 Poster: A snowHead
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I'm praying for snow for morrilon for a week on Monday. I can't believe how warm it still is but I guess this is a lesson in risking a low resort.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Flexon, why are you praying for snow. There is plenty of snow.
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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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@Brooksy69, well worth going over to Flaine, condition are significantly better there. The biggest problem yesterday was the 'let's have another beer/wine, it's our last day' post-lunch speed freaks. There seemed to be a lot of Dutch guys and they are both fast and physically large.
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Morrilon is starting to look worn on the webcam. I'm addicted to knee deep or above so I'm always praying for more snow.
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Flaine link closed today due to high winds  .. Snow forecast for tonight was a Lil crisp up there today !
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@flexon , skied Morrilon this morning it does need a dump your right , piest is in ok order considering the weather tho it's thin in places .. Off piest v hard not nice .. But a dump can change all that  ..
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Most of the high part of Flaine now closed due to high winds. It was very windy at the top this morning and they gradually closed bubbles and chairs until the only significant chair running was Tete des Verds with massive queues.
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@Flexon, while webcams are not particularly representative, if you want deep powder, qhy aren't you going to Japan? (Or, this year, Whistler?)
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Last time I went to whistler we had rain not powder. Japan probably is a bit far to take the kids but I did try to persuade my wife last year to take me. The reason I'm going to morrilon is because we are going with a group of beginners to intermediate with kids and we were looking for ski in ski out and it's linked to flaine. I'm sure it will be fine but the rain forecast and temperatures aren't filling me full of confidence.
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Even closed les carroz gondola at about 2 so had to go up the chair huge queues
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Took one look at the ticket office queues and headed for Praz de Lys. Hard pistes but no queues. Lovely. Sorry for the smugness!
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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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There has been about 15cm of snow overnight here in Flaine and it is still snowing now. Temps quite warm so I fear there is a chance that it may turn to rain later. They are blasting some of the slopes to reduce avalanche risk and the snow ploughs are out in force on the roads. Hoping for good snow higher up. No idea whether the links will re-open, just having the cabins and all the chairs open will be an improvement on yesterday afternoon. Wind appears to have dropped so let's hope.
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@ian999, Sssshhhh - don't tell anyone about Praz
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You know it makes sense.
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Raining hard in Les carroz at the mo , hopefully it was good snow in the mount , yeaaahh I could hear the top being blown around the mountain this morning too .. Forecast is moderately windy .. Feels a bit more .. Hopefully somethings open tho doubt the visibility will be good .. Hey ho happy skiing guys : or ladies
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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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@stevo_the_saddler, Meant Les Gets !!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Loads of deep snow high up in flaine and visibility is OK. Quite warm. Grand vans been shut all morning so only a bus to connect to the other villages. Something to do with ice. The rain comes and goes in the resort but if you go high then it's great deep snow. Queue for grand platieres was huge so did the others. Mephisto a few times. 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Raining in Flaine and all the way up to about 2,000m. Snow very heavy. Not my idea of fun so have thrown the towel in for the day.
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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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@ian999,
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headed for Praz de Lys
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we headed out of Les Gets and skied at Praz yesterday morning.
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@Pamski, is that near meussy? I've always looked around from the road and been perplexed at where the ski slopes are - is there a website for it?
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@Freestyle, yes I think you can access Sommand side from near Mieussy or Praz side from half way up the road from Taninges to Les Gets. There is a website, yes.
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@Chris Mason, oh dear, not sounding too good at the moment 
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Got back to Samoens last night, heavy rain, low clouds and altogether miserable but this morning much brighter and no rain. Been on the web site it looks like a reasonable amount of fresh snow, I have already heard them blasting.
Going skiing later so will so will let you know what it's like when I get back.
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Much better day today. In Flaine bowl there was a bit of low cloud early on. The pistes at the top were boiler plate hard, all the way down to the bottom of the Dessert Blanc chair. Piste bashers had done their best but there were a lot of ruts, bumps and large lumps of ice so skiing was challenging. As soon as the sun got on the slopes they softened up and there was some very good skiing to be had. Went up Grands Vans to discover that the Corbalanches chair wasn't running. Down to the bottom of Molliets via Portets (in lovely condition) and then into Carroz. Timallets is getting narrower by the day. On return to Flaine Vernant, Grands Vans and Corbalanches not working, apparently an electrical problem. By the time we had joined the queue for a bus back to Flaine at the bottom of the Du Lac chair they had found some money for the meter and all lifts running again.
Sun now shining with occasional low cloud drifting in, far too warm, though!
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I started to write this post yesterday when I got back from skiing, but I had taken some photos, so l thought I would try and post them, unfortunately without any success up to now.
I set off from Samoens to go to Flaine, as the weather was forecast to be better higher up thé mountain, but as Chris Mason said, the Vernant, Corbalanche and Du Lac chair lifts were all stopped due to a power cut. So never got to Flaine, will try again today but thanks to Chris Mason's info I will leave it till late morning to give things chance to soften up a bit.
