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Ricklovesthepowder, my comment was in relation to the earlier posts of how good it looked. I hope the conditions will be awesome as i'll be in Morzine at the same time as you! However, I wouldn't have said it was typical to have snow right down to Morzine (it's pretty low at 1,000m).
As for Avoriaz, it's nice to see snow so early, but as others have said it doesn't mean an awful lot. Just taken a look at the webcam archive and there was no snow in Avoriaz other than very tops of the mountains this time last year, however there was in late Oct suggesting it had all melted. However it did turn proper white on the 18th Nov and then stayed white until well into late April even in the resort... snow finally all gone by June 
We last went in Jan 08 - Avoriaz Photos as you'll see conditions were amazing and even more so last year apparently!
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| ski-finder wrote: |
| However, I wouldn't have said it was typical to have snow right down to Morzine (it's pretty low at 1,000m). |
Not at this time of year, but during the main season I would say it's normal to be able to ski into Morzine from Les Gets, perhaps less so from Super Morzine. Only when it's been warm and/or wet have I know it be impossible to ski all the way down Pleney.
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Nice pics, ive only ever been there march to april and never really had a problem to be honest. Just with going at the end of jan im not sure whether the big dumps will have been by then, like you say it varies year on year. i just hope that there is some stuff down on the ground!!! could you tell me how long does it take to drive from Petit Chatel to pre la joux and how much is the parking there and is there quite a lot??? cheers
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andyph, that's good news I'm looking forward to skiing the Les Gets/Morzine sector this year.
Ricklovesthepowder, i don't know I'm afraid someone should know though
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Ricklovesthepowder, Approximate distances are:-1.2k from petit chair lift to centre of Chatel and then a further 6.2k to pre la joux car park. Loads of parking space there, never had a problem January, March and April don't know what it's like high season though and of course being France and not England it's freeeee. 
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PDSB11, great stuff, thanks for the info, what do you think the conditions will be like at that time of the year, will there be snow down it chatel itself? cheers for the info, rick
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Ricklovesthepowder, By the end of January the new lift at the top of Linga should be open (Echo Alpin) so driving to Linga and parking there is an option. About 3km from Petit Chatel I'd say. This is equally quick to get over to Avoriaz as from Pre La Joux. As mentioned lots of parking and free but Pre La Joux can fill up and leave a walk (or bus) to the lifts. Based on 20 seasons skiing in Chatel I would say you would be desperately unlucky not to have snow down to village in late Jan
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thanks for the info thereDJL, we have to park over there as 2 of the 4 are not very experinced (and one is a border) so the lifts above chatel have a large amout of drags which will result in very tired legs and not much skiing if you get me!!! glad to hear about the snow level, just love waking up in the morning and there being snow outside the door rathher than grassy pastures!!! can you recomend any cheap but nice places to eat in the evenings in chatel?
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les chessery but its not cheap. They will eveb take you home in their minibus, but there are lots of other great places to eat. The avalanche bar is a fab night out( no food though)
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cheers, the minibus home sounds like a good idea!!!
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Not much happening outside at the moment, most of the lovely power is now in the Dranse, the precipitiaon of the last few days fell as rain under 2000m and sometimes 2300m. As Ski-Finder says - "it's only November".
I've spent a few minutes (actually closer to an hour, I'm not a quick writer) this morning summarizing the latest Morzine Mairie Bulletin on this blog http://alpschaletforsale.com/ lots of info here about new lifts/piste work and for those rainy days the new swimming pool they have planned in Morzine.
pic by endlessride
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that isnt the latest pic is it??? surely thats in summer, i hope!!!
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endlessride, ok it's not white, but great photo all the same 
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You know it makes sense.
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endlessride, be good to see a new lift to the top of Chamossiere, preferably from the foot of the run-off slope after the Tetes chairlift, so you don't have to do that annoying uphill walk. In other words:
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andyph, what do you mean walk? 
What is that black like? It has always looked a bit much for me. I love the Arbis but it is a challenge at times.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Lou, thanks about the photo, heavily processed - but it's one of my favourites too - and yes it's a summer photo! Just grim/grey and damp here at the moment.
The black is often groomed, when it has been it's more of a red than a black, go for it!
andyph, hmm, my reaction was one of "oh no!" one of my favourite spots trashed 3 times quicker than before. The wrong reaction I know, it's not "my" spot.
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I Received an email today from a Morgins Chalet operator.
For those that know the area this may be of interest?
Lifts
At last a solution seems to have been found for the re-development of the lift system! The great & the good have decided the following:
1. The old Pointe de l'Au lift has been restored to function for another 3 years to take skiers from Champoussin to Les Crosets; to return from Les Crosets a new tow is to be installed on the Crosets side to take skiers back to the bottom of Champoussin via la Pierre à Cornieule.
2. A new Global Plan is due to be signed this autumn. Under the new plan the development of the north side of the Pointe de l'Au around the Tovassiere area will be abandoned and the old Pointe de l'Au lifts will be replaced in 2011.
3. The old T-bars around the Bochasses will be replaced by a new chair-lift ready for the 2010/2011 winter season and there will be a new piste on the Foilleuse for 2010/2011.
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great stuff, would love to ski super chatel, champoussin, morgin togon more, but i just hate bloody tbars!!! hopefully this will solve the issue!
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what a difference a week makes. check out the avoriaz webcam, god i cant believe it has all gone!!! surely in previous years the snows have been in the town by this stage??? they have a ski festival on the 12th dec, thats only 26 days away, ouch!!!
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Ricklovesthepowder, nope not really, watch the time lapse webcam for Nov and you'll see how quick it changes. Last year it all happened on the 18th Nov, I reckon this year 23rd Nov
Note, not a psychic just blindly optimistic
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ski-finder, Ricklovesthepowder, My moneys on the 2nd/3rd December something to do with the moon!
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as long as there is a decent amount for the 26th jan that will suit me perfect, infact, thats a bit selfish, i hope the is dumps over the next few days for you guys but it doesnt look likely!!! i just cant wait to get out there, looking forward to giving abondance a shot aswell.
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snowandtrek, I agree, the 2nd December is my birthday and it usually snows
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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andyph, is Les Get not nearer 46,7 rather than 46,6 which looks a little rosier still IMO
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Poster: A snowHead
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i know that this may take time but please can someone briefly explain what the hell that graph represents, sorry for being a little rude, i just dont understand it, cheers
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pam w, cheers pam so many lines its confusing!!! thanks
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Looking good for Snowmonkey's birthday
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Good news indeed. In the meantime I might have to get my bike back out - it is beautiful here at the moment...
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in simple terms can someone please just sum up how to use these graphs. ive looked at that thread that pam provided and im still confused. just tell me what each colour represents and what we need for the lovely white stuff, cheers
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Ricklovesthepowder, if you can't follow the basic info in that thread, then to be honest, nothing else will help!
The 2nd reply by Rob and the one by carled seem pretty clear to me!
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Ricklovesthepowder, top wigglies are temp forecasts (left measurements 0oC), bottom ones are precipitation (right measurements mm). Top wiggles 0 or below + Bottom wigglies big = chance of snow good. Closer the lines align the more the different sources agree.
Thick red line is average temp for this time of year, thick grey line is the middle of all the values. Most snow forecasts I think use the green line but I might be wrong. Four graphs or runs per day, normally 6 hours behind.
Hope that helps, if not sorry!
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snowjoy, and welcome to snowHeads btw
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