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Fantastic today all 3 valleys were great, ice in parts , but mainly powder or compacted and fast. Mighty cold on tops but wow mainly.
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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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amazingly light knee deep powder in Meribel today, definitely of the champagne variety. More of the same please for the rest of the season 
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No, there are four stages of frostbite
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....and several stages of pregnancy! 
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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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just back from Courchevel - fab conditions on and off piste thanks to the superb snowfall on Thurs /Fri. If you are out there this week, am very jealous. But let us know if you spot any snowhead tagging - my worse-half seemed to have acquired and disposed a lot of stickers this week!
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offpisteskiing, Great day, thanks from me, Oliver and sam72
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Forecast is 15cm of snow tonight at 800m
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Patch, Fingers crossed, I am yet to be convinced given the current sat maps... hope to be proven wrong though! Hope La Plagne was good today?
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That lunch spot looks ace!!
30 days and counting!!
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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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It's been snowing lightly but steadily since last night, down to about 600m. There's around 10cm of fresh snow at 2000m, but visibility is very poor today. Temperature has dropped by about 4 degrees since this morning, and are set to continue to drop until Boxing Day, when they will begin to rise again. Road up to Meribel is difficult, snow tyres or chains necessary, with many drivers having difficulty from above 1000m. Weather should start clearing a little from tomorrow.
offpisteskiing, Snow at La Plagne was pretty good, apart from on the south-facing Champagny side
russ_e, Great lunch spot - didn't see another person for several hours
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Still snowing lightly all day today, sunshine forecast tomorow
Merry Christmas
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You know it makes sense.
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Glorious day - sunshine, 10-15 cm fresh snow, about -10 degrees, not too busy, photos to follow
As far as I could tell, all lifts and all runs are open. Offpiste a little rocky in places, bases need some attention tonight
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Great conditions on piste all over Courchevel & Meribel today. Still some light & fluffy stuff to be found off the side too. Definitely a little thin in places lower down though, but easily avoided.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Much busier today, poor visibility, temperature dropping during the day, snow in good condition, light snow this afternoon
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Deathly quiet in the 3V today which was a pleasant change. Firm, grippy snow on piste, good chalky snow to be found off piste and barely a hint of a queue.
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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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Good snow to be found for the brave & adventurous - still powder to be found by the bowl-full in the Combe Sans Nom over Orelle side (see here:http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?p=1683169#1683169), but nearer to the lifts the couloirs in the Combe Caron had large swathes of untouched powder in them still (and not too many rocks) to my great surprise!
Good conditions on piste as long as you like it firm, lets see what the next weather front brings - fingers crossed.
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Fingers crossed from me too! Will be there on Sunday
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I'll be there Saturday. Lovely
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cathy, VolklAttivaS5, hope you both have a fantastic time, wish I were going to be there. Are you OK, cathy? - missed you yesterday.
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| cathy wrote: |
| Fingers crossed from me too! Will be there on Sunday |
So will I.
People are bound to talk!
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cathy, hope you're fully recovered by the weekend. Take care. And do give all the usual suspects my love: I quite enjoyed Tignes, but really missed all the laughs!
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| cathy wrote: |
Mr Technique Hope we manage to meet up - I have your number 
Might just check my pants have been waterproofed since I last washed them.... |
What... what do you think we're going to be doing exactly?
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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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cathy, gosh, only two instructors! I just looked it up and see you've got Tim (he said he was going to be there and promised to tell the rest of you that I now ski like a god) and Bryan. Should be great, either way. I'm particularly sad to be missing Graham and Mary, not having seen them last year either. Are Swee Lay and Jimmy going to be there? - they weren't in that flurry of e-mails we exchanged before booking up.
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You know it makes sense.
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Hurtle, thanks, I'm sure I will have a fun time! Can't wait as I've not been with ItS to Courchevel since 2008 so it's been quite a while and as such the off piste around that area will be a new experience for me. Lovely. Oh, I've met Graham and Mary before, in Courchevel first time around and they've been to Tignes as well (think it must have been Dec 2009 when I saw them in Tignes).
cathy, that's right, I'm staying at the Inghams chalethotel Les Anemones which is piste side at La Croisette apparently (haven't stayed there before) so it must be very close indeed to the Dahu. Yes, see you at the welcome meeting on the Sunday night. What time do you get into Geneva?
Mr Technique, where are you staying? Are you doing a course as well?
Just going to check out the weather forecast-anyone around that knows the forecast locally for next week? 
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| VolklAttivaS5 wrote: |
| Mr Technique, where are you staying? Are you doing a course as well? |
I'm going to be in Meribel.
Not a course no, just an arsing around and getting drunk holiday.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Mr Technique, ah I see. Last time I went to 3V I stayed in Meribel, I like it. Hope you have a good week
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Thanks. I'm sure my darling child has it in him to mess it all up for me though.
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The forecast is starting to look alright. Clouds look like they might be clearing, the rain is going to dry up.
I'm starting to feel inordinately excited about this, even though I'll probably only ski for about a day and a half and spend the rest of the week repeatedly building snowmen and wiping bums.
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Dumping it down in Meribel at the moment, due to snow most of the night, 35 cms forecast.
Conditions fairly good today, hard packed in places but really not too bad considering the recent lack of snow.
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looking at the webcam pic on page 2 of this thread, it looks like it's been snowing down to around 1500-1600m... was it rain below that?
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Whitters, sweet im out on sat for a week off piste training, keep the reports coming
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It has been snowing pretty much all day today, so visibility wasn't great, but conditions were excellent except for the odd bit of ice where the fresh stuff has been scraped off. It was sunny first thing in the morning so we went over to VT, but maybe it wasn't so wise as the snow started to come down in spades mid-morning. The links all stayed open no problem though.
Yesterday in Courchevel was absolutely superb.
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. Feeling a bit better now though thanks. You'll be missed next week!
