would agree.
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| ian999 wrote: |
| Think there is some scaremongering going on here. "Some places " in my experience means just that and only really on the runs down to Vercland and Morillon. Skied all over the GM yesterday. No brown patches or closed pistes to speak of. Pistes in very good condition. Gers and Cascades were open and more good off piste than you might expect. The beautiful weather means you must expect some spring conditions first thing and later afternoon. Snow id forecast soon. |
Did it snow between Saturday afternoon and when you wrote this. Lots of brown around on the lower slopes on Saturday.
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Can anyone advise on the conditions at the bottom of Cascades? Is it skiable all the way down?
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There was a sign on the Desert Blanc lift today that said it was icy at the bottom of Cascades. But since it's almost always icy at the bottom of Cascades I guess it meant VERY icy!
We've now been here for two days and the snow is in better condition than we had expected. Flaine, where we skied today, is in generally excellent condition, didn't see any brown patches at all and even at 4pm barely any slush. Morillon and Les Carroz, where we were yesterday, had lots of slush and some bare patches. Marvel was looking very sad. But overall there's still plenty of skiable pistes.
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Thanks for the responses and additional info. Headed to Flaine this weekend and planning to do Cascades Sunday .... last year the final section was bare which meant we had to walk down. Not a big deal for me ... but some in my party may complain!
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@genevan, Cascades was open all the way down last Saturday.
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@genevan, we skied it for the first time a few weeks ago and there was snowmaking down towards the bottom, have a feeling that someone told me they had installed it for this season, but not 100% sure on that.
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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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| @genevan, Cascades was open all the way down last Saturday. |
...and on Thursday, so there should be enough snow for Sunday (today).
All pistes higher up in Flaine, Morillon and Samoens were in good condition and plenty of skiing to be had. The steep sections of some pistes are suffering a bit, being very scraped. Slush/soup lower down (which I quite enjoy) in the afternoons. Scorchio this past week (well, 8C and v sunny) can't have helped but they're expecting a change in weather later this week - lower temps with some snow.
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@sj1608, There has always been some snowmaking at the bottom of cascades, hence its usually icy marbles everywhere (mixed with a few stones)
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You know it makes sense.
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@Zorrac, thanks for that.
It clouded up and snowed in Flaine yesterday afternoon. Not sure how long it lasted, as we went back to Les Carroz, but definitely an hour or so. Not heavy, but better than nothing.
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Report from Cascades today: first sections were excellent but the bottom third (after Lac de Gers) was a mix of ice and slush, with a few bare patches and a few stones. Definitely skiable, though.
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Poster: A snowHead
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I would say snow conditions in Flaine disappointing but this depends on your standpoint. Snow quite hard in many places. Black slopes open but quite rocky. Off piste looks pretty poor and bare patches abound. But blue pistes still fine so if you're not expecting deep and steep or freeriding you should be good. But forecast not promising so anyone coming much later will really need to pray for snow.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Disappointing compared to what dude? comparing it to the time of the year (if so im worried) or the perfect skiing conditions?
in the space of 3 hours between yours and the post above it went from Excellent to disappointing !
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@leeboy, I think it's 10 days until you get here, and it's really hard to know what to say as this is all so subjective.
It's a week since we got here and although it's been warm most of the time, the pistes in Flaine are not significantly worse than they were when we arrived. We ski on piste, blues and reds and haven't found any that were not enjoyable to ski, although there are a few thin patches. If you stay high, it's generally not icy nor slushy, but the snow is hard packed (something to do with all the wind that came with the last lot of snow breaking down the flakes, I've been told).
I think all of this depends on expectations and what you are looking for. If you are coming for off piste, pristine powder, blacks in perfect condition with no rocks, then you're likely to be disappointed. If you're coming to ski reds and blues and enjoy being out in the snow and fresh air, then you probably won't be, provided it doesn't suddenly deteriorate.
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I'd say conditions around the GM are pretty much what you'd expect with the recent weather and patterns. And not so very different from what you'd expect around this time of year when there hasn't been a decent snowfall for a while.
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Update on GM conditions. Flaine is best. Red and blue pistes actually quite ok. Were hard at start of week but not so much now. Despite sunshine temperatures have not been so high so slush hasn't really been a problem. That may change tomorrow and Friday.
Off-piste: coverage very poor and what is there is frozen crud and not significantly softening during day. There are no powder stashes. The snow on steep section in Gers bowl is still quite chalky.
The Agate freeride zone has a lot of exposed rocks and cliffs but in fact route finding is fun. Diamant noir is just treacherous. Very rocky at entrance to steep section and very hard moguls below that. Not worth it. Gers is well covered and I think whole bowl quite safe with avi risk currently so low. Some chalky snow to be found off to sides but no powder. Moguls at bottom are KILLER
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Anyone know angulation of steep slope in Gers- if you keep to right of piste the big face facing north you come to? Above and to right of where piste turns right. From draglift it doesn't look particularly steep, but once on it it feels like 35 degrees (right in avi range if fresh snow..). Has anyone measured it or otherwise know?