Ended up skiing round Les Carroz and Samoens, mainly in the sunshine, some times in the clouds, the snow coverage was OK in most places, variable and getting thin low down, but still a good days skiing, it is to warm at the moment but that is forecast to change, getting colder and snow forecast.
If anyone can help with the photos I would appreciate it.
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End of four days skiing from Samoens and thanks to postings here for all the ideas and advice. So helpful. Our first time here and the large umbrella inside the rented apartment hallway was definitely a clue!! Rain apart on Sunday enjoyed skiing, ambience on mountain and lunches. Conditions were ok and liked Portet, Sairon and Marmottes red into Samoens. Reds better than blues in some places and easier?! Had a couple of lessons from Zig Zag, very good.
Bit difficult with links closing sometimes but adds to the adventure I suppose. We shall return. Lots more to do. Thanks again to the posts, they are read and appreciated when planning a trip.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Snowing this morning here in Flaine. My guess would be that it only started at about 6am so cover at the moment very limited. Probably only a few cm at resort level, but any fresh snow is better than none.
Yesterday was a repeat of Monday: hard icy pistes higher up, a little softer lower down. Higher up was again very hard work so went over to Carroz and Morillon, where the pistes were softer and easier to ski. In the afternoon Mephisto off the top of the Aup de Veran was wind swept with a very hard icy base. The off piste is still pretty horrible and needs some fresh snow on it. Problems with the lifts appear to have been solved with no identified closures. Gers bowl, Cascades and Lindars Nord closed, presumably due to lack of snow.
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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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Raining here in Samoens at the moment but forecast to snow later in the day, it looks very cloudy on the mountain, will go for a ski after breakfast and check things out.Hopefully skiing in powder later on.
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Lindars Nord & Red Fred was open a few days ago with v nice snow.
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You know it makes sense.
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Raining in Les carroz this morning ..
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Just got back to Samoens after skiing, it has just started snowing down in the village and it's a lot colder than it has been.
What a difference a day makes, because it was dumping down with snow and visibility was not good I went over to Les Carroz to ski in the trees, it was fantastic. I never went below the Gron chair but above it the snow was lovely powder and even though I did some of the runs several times, because of the quantity of snow coming down, they seemed different every run. It was so good I spent hours around the Gron chair, and it was so quiet hardly anyone about.
On the way home I skied around Samoens which was just as good, I reckon about 50cm and it's still snowing.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Brilliant! Spent the day in the Flaine bowl. Has snowed all day and is still snowing. Must have been at least 25cm in the last 15 hours. Vis at the top not great but there have been some windows when the off piste has been amazing. Skiing with a guide today who took us through trees off the sides of the piste. Both sides of the Aujon drag were very good this morning, as were some runs under the Tete des Verts chair.
Diamant Noir Traverse after lunch had up to 50cm of powder on it where the snow had drifted and dropping off this near Almandine meant yet more fresh tracks. An amazing day with more promised for tomorrow. My legs have less than 24 hours to recover......
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Light snow in Samoens village this morning .
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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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On and off piste conditions very good today in the Flaine bowl. Parts of the off piste were crusty where they had been exposed to the wind but otherwise the powder was a pleasure to ski on. Making fresh tracks all day although the light deteriorated from about 1pm onwards. Light snow falling now in Flaine. Leaving tomorrow, will definitely be back at the end of next month but hoping to return before then if the snow conditions stay good and I can juggle my diary.
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Fantastic conditions today, first run apart from the links was the black run Lanche, virtually untracked knee deep powder, so good I did it twice! Skied around above Les Carroz then over to Flaine, snow conditions were excellent.
According to the weather forecast it is going to be sunny tomorrow but then a lot more snow over the weekend and early next week, if that happens conditions will be brilliant.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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What a brilliant day, loads of fresh snow, sunshine and no queues, it was mega. They have opened the Gers drag lift today, the snow was knee deep powder, magic.
The snow conditions are excellent with more forecast for next week.
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Leaving Morillon today after a week of mixed weather - we started in the pouring rain on Sunday and finished with a fabulous powder day under blue skies yesterday.
Snow conditions are massively improved now following snow right down to village level on Tues/weds. Only the very bottom of Marvel/Sairon is very thin and you cannot ski right down to Morillon village on Doina (well, not if you like your skis, anyway!). The snow up high has been grand all week, it was just the wind and visibility that wasn't great earlier on.
Generally the snow is now excellent and unless it warms up again there's nothing to worry about.
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Last days skiing for this trip, back again in about three weeks. Skiing was still very good but a lot more people about today.
The Vernant chair was closed again today because of high winds so no link to Flaine, restricted to Samoens and Les Carroz, but sunshine and great snow conditions.
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Raining this morning in morrilon but had turned to snow by the afternoon transforming things. Nice snow higher up and the visibility in the trees was fine. Quite busy this morning but still lovely skiing in the trees.
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Strong winds at the top link closed. Fine in the morning but turned to rain in the afternoon. Getting thin lower down. Nice snow higher up though.
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