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quick question, anyone know the nearest state hospital (where i can use EHIC card) is to Abondance..?
cheers
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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quick question, anyone know the nearest state hospital (where i can use EHIC card) is to Abondance..?
cheers
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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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Our grand-daughter was in Thonon hospital overnight in January - bill was about 1200 euros and 1000 of that was covered with the EHIC card and balance on the travel insurance our daughter had which luckily included the 4 month old.
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Thonon is where my niece has ended up twice (don't ask!) and I think is where casualties are usually taken unless it is something properly serious needing Geneva.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Thonon is the A&E for the area. My friend has driven himself twice there in recent years. He said it resembled MASH with the incoming choppers and some of the injuries he saw there persuaded him it was time to start wearing a helmet.
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| BergenBergen wrote: |
| Thonon is the A&E for the area. My friend has driven himself twice there in recent years. He said it resembled MASH with the incoming choppers and some of the injuries he saw there persuaded him it was time to start wearing a xxxxxxx. |
Don't say the H word!
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Thonon or Cluses. Most go to Thonon though.
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| Chatel Snow wrote: |
Great morning on the mountain today at Pre-La-Joux, Chatel - pistes were generally good again, but bit busier than yesterday. Photo from Plaine Dranse. More photos and a brief report on the chatelweb.com site.
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I skied there too on Sunday. I thought pistes were about the usual level of busy for a non-peak season weekend. Restaurants for lunch though, were a complete bunfight (only without the food) as most weren't open yet and the ones that were, were going through their first opening days with new seasonal staff.
Snow cover was pretty good, a few stones here and there, but good considering. Weather, as per your photo, was fantastic. Nice and cold so the snow stayed light.
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More lifts opening in the Pre La Joux area this coming weekend... http://www.chatelweb.com/opening_dates_times.php
Its gone milder here in Chatel this morning - it was 0C at 8am at 1200m but an inversion meant it was still -6C a few km down the valley. What this does mean is that the snowmaking operation has ground to a halt for now - but they have made huge amounts of snow over the last 8 days, meaning a base has been formed on many key pistes.
It now looks like Friday's snowfall will be in the light or very light category and after that high pressure may dominate again for a few days at least.
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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.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Looks goo, might try to sneak up on the weekend. Realistically, on a weekend how long to get there from Geneva? Would you recommend going north around Lausanne or come in via Thonon?
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If you ignore whether you prefer motorways (with a view of the lake) or A roads through the picturesque valley, they're both exactly the same, in terms of duration. The motorway route is a lot longer in terms of KM, but I usually prefer it as it's slightly more reliable. It also depends what side of Geneva you're coming from.
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You know it makes sense.
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Errr, why would you ever want to get to Chatel via Lausanne from Geneva? almost double the journey time compared to Thonon, although the view from the highway above Montreux must be one of the worlds finest. Chatel snow many thanks for the video, great stuff, hope you can find the time to keep up the reports all season! there is snow here in Morzine, but be careful, there is not much base and the thin snow pack plus cold weather is creating weak layers. There was an almost fatal avalanche on the Pointe de Vorlaz (aka 'Pepsi challenge') at the weekend http://pistehors.com/swiss-skier-seriously-injured-by-avoriaz-avalanche-23098576.htm.
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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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Thx FreeBeer - videos should be more regular once the season starts properly in mid-December.
Latest snow forecast for Friday .... Meteo France 1.5cm to 3.5cm, snow-forecast .com = Zero cm, Meteo Suisse 3 to 5cm
After Friday, there is no prospect for further snowfall on this mornings GFS and ECMWF charts until at least mid-December (and possibly longer). These extended charts do chop and change frequently, so fingers crossed for some better news in a few days time.
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Poster: A snowHead
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And very mild, lets hope and keep fingers crossed 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Chatel Snow wrote: |
After Friday, there is no prospect for further snowfall on this mornings GFS and ECMWF charts until at least mid-December (and possibly longer). These extended charts do chop and change frequently, so fingers crossed for some better news in a few days time. |
Not what I wanted to read 
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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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Its early days yet Sarah and these charts do chop and change and are not the be all and end all. Will update Friday with hopefully some better news....
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Early days,it's the weather, anything could happen - keep the faith 
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Jesus, 4th December and people are getting worried!!! Usually Avoriaz doesn't open until about the 15th December!!!
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Does anyone know if it is possible to buy a single journey ticket for the Prodains Express?
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Yes
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Any idea where this info is? I've looked on the skipass-avoriaz site and couldn't anything about it.
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I guess at the ticket booth probably not a problem, but sorry don't have any details.
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It has always been possible to buy a one way from Prodains to Avoriaz. A change of lift will not make a difference. However.....they are charging for parking at Les Prodains this winter!
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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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Very light snow falling in Chatel at the moment - nothing more than a dusting so far, but a chance it could pep up for a time.
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does any one know if with a PdS season pass, it gives you a few days skiing in another resort (when in paradiski, 2 days in espace and 3valleys and st foy 50%).
Is there a similar arrangement with PdS?
Thanks
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You know it makes sense.
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Yes, you get 5 (?) tickets for local resorts in Switzerland and a similar number for France. But some (eg Chamonix) are half-price not free days. You need to ask for them when you buy your season pass and they will charge you a nominal ~1 euro for them. If they say they have 'run-out' of tickets, go somewhere else. Try and avoid Ardent since the staff selling tickets there are specially selected for their cluelessness (rough translation from the woman at Super Morzine).
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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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FreeBeer, cheers, im in Abondance so will pop in there.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Libertine, with our PDS season tickets we usually get 3 free days in another Haute Savoie resort and then last year I think it was 4 days in Swiss resorts at half price. The French ones you can use only once, so Megeve once, Grand Massif once etc. But the Swiss ones we could use all four in, say, Verbier. They do sometimes forget to give them to you...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Blue skies and temps below -6C here in Chatel and lots of the snow cannon have been on all night - more lifts opening at Pre La Joux today - and just off to check what its like up there!
Yesterday's snowfall was a non-event (unfortunately).
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Our friends, who are new to skiing, keep asking will there be snow in the village when we arrive 5 Jan......yeah sure I keep saying ,it's the Alps 
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Kiters, I'd be surprised if there was no snow in the village then, if unlucky may not be fresh, but there should still be some snow 
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dennisp, it's the 8th of December. What is not good about the webcams?
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the on piste conditions for the open runs in chatel are a good start for this early. I'll be on them again in an hour
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even Christmas week is very early season, don't panic folks, there is always some snow, even if you have to go and find it!
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Skied yesterday and this morning in Avoriaz. Pistes are excellent and will be great for the full opening next weekend. Long term forecast looks like snow
before Xmas so will all be good.
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dennisp, conditions now are not bad at all - it's by no means always that so many resorts open pistes for this weekend.
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FAQ
What I want to read and see it that it's dumping down a good base and staying cold 
