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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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stanton, but will you be working in Bern this winter ??
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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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D G Orf, both long range forecasts from 'The weather channel', 'Yahoo' & 'Accuweather' state that from the 17th Oct the temps will drop..
Not long now a !!
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Chris Brookes, actually they will start to drop after the 15th, approaching freezing on the 17th then rise slightly until arround the 21st before dropping again arround the 25th, all the time from now on the average weekly temperature will drop a few degrees each week, hopefully by november it will be sufficiently low that any precipitation in the area will fall as snow
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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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Wengen sucks been here in may,august(for the Inferno race in mürren) and now I'm here again but no snow,can anyone help me ?
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snowchic, The only help that I can give you is the suggestion that if you wanted snow, then really you should have gone in the winter.
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snowchic, there's usually plenty up at Jungfraujoch!!
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snowchic, last time I checked the Inferno race was run in January and there was certainly snow then, but you know that, I suggest that you escape Wengen until mid December if possible as it's going to be dead until then, other than that I think you will have to wait until November at the earliest for there to be any serious amount of snow in Wengen and to be honest it's quite likely not to get any good snow till December, sorry  , by the way, I'm guessing that you are working there and since not many places are open in October I'll have a guess at somewhere like Chillis ?, Oh and you don't need to go up to Jungfraujoch for snow, I'm pretty certain there's still some at Eigergletscher
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stanton, they're not always boring it's just that they tend to be very ....... reserved, especially the older Swiss, the younger ones tend to have more fun, is that the top of the big fancy clock in the center of Berne ?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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D G Orf, there's a summer inferno as well.....I think it's running...or maybe cycling??
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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On the 19/20 August it was the 'The Mystery Inferno' Triathlon. The finish line is at the Schilthorn each year.
snowchic, bit knackered then 
stanton, what a view to have from an office window a !!
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You know it makes sense.
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In more detail -
The MYSTERY INFERNO Triathlon is with its 5'500 metres height difference one of the hardest in the world and is already considered one of the classics. The unforgettable nature experience in the unique Bernese Alps and the family atmosphere makes the MYSTERY INFERNO into aone of the most impressive sport spectacle. Sport in front of the most beautiful scenery in the world: Eiger, Moench and Jungfrau!
Max. 250 participants
Swimming:
Thun - Oberhofen
Distance 3.1 km
Road Bike:
Oberhofen (562 metres above sea level) - Sigriswil (810) - Beatenberg (1153) - Interlaken (563) - Meiringen (593) - Grosse Scheidegg (1962) - Grindelwald (943).
Distance 92 km, climb 2145 m.
Mountain Bike:
Grindelwald (943) - Kleine Scheidegg (2061) - Wengen (1275) - Lauterbrunnen (795) - Stechelberg (862).
Distance 30 km, climb 1180 m.
Mountain Run:
Stechelberg (862) - Lauterbrunnen (795) - Mürren (1640) - Schilthorn (2970).
Distance 25 km, climb 2175 m.
as per : http://www.inferno.ch/triathlon/fr_main_e.html
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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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Chris Brookes, another of those events where you need to be a little crazy and very fit to take part
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Poster: A snowHead
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D G Orf, just a bit 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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snowchic, be sure to come back for Dec 31st (but watch out for the fireworks) and for the party over the weekend of the lauberhorn races 14th/15th of Jan
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snowchic, did you do both,Jungfrau marathon & Mystery Inferno ?
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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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Hi everyone.
Happiness now reigns in the Taylor household. Just booked week in early January and a week at end of Feb/beginning March, at the Alpenrose. All is well with the world (if you can ignore reality that is).It may sound self indulgent but roll on early 2006.
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Brian T, good for you and roll on the next season.... 
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Brian T, which week in early Jan ?
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Im working in Bern for a short while.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Bern's very pretty for a capital city, but it is very buisness centered so I'm not surprised that they're so quiet.
As for the conscriptsI once got on a train where about 30 of them were busy cleaning their weapons including the chap with the squad machine gun, intrestingly they had all spread their newspapers on the tables to stop any damage to the train
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I have not heard a single phone ring, except mine which allmost caused an evacuation of the building
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lmao
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I still cant get my head around the conscripted fresh faced kids coming into the downtown bars in the evening for a beer with there semi-automatic rifles & just throwing them in the corner , Yes im being serious
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Crumbs
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DG,
5th to 12th January. Ticking off the days.....
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You know it makes sense.
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Brian T, I'll see you out there, I'm out there again from the 9th of Jan, currently the latest news is despite the Alpenrose officially opening from Saturday the 17th of Dec no one has booked in that weekend so on monday the 19th I'll be the only guest in the hotel 
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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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D G Orf, have you a favourite roomor being the first can you choose a room?
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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The deal we were offered had LOADS of hidden extras, and we felt like we were being ripped off,
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Charlatanefc, which tour operater and what was the deal (if you don't mind letting us know)
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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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It was a website, www.fasttrackski.co.uk
It seemed cheap, advertised at the price flying from Manchester, when we'd agreed to book, we were then told it was £26 each Flight Supp from Manchester, then they wanted 2% for credit card or 1% for debit card, PLUS £10 booking fee. Then when we'd agreed to all that, they then told us that the deal meant that everyone travelling HAD to buy a liftpass from them there and then. We have a few non-skiers going with us, AND they wanted about 35 quid more than we could buy the pass for in resort.
Needless to say, we told them to stick it.
Now we are going for 8 days, flying Liverpool - Basle (no 3 hour checkins, plus not having to get to Manchester and back), getting the train from Basle airport straight to Zermatt, and 8 days B&B in a lovely looking hotel http://www.reconline.ch/romantica/ for about £410!!!
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Charlatanefc, ouch That sounds suspisiously close to being illegal when it comes to the lift passes they can get a discount by purchasing in multiples of 10 charging more for the pass might really upset the locals
Chris Brookes, Normally room 505
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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D G Orf, that's exactly what we thought!
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You should inform Wengen tourism
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I thought DG Orf was Wengen Tourism.
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Ray Zorro,
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FAQ
The deal we were offered had LOADS of hidden extras, and we felt like we were being ripped off, so we managed to find a much better deal in Zermatt doing it ourselves!!
