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I know we are'nt at end of season , but so far has this been a good season in Europe for snow and temps
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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kendub, It's been very, very consistently cold. Snow above 1,400m seems to have been easily above average. Was pleasantly surprised by the low level snow around the PDS last weekend.
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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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Like every season there's been periods of good and bad snow, however, in Tirol at least, last season was much better powder-wise - so far!
Last edited by Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see? on Thu 18-03-10 22:22; edited 1 time in total
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I know we are'nt at end of season
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Nowhere near. and the second half of March has produced some of the most enjoyable conditions (and biggest snow falls) in several recent years. So I am reserving judgement but January was certainly very cold - the snow stayed on the trees for ages. I wasn't around most of February. March was very cold until yesterday!
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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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I've been skiing the same week for the past three seasons (second week in March). This year was by far the coldest but I would say the snow conditions were on a par with last season. The previous season (2008) I was in a lower resort with no snow at resort level but good snow higher up.
I seem to remember this season got off to a bit of a shaky start with rain during the Christmas period, but it seems to have been pretty good across Europe since mid-January. Last season started better and seemed pretty good throughout.
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I've not done a lot of skiing this year, but as for general coldness Europe has been unusually bitter and cloudy as far as I can make out. Eastern Europe in particular seems to have had something like a mini ice age.
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Speaking of temps one poster here added a link to an Italian article ; -47 in Trentino Italy , mid Dec, which i understand was a record for Italy
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What I can tell you is that since November it has been very cloudy. For example Bourg St Maurice would normally have 120 hrs of sun in february and actually got 80. It actually got half the snow in that month it would normally see. Last two weeks of Feb has above ave temperatures due to the foehn wind. It has been a winter of wind in fact.
Last edited by After all it is free  on Thu 18-03-10 22:41; edited 1 time in total
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queen bodecia, while one observation of a season is a difficult method of judgement, you are (in my area, IMO) pretty spot on. Last year was better and more consistent (unusually so on both counts), this year has been a good season, on the whole. SO FAR! Lots to do yet!
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Depends where you are talking about. Last year was superb in Monterosa, Zermatt, Verbier, Chamonix and many other places but only average in the Tarentaise. This year Courmaeur and Chamonix have done really well but Verbier's not had huge amounts and Zermatt is having a shocker.
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My two trips so far this season have been colder and as a result drier than previous years. Plus points, little ice, nice dry powdery snow on piste. minus points not much new soft stuff to play in. Val T beckons on sat so hoping for a bit more fresh next week. 
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It has been moderately cold, but not very snowy.
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You know it makes sense.
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shared a lift with a guy with from 'ski patrol' in Les Coches' last week , he said it was the worst season for snow for many years. I took this as not getting regular top ups.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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great season - good snow, cold, for the most part not too much rain and freezing temps overnight, until today that is!
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Poster: A snowHead
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| kendub wrote: |
| I know we are'nt at end of season , but so far has this been a good season in Europe for snow and temps |
From Nov 2009 to mid-Mar 2010, for the Alps as a whole:
1. Temperatures = somewhat colder than average;
2. Snowfall = slightly below-average;
3. Sun = below-average.
4. Cloud = above-average;
5. Wind = above-average;
It has so far been a cold, cloudy, windy Winter with reasonable-but-not-great snow.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Bestr I can recall for quite a while. Vintage season, I think
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Best in a generation in S Wales 
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We've had really great conditions on each of our 3 weeks:
10 Jan Courchevel - good snow already down, cold and fresh top-ups during the week.
31 Jan Lech - had a much needed dump just as we got there, very cold temps and lots of fresh snow during the week
6 March Serfaus - good snow on the ground, cold temps, lovely sunny days (apart from one)
Can't complain 
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Whitegold, reasonable but not great depends on where and how high you are.
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Snowfall is below average in Western European Alps.
Northen Europe (Sweden, Northern Germany) above average.
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stanton, Whitegold, well it just goes to show that snow is multi-dimensional.
generally bitter cold has resulted in much better cover lower down in say PDS or Les Houches than one would expect given snowfall.
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