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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Nice @rse 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Does anyone know which areas nearest to Serre Che are getting hit by the current storm?
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@Weathercam, thanks. I'd heard that La Grave was getting some, so there and/or LDA should be easy days out.
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| Weathercam wrote: |
@Mosha Marc, keeps changing, and for the worst - six hours ago Sunday was looking promising, even had KenX texting me saying how he was mildly excited and since that the snow has disappeared from Sunday - oh well just hope it will come back.
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Looks like it has 
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@KenX, YR not convinced still has wall to wall sunshine. Meteociel has a dribble - and amounts keep changing for Thurs / Fri so I think we should at least have a reasonable coverage off piste over the existing snow pack, whilst Northern Resorts need loads more as they never had that initial coverage.
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There's some stuff falling out of the sky - but I would not class it as winter precipitation just yet
Though up the valley towards Lautaret looking bleak.
OH is just in the process of FaceBooking with Joe Vallone about some feature idea so should get an idea of what it's like in La Grave now vs here
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Finally have a dusting in the garden .
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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Dood, I'm so totally stoked!
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Still snowing.
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You know it makes sense.
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Ironically a Chalet company not to far from me have just posted on FB
"The snow continues! Grab a last minute deal for next week ONLY £299pp in our catered chalet and there is forecasted to be 40cm of fresh snow waiting for you" and a photo taken last year implying it's today with around 20cm of fresh 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@Hells Bells, think you'll wake up to 6"
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Poster: A snowHead
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Just got down after a day skiing with the ARB Briancon, part of their role is maintaining the walking trails, snowing all day in the Monetier/Villeneuve area, not masses but anything's welcome after almost 2 months of nothing!
Good to look down on the valley and see snow on the roofs once more, hopefully more to come at the weekend
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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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In your dreams 
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@Mosha Marc, is that post aimed at me or Hells Bells 
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Ah, it were for Helen.
I used to have a pair of slalom skis - great fun on piste
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@Weathercam, I linked your Vlog to my lot on WhatsApp.
First reply: "Who's that loony. We need him in our group!"
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| @Hells Bells, think you'll wake up to 6" |
Ooh Matron...
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On the bright side, there was 5cm of fresh snow above Frejus today when LynnX and I went up, hardly pow but a welcome top-up for the pistes which were still in great shape
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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.
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Double post sorry
Last edited by And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports. on Thu 12-01-17 11:38; edited 1 time in total
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Booger; we'll just miss that as we arrive Sunday.
Is the off piste as poor as CAF Briancon suggests?
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You know it makes sense.
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@Mosha Marc, after yesterday's little excursion I'd say yes!
Where we parked up yesterday there were a few guides vans - Azimut being one operator, so taking their "booked" clients out.
We have the luxury of being able to say "sod those conditions" as there will be other days (hopefully), where as the likes of your group will have to grin and bear it.
Thing is the snow pack off piste is so varied (see those two pics from yesterday) you have to be a good skier to make the most of it, and by good I mean able to ski all types of snow pack without reverting to a snow plough!
Think you're with Gavin so you're going to be doing lift accessed off piste as opposed to ski touring so then next week will all depend on what we get in the next 48hrs and hopefully the winds will not ruin it.
I'm going down to CAF tonight but sometimes with by French I can't get all the nuances of snow pack conditions.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@Weathercam, we knew most days would be lift accessed, but had hoped for a couple of days touring with him too. We're VERY inexperienced tourers (we all did one day last year), but keen to get into it.
As it's just us, we can say "sod it" too!
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Poster: A snowHead
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@Mosha Marc, well if you all get a lift pass for the week, then you can do what we call slack country, take a lift up and then drop off the back and skin back up into resort.
That might well be on the cards for Sat as opposed to going out with the CAF
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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?
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Glad we hired a van 
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Just back from CAF Briancon and 4 degrees and rain, Chantermerle 2.5 sleet, Villeneuve 1.5 snow, Monetier -0.5 and puking
Might be doing a tour now on Sat - will make mind up tomorrow night.
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It'll be al'wight in the morning
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Dumping up in Monetier, and we're going home in the morning 
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@Hells Bells, Col might be interesting in the morning if this keeps up along with wind at altitude, what are your plans?
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Just down from a great morning ski with @Weathercam, boot-deep or more in places and very cold with gale force squalls at times, wind chill was -33C at the top, took me 10 minutes with my fingers in the heater vents before I could feel them again  (worth it though!)
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