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skihog, sounds like a plan Bryan! Are you working in Tignes?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Hi Marmalade
I hope I can help you. I am a ski instructor with the ESF in Tignes so have access to the race 'Stade' facilities for your daughter and can give you some 'powder skiing' tuition or brush up on your all-mountain skills if there's not enough fresh.
Is your daughter already involved in UK racing?
Regards
Rorie
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In Tignes on 2nd and 3rd Dec.
Where can I get a bit of race tuition for my daughter and/or a lesson for myself (need some help in powder if there is any!)? |
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looks like it's going to cool again from about the 23rd onwards though (looking for silver lining)
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| stewart woodward wrote: |
France Telecom have still not managed to reconnect our telephone line, so still camping out in the Alpaka |
There's worse places to hang out... why look for excuses? 
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stewart woodward, looks fab!!! can you keep it that way until early jan please? cheers!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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Spring snow in the Autumn? Boy it's warm in Tignes and no snow is forecast until the weekend. Good news is Leisses, Tichot and Rosset are all now open.
I put the cross-country skis on again today...
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| I finished the day with several descents, a dozen good falls, and the conclusion that there’s not much I can hurt while on these skis, other than my pride. |
Excerpt from Rorie's Tignes Blog on my day trip to Manchet, Val d'isere.
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You know it makes sense.
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Guys we are in Melezes 17 to 28 Jan. Hope to meet up with some, if not alL of you!
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rorie,
I've been meaning to ask people for some recommendations for lessons in Tignes.... but having read this thread it seems you are the recommendation!!!
What's the likelihood of you been able to do private lessons in new years week? will you be tied up with group lessons the whole week?
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Poster: A snowHead
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rorie, Are you there between Nov 21-27th (AKA next week). Would be good to meet up. There are about 10 Snowheads in resort that week on various courses.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Bambi on ice, Another vote for Rorie here
Edited cos I've worked out how to Edit the Hyperlink to give it a nice name.
Last edited by Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person on Tue 24-11-09 17:09; edited 1 time in total
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Just checked the forecast and there looks like a little bit of snow forecast for around the 23rd, hopefully it will snow a good amount from then on.....
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I sure am RPF! Where are you all staying?
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| rorie wrote: |
| I sure am RPF! Where are you all staying? |
All over I think, some in Val Claret, some in Lac and some in Boisses. The Alpaka sounds like a good central venue, so what about a Thursday evening get-together?
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The Alpaka sounds like a good central venue, so what about a Thursday evening get-together?
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Thursday 26th November in the Alpaka it is then?
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Tignes booked for Christmas and New Year - bring on the snow 
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With Stewart Woodward's internet still on the blink, I'll keep spamming you all with my snow-report gibberish...
All from my Tignes blog:
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In the wake of Autumn half term, the glacier in Tignes has an eerie calm about it. With fewer teams training this week and more slopes now open, queuing in Tignes has never been quicker.
Lower temperatures have helped preserve good snow conditions on pistes, and this morning I had the delight of finding some untouched ankle-deep powder beneath the Vanoise lift. Keen off-piste skiers will have to hold their horses, it's just a bit too early for that. Though ski-touring enthusiasts were common place in the Grand Motte car park, I can't justify this sort of ski-trashing excursion in the quest for a greater lung capacity!
The pistes of Double-M and Carline still rely heavily on the work of the snow-cannons as they finish in Val Claret, and will hopefully benefit from the snow-showers forecast for Sunday and Monday when the freezing level should drop to 1400m altitude. This optimistic outlook holds Tignes and Val d'Isere in good stead for the official opening of the Espace Killy on the 28th of November. |
My fat skis are still in the corner of bathroom, and I'm itching to get them out. Could it be Sunday?
Rorie
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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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My fat skis are still in the corner of bathroom, and I'm itching to get them out. Could it be Sunday?
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Time to wax up the Preachers.
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You know it makes sense.
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Just having a pint in the Brasero on opening night.
Snow's great, no off-piste to speak of, but there's a few days of snow on the way: looks good for espace killy opening next week : )
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RPF and I went for a warm up ski today and the conditions were brilliant! We didn't get up to the glacier and still had plenty of good runs to choose from. There was a dusting of new snow too, fingers crossed it keeps up overnight.
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Poster: A snowHead
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there's a few days of snow on the way: looks good for espace killy opening next week : )
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conditions were brilliant!
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I'm off to Tignes on the 6th Dec, so this is all music to my ears 
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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?
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Bluebell, looks like it's going to be fine. Enjoy the course. 
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Just got back from a 3 day trip to Tignes-the snow conditions kept surprisingly well-even right down to resort on the double M and carline runs considering how warm it was.
I've also got to add my thanks to Rorie for a couple of superb lessons for myself and my gf-and also for lending me his spare ski gloves as i'd managed to forget mine,he let me use them for the whole time i was in resort-what a gent!
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just wait for the weekend and then tuesday - reckon that'll put a real smile on your face.
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stewart woodward, sounds good. I fly out tomorrow, so will be around later this week. See you in the Alpaka or the Aiguille Percee?
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rob@rar, how long u out in Tignes?
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rob@rar, how long u out in Tignes?
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