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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Cheeky 16:30 empty Jumbo. Happy days ☀️
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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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Looks like a few mm fell last night up high. Still pretty murky looking at the cams.
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We arrived last night, here for a week.
Thick clouds...snowing in Le Chable
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We went up after the thick clouds dispersed (lunchtime).
Properly cold!
Hardly anyone there.
About 5-10cm of cold fresh on top of refrozen old slush...interesting at times!
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We went up after the thick clouds dispersed (lunchtime).
Properly cold!
Hardly anyone there.
About 5-10cm of cold fresh on top of refrozen old slush...interesting at times!
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Annoying duplication!
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Flippin cold today!
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rungsp wrote: |
Flippin cold today! |
Just preparing you for next winter! Great conditions up high. Perhaps another look at the Bec today?
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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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Spot the 2 boys at the top...
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You know it makes sense.
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@BobinCH, time for a rename for you - @BobinBec!
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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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Well that was the season that was...
Today was our last day, only a few lifts still running but the weather was lovely, just like most of the pistes.
We were finished at 2pm, I had to take the dog to the Vet for the pre-travel thing.
Though the air temperature is cold the sun is strong. This meant that snow that is shaded or oblique is still real winter consistency, whereas snow that is full on angled to the sun is very slushy....the nicest stuff is in between the two extremes...and that was lovely!
Overall I think Verbier has had a pretty good season: it opened very early indeed with good coverage, and through the drought period of December-January the pisteurs kept everything fully open, top to bottom. This was in contrast to many other places, even neighbours Chamonix.
My congratulations to Televerbier.
During the summer they are replacing the Mont Gele cable car, which surprises me....when, WHEN, we they resolve the legal wranglings over the Savolyeres cable car replacement?
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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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Looks like the weather Gods have left the best 'til last....
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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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@rungsp, apparently Mont Gélé is for safety reasons. The lift station has started subsiding. It will remain one cable only, 45 man capacity to keep traffic to current levels. Savoleyres alas appears to be stuck in the courts with a stubborn and deep pocketed Genevan lady who doesn't want the La Tzoumaz hoi polloi checking her out sun bathing 🙄
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@BobinCH, you had better be out there this weekend...the forecast looks fantastic!
Tell the young one you have to cancel his party on Saturday...teach him prioritisation at an early age
I will be helping The Lad move into his first owned apartment on Saturday....the years fly by...
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Hells teeth, I haven't had snow like that in years
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Best day in a while. From first lift to 5 pm, haven't had many of those this season.
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Jammy sod
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Bec in powder. Saving the best 'till last...
Awesome April leaving me with rose tinted specs for the season.
I ❤️ Verbier
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Well, the opening weekend and the closing weekend provided some of the best skiing of the season. Managed to ski down to Verbier on Sunday afternoon, only had to pop skis off twice.
And inevitably, it snowed Sunday night and most of Monday, with more due this week....
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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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One year in six/seven the 1st of May falls on the Monday...and it is a Public Holiday in Switzerland too.
I really think Televerbier miss a trick by closing on the Sunday (they always close the last Sunday in April) because in that year they could claim "we were open seven months of the year"....and there has always been enough snow to still offer some skiing.
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I know what you mean @rungsp, to be honest they couldn't close quickly enough. 45-60 minutes queue for lift tickets in Le Châble Saturday morning. Having spent all Thursday and Friday saying how great the conditions were going to be on Saturday, to then only open two ticket desks is a little short sighted.
Olympique (and the ladies loos at Atelas) shut, Chalet Carlsberg closed by 2pm Sunday, loos in Le Chable shut all weekend.
Televerbier have done great stuff with the snow making and piste management in a very challenging season, but they really need to up their customer service game to justify a lift ticket that is 3 times the price of some nearby competing areas.
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You know it makes sense.
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Snow's gone but not the fun!
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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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Steve Sparks wrote: |
Televerbier have done great stuff with the snow making and piste management in a very challenging season, but they really need to up their customer service game to justify a lift ticket that is 3 times the price of some nearby competing areas. |
Agree rocked up with my epic pass and my receipt from the approved accomodation partner to the Le Chable windows first thing on a Saturday following the instructions on their website to the letter and Madame Harridan insisted I couldn't have a reciprocal pass even brandishing the binder which had the exact same "rules" as I had followed as proof. Eventually she relented and gave me a comp one way ride up to Medran to sort it out up there where suddenly it was no problem. Fortunately I'm used to the odd bit of asshole european service but if you are say a US guest showing up at one of Europe's supposed premier resorts and that's the first impression you get stepping off the train
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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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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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@Dave of the Marmottes, lost in translation?
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@BobinCH, I know!!
We only found her today...and as I had not seen your post it came as quite a surprise!
Her bum gets quite a lot of exposure too...to save the effort of close examination of the artwork she is the letter I.
The lass is in Cardrona (New Zealand) for their winter and then off to Japan for the winter so she won't get to see herself all over the mountain...
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@rungsp, brilliant 😜 Proud dad I'm sure!
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