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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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metalhead132, Lovely - looks like fun! 
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metalhead132, looks superb, hope it stays that way. I'll be in the pyrenees myself for a few days just before xmas, just can't decide where yet.
Enjoy !!
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We have been out and about around Bareges aswell this morning and snapped a few piccies. I was skiing yesterday in the resort (Bareges - La Mongie) in a white out but it was hilarious all the same! The runs have now all been pisted and you can have pretty much the whole place to yourselves. The offpiste is also "sweet as" (sorry just got back home to Bareges after our honeymoon in NZ)... Totally beached dude. So bassically 100km of pistes and huge amounts of offpiste and I think there were 10 cars in the Car park  There are now new Ryan Air flights into Tarbes/Lourdes (40 mins away) aswell if anyone can make a quick break for it... Come on Swirly, Frosty, Kramer etc!
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Oh i wish I could come out, I used to live in Pau and never got round to skiing - despite subsidised transport, skiing and free lessons courtesy of my then employer, Turboméca!
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I just looked up Bareges as I had never heard of it. Looks like a great ski area.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I will be there this next weekend..... Saturday-->Piau; Sunday/monday-->La mongie/bareges; tuesday-->peyragudes; wednesday--> We don't know, maybe peyra another time or piau..... Sooooo more days to fit the legs!! I hope I'll have a solution for the broken camera and show us all that amazing places.
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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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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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AlTom, and there's no point in driving all this way when it looks as if you have even better conditions over there. 
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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?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Just back from two days in Grandvalira. Off-piste is wind packed except on SE facing slopes, that is a bit crusty now. Piste are great, wonderful base and more snow to come this week.
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Just come back from Andorra. Stayed in Pas De La Casa. Awesome snow. As above, the base is great and looks like like it's set for the season!
Off-piste was fantastic, powder everywhere!!!!!!
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Jumping Jack Flash, great off to Slodeu in 5 weeks 
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[quote so is a "Pyrenees year"......[/quote]
This is certainly one of the best starts for years. All of our local resorts opened early, the snow has continued to fall without relying on a single dump to top up and the temperatures are low which will allow the great base to really establish itself.
Lets hope my knee improves enough to get a days skiing in before the first guests arrive!!
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metalhead132, They are great videos, very professional. The conditions are as good as it can get by the look of that.
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We skied some days in the Hautes Pyrenees Area, really full of snow down to the valley. Piau is like a big iceberg, and in the la mongie-bareges area also full of snow.
Saturday the temps rised a little bit and transformed the snow up to 2000-2200m, but yesterday start to snow another time down to the valleys. In the Auree Valley the snow is constant starting at 1000m. And the yesterday's storm bring 20-25cm more.
One photo of the past saturday; is the Pic du Piau (2694m) from Fabian (1100m only.. and full of snow)....
More photos of Piau in my blog: http://berniboom.blogspot.com/
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I can't be repetitive, but we're already waiting for the next storm that will arrive in 2 parts, saturday afternoon the 1st one, and then on monday. Local forecasts are saying about 50-70cm of new snow in all the episode......
I try to ski saturday morning, then praying for a window on sunday morning after 30-40cm of fluffy stuff overnight and repeat the "powderfest" that we had 2 weeks ago.... We will see...
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Tomorrow will ski GV, and sunday it depends on how much snow will fall in each place.... I'll report it...
More pics from last week:
Also the rest of la mongie/bareges in the blog
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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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AlTom, nice pics 
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AlTom, looks superb.
Hopefully in St Lary for a couple of days next weekend, anyone an update on things there ?
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Superb photos AlTom: Great scenes that are good enough for a winter calendar:
More snow forecast overnight and tomorrow - though I am not sure about the Christmas week as it looks like being sunny and warmer. No doubts the guests will love it though. I prefer cold and snowy.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Today good skiing day in Grandvalira, but really cold due the wind in the higher areas. Powdery snow on piste, and variable in the offpiste but generally crusty due the wind.
The first hours from 9 to 11 we had been skiing with some sunny, and just when we had finished, at about 15.30-16h, start snowing. Now here, in Andorra la Vella snow lighty.....
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Poster: A snowHead
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Today good skiing day in Grandvalira, but really cold due the wind in the higher areas. Powdery snow on piste, and variable in the offpiste but generally crusty due the wind.
The first hours from 9 to 11 we had been skiing with some sunny, and just when we had finished, at about 15.30-16h, start snowing. Now here, in Andorra la Vella snow lighty.....
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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AlTom, I am there in 4 1/2 weeks any pics of GV
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such good news
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30-45cm today in Arcalís, lots of powder, and without WIND.
What an amazing conditions here now, incredible.
In the return way more than 80km with snow on ground
Last edited by You'll need to Register first of course. on Mon 15-12-08 10:53; edited 1 time in total
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snowed in here at 900m with 1/2 meter and still going in the Ariege, trying to get to Ax les Thermes tomorrow!
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As metalhead said, Arcalís yesterday....what an amazing day, really soft and deep snow. Snowing all day but with enogh visibility to ski, specially in the trees. Knee deep as an average an some places waist deep. Nice to feel another time the snow in the waist......
Sorry but no day to do lots of photos, an when I try to do a video the battery said not....
An all the past night snowing, today the people who can ski will have another epic day.
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checking the meteofrance automatic stations, one place between Andorra and Baqueira in the divide at 2140m. ...Last storm was enormous..
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Piau is reporting now 250cm on top!!!!! and baqueira 230cm.
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Can't wait for that.