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Not measured it, but fell so often, it felt bloody steep ...... Does that help...
Back in 10 days will measure it , but guessing it's really steep !!!
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Thought it was time for a quick update on weather conditions.
Until this morning there has been no precipitation at all, and the pistes in Flaine have continued to deteriorate very slowly. Still plenty to ski and in pretty good condition, but with some thin bits. No pistes narrowed as yet, but lots of snow being pulled in from off the pistes to fill holes.
Then it rained all morning today in Flaine Foret, with snow and bad visibility further up. By 3pm it had started snowing in Foret, although the snow was not laying on bare ground or cars. But a couple of hundred metres higher the cars, trees and ground were turning white. Visibility was too bad for us to want to venture higher than Aup de Veran, but there was definitely a significant amount of snow coming down through the morning, although all pretty slushy.
Back in Les Carroz now, where it is raining hard. Just hope it's still snowing in Flaine.......
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So my app is showing 34cm to fall in flaine on Wednesday.
Can't be right but I'm hoping 
LB
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Got back from a long weekend last night with transfers from action transfers which were very good, thanks for all the suggestions. Snow is icy in the morning and slushy in the afternoon. Sunday was the best but only 5-10 cms fell saturday.
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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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Very foggy/cloudy yesterday, visibility down to 30 or 40 metres in places. Today looks murky, too. It snowed in Flaine yesterday, but not sure how much. In Les Carroz village there's been a light dusting, but it was cold enough to stay on the trees, on the roofs and on the ground, which would suggest that what fell higher would be decent snow.
@leeboy, that 34cm didn't materialise, but forecast looking good for lots on Sunday......after we've gone. 
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@sj1608, Thanks for the updates- sorry for you that you leave before the next potential fall on Sunday. Hope it happens as we arrive Saturday afternoon with fingers crossed. Any further updates before the weekend will be most welcome!!
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You know it makes sense.
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@broadsman, will make sure I post at least once more before we go. Where are you staying?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Morning all, arriving next Thursday eve in Morillon so watching this thread avidly. Sometimes tho I feel I shouldn't be checking forecasts cos its all arranged and we're coming regardless.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Notice that there hasn't been a report in a while. Been here since last Friday. Most pistes skiable although the quality varies - with not much that is good. Lack of snow and spring weather has taken its toll with slush predominant except when the night was cold and then its a bit crunchy. Last couple of days have been dense fog. Little bit of snow earlier this week helped but the forecast snow over the weekend is much needed. If it comes and it doesn't fall as rain it will suddenly turn into paradise. Fingers crossed.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@mark riddick, Just had a quick peak at various so called weather forecast sites and it either gona be peeing with torrential rain or 30 to 40 cm of the great white stuff over weekend and into first half of next week. Not looking from now on, I'll just wait and see and make the best of what there is when I get there 
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@sj1608, will appreciate any future posts thanks. Staying at Club Hotel MMV in Flaine Forum. I think that's the full name although it seems to vary it's name slightly depending where you look.
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@broadsman, then you're in the best part of the GM for conditions at present. There is still decent skiing. Yes, it's slushy lower down, a bit crunchy on cold mornings, and there's the odd brown bit. But up high lots of the pistes are still in good condition and a pleasure to ski. The fog is the biggest issue at the moment, not the snow!!
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Today was much better conditions - the sun battled bravely with the fog and got a hard fought victory! A bit of snow in the night (about 5cms in the Flaine bowl - probably slightly less elsewhere) made all the difference. Loads of white stuff forecast for Sun and Monday - fingers crossed.....
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And not only could we see where we were skiing today, that bit of snow stuck to the trees and made everything back into a winter wonderland for photos!
We skied in Flaine, Les Carroz and Morillon today and conditions varied enormously. Flaine was good, so long as you stayed high up, even lower down there were bits that weren't slushy. Les Carroz was really patchy - some good firm pistes and others that were a total slushfest, predominantly based on angle of slope, I think. In Morillon the first part down from the top of Sairon lift to about the bottom of the Biollaires lift was pretty OK, after that it got very slushy.
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Last posting before finishing getting ready to get a few hours rest before early flight- should be in Flaine by midday'ish. Things looking reasonably promising weather wise! Hoping for a good week!
Forecasted snow Sunday/Monday very welcome.@sj1608, @mark riddick, Thanks for the nice recent updates.
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From me too, I'm there tomorrow for a week and appreciated the updates all.
LB
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@broadsman, might see you on the slopes this afternoon, before we pack up and go tomorrow morning. Safe travels both.
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Just back from a day pottering around in Flaine bowl. Conditions are fine ... a little bit slushy at the bottom in the afternoon, but otherwise fine.
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