 Poster: A snowHead
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Avoriaz is NOT open this weekend. I gave up looking on the website and phoned the lift office!
Also if you want to get your passes from SERMMA (the 'nice' ticket office) then you have to drive up to the main office in Avoriaz as neither of the ticket offices at Prodains or Ardent will be open before the weekend!!!!!!
It's tempting to go to Les Gets but last year the queues were huge its may be better to drive over to Chatel...or ..may just hang on and wait until the 6th!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| snowandtrek wrote: |
| ..may just hang on and wait until the 6th! |
Thats not allowed after posting the photies from your blog..
You'll incur the wrath of the snow gods if you don't go, and all the 1 weekers on here that are heading out in March 
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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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So who is lucky enough to be getting some tracks this weekend?
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| garyscott20 wrote: |
| So who is lucky enough to be getting some tracks this weekend? |
Had fresh tracks on Tuesday and Wednesday and today..............very nice up on the Rosta, 50 - 60 cm of fluffy stuff. The piste back to Les Gets will be very hard and icy with lots of nice icy snow cannon lumps.
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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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snowandtrek, I received this post last night
Avoriaz is going to be open this weekend 29th/30th.
Will send you details tomorrow when I receive them from the Serma.
Happy Skiing!
jo
Will advise as soon as they confirm. Very last minute if they do. probably feel shamed into it by all the other lower sectors who committed earlier.
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UPDATE TO ABOVE with thanks to Jo Nomorski 
This info is translated from a document the Serma has just sent round.
Avoriaz is opening this weekend - 29/30 Nov, then permanent opening from 6th December.
Lifts:
Prodain cable car
Le Tour Chair
La Chapelle Drag
Les Grandes Combes Chair
Prolays Chair
Pistes:
Secteur d'Arare
Bleue d'Arare, Bleue du Lac, Stade d'Arare, Vaineuve, Coupe du Monde, Gouilles Rouge, Haut du Crôt
Secteur des Lindarets:
Prolays, Stade des Lindarets, Combe à Floret, Boulevard ds Skieurs, Mossettes, Crêtes des Lindarets
Snow Park La Chapelle will be open.
Free acess to Ski de Fond pistes (Crêtes, Route des Lindarets).
Price for Half day or Day:
Adult 16 euro
Child 12 euro
Senior 14 euro
I have no news re opening of the Ardent Lift.
You can call the Serma on 04 50 74 02 15 for further details.
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| horizon wrote: |
As I'll be in Morzine for the New Year, I'll be more than happy to hook up with the locals (or other snowhead visitors) for turns, lift-served offpiste, touring etc. (I've got the safety gear and I'm ok in most conditions offpiste).
If anyone wants to show me around (it's my first visit to the Portes du Soleil), I can repay the kindness with Belgian beer. |
So not even the offer of Belgian beer will entice people to ski with me?
I wash often, honest...
Well here's another question: does anyone have a spare place in Morzine that a friend of mine might stay at over the New Year week? I'm trying to convince him to come over as he wants to ski anyway...
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DallyPaul, getting the work done now see you at Prodains!!!!
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snowandtrek, oh-h-h-hhhhhh. Just the teensiest bit jealous here.
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Looks superb snowandtrek.
I love the moose ears on the helmet!
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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 don't know why you bothered.
I couldn't have been annoyed with skiing round all those tourists.
The queues must have been horrendous!
CW 
(PS Did my mock anger adequately mark my intense jealousy? We've woken up to a picturesque heavy frost in belfast. Roll on mid January)
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Another morning in paradise........couple of cm's of fresh on prepared pistes had a quick hoon around with the kids before reality check of having heaps to do as the staff arrive tomorrow....Lets hope it stays open during the week????
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You know it makes sense.
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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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Snowing very heavily in Chatel at the moment...which is always nice to report.
snowandtrek, so Avoriaz did open in the end? They kept us all hanging on didn't they? Photos look great. It was pretty nice in Chatel over the weekend as well...
horizon, I would love to help you drink the Belgium beer, but with New Year being very busy and still quite early in the season, chances are I will be running about like a blue arsed fly so at this stage can't commit to any ski days. Drop me a PM with your contact details though, and if things look good, I'll be in touch.
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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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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Which according to Google, translates into :-
For the second consecutive year, the season of winter sports looks bright with good snow currently in North and South of the Alps. These last 72 hours, snow fell moderately on the southern Alps but the situation is evolving positively to the North since Monday with the end of Foehn. He fell 3/15cm of fresh snow in Mountain since Monday morning as massive.
From Wednesday afternoon until Monday, a strong current of strong West will bring wet snow quite abundant on all our reliefs although slight redoux may affect our massive at times and squeeze the average snowpack in the mountains. The limit rain / snow will fluctuate between 800 and 1400 meters. it also expects significant accumulations in the high mountains. In short, this is a very white Christmas coming!
So sounds good !
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Forgot to say - great pictures on that website !
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Snowing very very heavily at the moment. The weekend skiing should be excellent if the wind stays down...
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My word, there's a lot of snow on the webcams...
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Just checked them out, yes agreed its looking great to build depth
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Snowmonkey, excellent, any photos 
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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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Snowmonkey, I can't be arsed to read all through this. Where are you? I'll be in Morzine for a couple of weeks over Xmas/NY.
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You know it makes sense.
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Snowmonkey's in Chatel. (But he's ok, despite that.)
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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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Looking soooo good, this time three weeks and will hopefully have had a couple of hours to get ski legs if make good time from Calais.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Snowmonkey, fully understand you're busy, will drop an email with my contact details.
geepee, I hope we meet. I ski, I drink beer, what else can one ask for?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| horizon wrote: |
Snowmonkey, fully understand you're busy, will drop an email with my contact details.
geepee, I hope we meet. I ski, I drink beer, what else can one ask for? |
Well...................., you could be blond, blue eyes, big (oops sorry, pc police will get me).
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gunning it down looking at the cams  lucky s*d
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zzz, 60cms in our garden in Chamonix...and the snowblower's broken...
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under a new name, assuming you are who I think you are , you had best get it mended before next weekend; I'm not bringing a shovel 
I, sadly, am in Delhi at the mo so a long way from snow but er indoors tells me it is gobbing it down. She reckons she has never seen so much in the town in all her years. With another big dump forecast for middle of next week the season is looking to be classic.
Get shovelling man
zzz
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zzz, You are missing out - take a look at the blog www.snowandtrek.blogspot.com. The kids had a major moan up as they were really cold and wet very quickly along with malfunctioning goggles!!!
Tommorow should be epic!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| snowandtrek wrote: |
zzz,
Tommorow should be epic!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Yes, I'm sure it will be you Fitzwilliams although I think there may be a slight avalanche issue! Have fun but do be careful.
I'm back home on wednesday for a couple of weeks if you fancy a ski? Assuming your staff training doesn't get in the way.
zzz
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zzz, hmmm you don't have any "MTD" shear bolts you could bring with you do you? They seem to have, err, sheared. You don't need to bring a shovel, we have a few...
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| snowandtrek wrote: |
Tommorow should be epic!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Is that the off piste that runs to the right of the other off piste near the red run. Or is that the d*gs b*ll*cks field of dreams ??
See you up there. No lie in for the management tomorrow.
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