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PS As per most other resorts conditions are very very good at the moment. Don't think I've ever seen the Grand Couloir with so few rocks protruding at the top. Face shots aplenty this morning, hardly anyone around, doesn't get much better than that!!
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Mrs Patch has been skiing Meribel this weekend ..... but I haven't Sad

She reckons the conditions are the best of the season so far, beautiful weather, great snow....
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Conditions very good all round, still reasonable getting down to lower resorts... Lots (LOTS) of wind up high today so not sure how the top of Val T etc will be. Still loadsa soft stuff to be found where its been sheltered from the sun/wind. And actually not that busy in resort last week (despite awesome conditions).

Few piccies:







Bit more detail and a couple more pics at http://offpisteskiing.blogspot.com/
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sweet, coming out on friday cant wait snowHead
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Few more pics from today in courch':













As per last lot there's a few more and some comment at http://offpisteskiing.blogspot.com
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skimottaret, There's stacks of snow. Meteo France are predicting another 25cm tomorrow...!!!
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which is that couloir that you're booting up?

nice pics btw
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jedster, The 'north couloir' (or dogleg) on the Aiguille du Fruit. Its the big obvious one you see from bottom of Marmottes/Chanrossa (and most parts of 1850...).
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I know where you mean. Never skied it. In fact, not sure I've ever seen anyone in it. Do you traverse in from Chanrossa then boot all the way up or can you go up the ridge from the top of Chanrossa?
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Trav in from Chanrossa. You can boot all the way but if its soft it'll be a pain in the backside. Better with skins.. in good conditions you can skin the whole thing...
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Great conditions still at the moment with some more snow down to about 1600 today. A bit 'soapy' in places lower down, but on the whole very good. Runs down to Le Praz hanging in, but softening fast...

Nice days touring yesterday skirting round the back of the 3 Valleys, with perfect powder for all but short sections. A few piccies:










More pics at http://offpisteskiing.blogspot.com
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Looks like a great day. Did you have blue skies all day? Other people seem to be reporting low visibility (Les Arcs and La Rosiere IIRC).
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Yeah blue skies until about 4.30, when there was a bit of low cloud moving in from the North.
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offpisteskiing, sounds like a lot of skiing and touring in one day, well done!

did you go down past the refuge de saut on the final leg and follow the river down?
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Yes, I'd forgotten what a pain in the *rse that bit is...lots of flat to get across to where the col du fruit/col du vallon come down...then you've still got the cross-country track to go! Thats why I always prefer the Gebroulaz/Borgne combo to a straightforward Gebroulaz...
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offpisteskiing, i just figured that you thought the glaciers are sketchy this time of year and you didnt want to go across them... it sure is a long skate out from the bottom of the river to mottaret wink
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skimottaret, was working, hence avoiding glaciers...
Its all pretty well filled in just now on the Gebroulaz, some nice sets of tracks coming down the various branches yesterday...
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offpisteskiing, ahh... gotchya.. i am very tempted to have a go at the col du fruit mottaret side on early next week by myself. is it in good shape?
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Loads snow on there at the moment. If we get a few sunny days it should 'spring up' nicely.
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Can anyone update on conditions? Have the 3V had the snow our Tignes contingent report having had the last few days? How are things holding up and/or how do conditions now compare with how they were in early March?
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eng_ch, www.merinet.com
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eng_ch, Having skied Val D'isere today I would say conditions are very similar. Pistes were awesome first thing this morning, nice light layer of fluff off the sides (varying base underneath) generally very good all round, though the sun of today has started to 'spring-up' the sunny slopes.
And there's (relatively) nobody here!
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offpisteskiing, woohoo. We're being impulsive y'see Wink
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eng_ch, more snow forecast for next week - rough rain/snow limit 1900 (from what I've heard)
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great day today, really grippy snow and not slushly at all above about 1900. mount vallon and upper parts of mottaret in great nick along with chanrossa and marmotte which is a run usually in rubbish condition. just beow freezing most of the day and finished at 4:30 in 5 or 6 degrees and slush coming into mottaret but certainly skiable...
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3cm of light snow early this morning a great way to wake up after our Eurostar cruise out here, cleared to a beautiful but quite chilly day, Mont de Vallon and above mottaret really nice, and some soft spring turns either side of the piste Slush only coming down into Les Menuires at 4.30, below about 1950. Doesn't look so good towards the end of the week however, with rain currently forecast on Thurs. Had a great lunch at Plan de Main above Mottaret - not cheap but really top cooking Very Happy Very Happy .
Pistes very quiet today.


