 Poster: A snowHead
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Any news on conditions in Morzine/Les Gets. The sky looks black on the webcams, does that mean rain on the mountain or has there been any snow up top?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Snow up in Avoriaz - rain/ sleet in Morzine
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Stopped at noon today as snow was so heavy, sticky and slushy. Didn't make it to Avoriaz due to cloud cover. Last day in Morzine tomorrow then off to Thollon les Memises to stay with family. Will actively be encouraging them to go to Avoriaz or higher on day passes as anything lower is pretty miserable by midday.
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Heading out on Sunday for a week, staying between Morzine and Avoriaz but as we've got PdS passes we shall head to Avoriaz on the Prodains lift (I think - not been there before!)
Meteo France forecast looks... Rainy.
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where would higher be?
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We had a very pleasant day yesterday at Praz de Lys/Sommand, which took us about 20 minutes to drive there and get our tickets sorted - using the last of our three reciprocal 'free' tickets with our PDS season passes. It was almost deserted and we had a wonderful time - working our way around the two areas to make the most of the slopes before the sun affected them. I think we only heard about four or six English voices the whole time - all duly wearing helmets - but the rest were French and hardly a helmet to be seen anywhere. We skied from 9 to about 1.30 and then stopped for lunch at Chez Jean de la Pipe. By this time of year we tend to only be skiing in the mornings in any case.
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All white again this morning in Chatel!
Only about an inch here at 1200m but nice to see it looking a bit wintry again.
Currently foggy. There's a bit more snow forecast but the forecasts have been very changeable recently. Looking like a return to warmer temps again too next week.
Been out skiing PLJ every day. Conditions are generally good and holding up well. Heavy early on though and yesterday there hadn't been an overnight freeze.
Drove down the valley yesteday afternoon and was a bit shocked to see Cret beni looking quite bare on the red home run, much different to less than a week ago.
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Quite nice conditions up there today! Probably around 3-4 inches or so which had freshened things up nicely higher up. Nice grippy squeaky snow. Still heavy on the lower slopes though. No one around due to the fog 
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@sarah, Fog - Schmog! I'm still envious.
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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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Departing tomorrow for Avoriaz and going through the usual phase of trying to find a weather forecast that tells the story I want it to. At the moment I'm pleased we are up in Avoriaz as there could be quite a lot of precipitation in the area next week. Snow in Avoriaz, but a lot of rain down below. I suppose the flip side of that is that at least the visibility will be better down lower. Life was so much easier before the internet. In days of old you had no idea what the snow was going to be like until you asked the rep in the coach, and no idea what the weather would be like until you looked out the window.
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@foxtrotzulu, check out chatelweb for decent forecasts and snow reports. He's rarely wrong!! The conditions are great anywsy considering it's not been a very snowy season and we've had a lot of warm weather recently. Currently having a coffee in the sun having had a few runs on empty albeit hard slopes 
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You know it makes sense.
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@sarah, sounds great. I am out on Sunday week for a few days and cant wait. Was in the 3 Valleys recently but always feel like I am cheating on the PDS when I go elsewhere 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Just heard from my OH and daughter who have been out in Les Gets and Morzine this morning - Chamossiere area quiet, pistes hard but v. good and they were heading over to Nyon. I am being the peacemaker with the 2.5 year old and 4 month little girls. And hope to go out a bit later as we are boxing and coxing all this childcare. Sun is out for now so much to appreciate.
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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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@sarah, cheaper to stay indoors and drink coffee. Probably more enjoyable too!
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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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@zzz,
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sounds as if it's the same eveywhere in the vicinity, @sarah, still raining here too. Snow level supposed to be coming down during the night - we'll see!
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Is it snowing in Avoriaz yet?
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Good morning from a wet Chatel! It's raining here at 1200m but I can see snow on the trees not all that much higher than me so I'm guessing the FL has dropped to maybe around 1600m?? Lots of blasting going on here this morning. We have a houseful of guests here with kids all in lessons and so we're up and out there anyway
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Good morning from a rather drippy Les Gets - it has snowed overnight so the roof and cars are white, currently at 8 a.m. showing -00.7C - and raining but looking like white rain coming down where we are at about 1225m. We also have small people here but none large enough to be skiing - very noisy though!
