 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi
Does anyone know if Chamonix is prone to closing when the winds are up? It looks like the winds could be pretty high this weekend and I am planning on heading to Chamonix. However I would like to know what's it's like there during high winds? Does the whole resort tend to close down (ala Cervinia) or is it pretty well sheltered? I have never been there so a total newbie wrt Chamonix
Diarmuid
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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(this may not be true)
the cable car up to Flegere can be closed quite easily by high winds, the other main routes up are more robust.
If the Flegere car is closed, go up Brevant and take the cable across, as it is likely to be the quietest spot in the valley.
There are many ways up in the cham valley so one or more may be sheltered. The new bubble up from vallorcine seemed to be quite sheltered, so maybe it would still be running if others are closed.
I did not try it, but apparently using the new bubble up can be quite a lot quicker than the queues at le Tour.
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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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Diarmuid, depends very much on where exactly you plan to go. Some of the ski areas are quite low and well sheltered in the valley but the higher areas, like Argentiere are vulnerable to closure (due both to wind and avalanche risk - so if this weeks snow fall is heavy and then it gets windy... ).
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In my experience the Grand Montets lift at Argentiere (the one right up to the top) gets closed fairly regularly due to high winds, and also the cable to the top of the Aiguille du Midi. All the others are pretty immune (although Herse gets f***ing chilly), and Herse and Bochard both give good skiing for all except the hardest nuts (although the Poubelle couloir, just off the top of Bochard, strikes me as several steps beyond crazy).
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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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Big G, no, that's off the Aigullie du Midi.
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