 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi y'all! Am heading out to Flaine with a mate second week in March, anyone else going to be there then?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@DannySimpson, Not arriving there until 28th March but would welcome any info on updated/current conditions while you're there or when you return. Where are you staying?
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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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@broadsman, sure, will try and remember when I get back... we're staying in the UCPA hostel, by all accounts should be a fun experience!
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
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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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I was in Samoens last year on 8 -15 March and had the best weather i have ever had on a ski holiday skiied over to Flaine every day has some great skiing. Enjoy
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Thanks @broadsman, very interesting, and thanks @bellfi, hopefully I'll get to see most of the Grand M when I'm there 
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@broadsman, there are a lot of first hand reports on snowheads from people who have stayed in UCPA centres - all positive, I think. My daughter and her then BF (now husband) stayed in the Flaine Centre some years ago - terrific value for half term (both teachers) though the snow the week they were there was very poor. There's a great deal of rubbish written about Flaine's micro-climate. It sometimes has good snow, sometimes not - like everywhere else.
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On a related note... last time I was in the mountains I struggled to sleep "in" (guess it was the altitude or something) past 5. Was in Avoriaz and found a boulangerie open early that served coffee so I could wait until everyone else woke up...
Anyone know if there's anything like that in F?
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Not been up that early but have been to the boulangerie in the Foret shopping centre at 7 - it's serving breakfast by then so probably opens earlier
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Thanks @janner,
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Are you doing the offpiste boarding? Thinking about it myself
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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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Morning @borntoboard, are you there that week?
I will be on planks (plural), and I'll be taking the lessons provided, but even with my bravado / stupidity * I doubt I'll stray very far from the pistes...
Messing around on the edges is usually enough for me
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@DannySimpson, may be there that week, how getin there? Coach all booked out so flying frm gatwick.
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You know it makes sense.
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We're going from Southampton on the way out, back to LGW, only 4 nights mind...
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