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Arrived in Avoriaz yesterday afternoon. The good news is that in the last 24 hours early we have had precipitation by the shed load. The bad news is that most of it was/is rain. After several hours of heavy rain the snow line shifted slightly yo give Avoriaz about 20cm of fresh snow. It's hard to know how much as the wind has drifted it so much. Today the snow line seems to be around 2,000 metres with high winds and atrocious visibility. Worst conditions I've ever skied in. We called it a day at 11.15. At resort level (1800) it is now just hissing down and not even pretending to snow. Friends from Morzine report that it's even more miserable down there.very heavy rain all night and zero fresh snow. Morzine looked very sad when we drove through yesterday with just a whitish ribbon amongst the green slopes, but I gather today the rain has done a lot of damage. It's all very, very depressing.
The good news for anyone coming out NEXT week is that it's due to get colder, sunnier and this week's snow is likely to refresh some of the higher areas.
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@foxtrotzulu,
Morzine always looks like this at the end of March. In fact it has held up surprisingly well considering the lack of snow over the last few weeks. The two pomas were running until yesterday.
The forecast looks better for you as the week goes on.
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@foxtrotzulu,
Morzine always looks like this at the end of March. In fact it has held up surprisingly well considering the lack of snow over the last few weeks. The two pomas were running until yesterday.
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That makes sense. I'd often heard people rave about Morzine and I think someone even suggested it for our trip this week. Thank goodness we didn't take their advice! Do I assume from your post above that Morzine has now closed down for the season? Presumably a few people will still carry on taking the Prodains Express for a few days more.
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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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@foxtrotzulu, morzine at this time of year is where you eat, sleep, drink and party, skiing tends to be higher up, as you've noticed.
It's certainly not shut down and I would expect that the Pleney plateau was full of miserable instructors in rain coats with trails of miserable kids this morning 
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You know it makes sense.
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@foxtrotzulu, first time really used them in anger, impressed!!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@foxtrotzulu, I think that @zzz, was just referring to two drag lifts right at the bottom -
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The two pomas were running until yesterday.
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My OH and daughter went over towards Nyon first thing this morning, getting very wet on the Troncs lift and heading home again via the Charniaz Express so Morzine is not shut down. Just a bit miserable everywhere out there today. Looking over to Mt Chery this evening it all looks much whiter again.
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Poster: A snowHead
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morzine at this time of year is where you eat, sleep, drink and party, skiing tends to be higher up, as you've noticed
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true of lots of ski resorts, isn't it? Mayrhofen, Courmayeur, Whistler, to name but three.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@pam w, i'd say so.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Indeed, to all of you.
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Hi guys, Sadly to say we are in chatel for the week and it has not stopped raining since we got here. We even drove for 45 mins to the nearest decathlon to get extra fleece layers and rain ponchos to put over out 10.000 waterproof rated gear.
Anyway, does anyone know how long it takes to drive from chatel to morzine? I noticed something about road closures/road works on the way to morzine. I have a snowboard lesson in morzine on Thursday, and if the weather stays this pants I may drive down, as our car is at least dry!
Does anyone have any advice on this?
Thanks Simone
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@Monie&Dave, why "sadly to say"?
Forecast quite encouraging. Get yourself above 1,500m (mqybe after tomorrow) and you'll be fine.
Why on earth did you book a Morzine lesson if staying in Chatel?
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Oh and I would suggest the drive is about 45 mns.
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08.40 bus from Morzine to Ardent today. Hoping for a minor powderday if last nights rain is anything to go by.
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Hmm.
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Sorry, have to explain, my lesson is at the top of ardent, should only be two lifts and one run down to get to from pre la joux. Booked it because I used the instructor last year in morzine and he was great. Links to avoriaz from pre la joux have been iffy though, and we don't want to get stuck on the wrong side of the mountain and not be able to get back, hence plan b was to drive.
No one knows anything about those road closures?
Cheers,
Simone
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