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Martin Nicholas, try the restaraunt off the combes chair and to the right. IMO the best mountain rest in the meribel valley. if you in the VT valley the Oxylys isnt cheap but isa starred michelin rest... also try la lachenel in st martin. very nice sun trap terrace and top lunch...

my snow report is limited as i came down in the blood wagon today Toofy Grin (first time i have ever got the full pistueres treatment) got knocked out with a helmet on which musta been a pretty hard hit Laughing it has been done to death but reason 99 why to wear a helmet. phyisician said it would have been a bad one without a helmet as i was out for at least 4 minutes...
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skimottaret, Shocked hope you feel ok tonight.
Can you remember what happened?
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skimottaret, Blimey. Go gently tomorrow,if at all. Thanks for the tips. Have been to Oxalys before - mucho pricey
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Frosty the Snowman, bit of a headache tonight and a sore neck but okay otherwise .. we'll see tomorrow Laughing

i was skiing some fast hard turns and thought it would be fun to ski off the edge and into the bottom end of a half pipe but the pipe was bigger than i remembered and caught way too much air and i f**cked up the landing. will be slowing it down a bit the rest of the week...
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skimottaret, crikey, hope you're OK, do take it easy - I vaguely remember someone on incogskisno's helmet thread saying it was important not to hit your head again for a while.
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Hurtle, this is my second concussion in 6 months so will definately be wearing a helmet all the time from now on. i think you may be right about subsequent blows to the head so will defo be going slower the rest of the week and may not do the telemark skiing i was hoping to try out Sad I did find it weird that i was knocked out with a helmet on but it does happen i guess.

This week was supposed to be nothing but fun with my daughter with no course pressures or practicing anything but getting ko'd and having her have to flag down a pisteure was not on the agenda Embarassed
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skimottaret, God, you must have frightened her no end! Take care.
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Hurtle, yeah she initially thought i was pretending to be asleep and the snoring was part of the act but when saw skis and poles no longer attached got a bit worried when i didnt wake up... she did find the constant repeating of "what happened" quite amusing as apparently i kept repeating myself 20 or so times with the medic...
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skimottaret, in the wars again! POC or Giro?
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rob@rar, giro and i must admit the only reason i put it on was cause i got bad sunburn on saturday (without a helmet on) and just put the lid on the avoid getting more sun on my balding head... I brought the POC as well cause i wanted to do some timed gates in the stad but i will give that a miss now along with tele. bummer...

interesting news on the POC.. i was in the states and stumbled across a ski shop going out of business and the guy had loads of top end stuff and tuning gear which i dutifully loaded up on. He said around 1 in 4 POC skull comp helmets he sold this year have come back with cracks in them and have had to be refunded... He also mentioned that seeing that guys POC helmet split in two on the WC downhill crash a few weeks ago didnt inspire confidence..
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Hurtle, i hadnt read that helmet thread but just did thanks for pointing it out and the post Martin Nicholas, made on RFU guidelines made for slightly worrying reading as i was definately a grade 2 concussion and my previous one was at least a 2 1/2 sounds like i should be "benched". not to go to off topic but i dont remember anything about how it happened, the hit itself, the mornings skiing prior to the accident nor a good 10 minutes after it happened when a french guy apparently had to sternly sit me down after i kept insisting i was okay and repeatedly trying to put my skis on while falling over as i couldnt stand up properly. i did know my name but got the day wrong and i dont remember most of this afternoon afterwards either.... Skullie not good in hindsight
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skimottaret,
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sounds like i should be "benched".

Didn't like to proffer gratuitous advice, but I immediately thought that this would indeed be prudent. Hope you have a good night's sleep, your post is timed pretty late. Check in here in the morning - people will be worried about you (well, I will anyway.)
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skimottaret, Are you there? Seems sensible to take it steady for a while. Meanwhile clouds clearing on 5cm fresh snow down as far as I can see (beyond St Martin) - a good day in prospect!
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Hurtle, thanks for the kind comments. didnt sleep well but only have a sore neck/ headache but generally ok and will be skiing with some ex oral surgeons today who can have a second opinion on my xrays... will definately not be running any gates this week...

Martin Nicholas, yup i am in mottaret and i can confirm your 5cm and bluebird by looking out my window at mt vallon Toofy Grin

current forecast is for daily light snow till thursday when it warms and some rain lower down. freexing levels depend on what forecast you look at so will wait and see.
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