Poster: A snowHead
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Been on 'long term ski forecast' website and it says temperatures in Ski Welt will get up to 16° for the week beginning 18th Feb
Does anyone know how accurate that site is? Or any other heads up as to weather in a week's time as that is when we go.
Starting to wish we'd paid the crippling prices for France.
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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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Thanks queen bodecia. I really hope you're right! Getting worried now and not entirely enjoying the anticipation of our hols.
Not been skiing for 2 years now and this is such a wanted trip.
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Global warming is killing the Alps.
Saw 20c in Feb in Les Deux Alpes, France, at ~1500m a few years ago.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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That's not helping to reassure me!
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Take no notice whatsoever of Whitegold - he/she is regarded (at best) by most on here as an internet troll.
I don't recall he/she ever posting anything positive among his/her 7000+ posts....
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I've been skiing in La Plagne in +12 degrees in January and Cervinia in +18 degrees in February. Sometimes it happens. I still skied and enjoyed it.
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@skilass, no site is accurate at all that far out.
So.
There you go.
Ignore it. Keep calm and look forward to your annuals.
P.s. What difference do you think slightly warm ambient air will make anyway? There is an enormous mass and volume if snow out there - it's not at all like the dusting that one sees e.g. In the UK typically that melts with the first hint of a sunny spell...
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@skilass, In March 2011 we skied in Les Houches in brilliant strong sunshine. The temp on our balcony was showing as 28-30C. It was shorts and T shirt weather. It got a bit slushy on a couple of afternoons. All that white stuff on the ground just bounces the light and energy right off. You'll be fine.
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Ah thanks guys. Taken your comments on board and feel slightly more optimistic. This trip has been a long time coming.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@skilass, you will be fine.
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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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@skilass, as the others have said, just enjoy what you have. It's snowed a fair amount in most places in Austria so a few days of warm sunny weather won't deplete all the snow. As @Thornyhill we've skied when temps have been in the late 20s, the snow was fine, there was plenty to ski - you just need to wear fewer layers.
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@skilass, as the others have said, just enjoy what you have. It's snowed a fair amount in most places in Austria so a few days of warm sunny weather won't deplete all the snow. As @Thornyhill we've skied when temps have been in the late 20s, the snow was fine, there was plenty to ski - you just need to wear fewer layers. |
boots and factor 50 seems to work
Maybe underwear for modesty
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You know it makes sense.
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When the temps rise I always look on the bright side - nice long sunny lunches outdoors!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Maybe bring a shell jacket if you have one. I was skiing in my insulated jacket ( the only one I brought with me from Austealia)in Saalbach last week and even with a short sleeved t shirt underneath I was sweating like crazy by the end of the day. Just remember 'there is no such thing as bad weather just the wrong clothing' and you'll be okay.
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Poster: A snowHead
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I'll pack my summer clothes as well just in case!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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+1 for a shell jacket, I also have a pair of light weight gloves for warm weather, however I have been caught out early in the morning with a fall on a hard piste that really hurt my hands as the thin gloves didn't supply any protection from the slope.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Not sure about Ski Welt but where I am there's a metre plus of compacted artificial snow on the pistes. December was cold and January even colder.
Going by past experience this is enough to last till late March even with no more snow.
Had a spell of temps up to 20c for two weeks in early March a few years back and it hardly seemed to dent the pistes.
P.S. And I'm a "glass half empty" kind of guy according to some of the many rampers on here.
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BTW, that was during our Ski for Cancer Everest Challenge day.
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Actually, a cheap thin tough nylon windproof does fine above a T Shirt if you ski hot, or a ski touring jacket, they are very light and have lots of venting.
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Great shots!
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New pole technique
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