 Poster: A snowHead
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bertie bassett, ok, thats great advice. i'll do a dry run over to v and then book a cab once i have a feel for how long it takes me to get from les coches. cheers
skichampcouk, it sounds like i need to talk to theskibug, 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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Here for 6 whole weeks from the 22nd December... cannot wait!!!
Anybody know the deal with Christmas day and if you need to book ahead to eat out? Anybody have any recommendations?
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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legendofthejive, enjoy and welcome to snowheads
What vilage will you be in?
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We will be in 2000, facing the slopes... first time to Les Arcs so trying to get some tips!
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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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It still snowing lightly, with perhaps 15cm of fresh snow since arrived yesterday evening. Low cloud and a bit of wind will make for less than perfect skiing conditions up the road in Espace Killy, but this is a lot of early season snow so will set up the Les Arcs really well for when it opens in 9 days.
View from my bedroom this morning as the road to our garage gets cleared:
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rob@rar, That looks lovely  Are you out at Christmas?
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hehe...my favourite sound on any ski holiday....scraping bucket, chink chink of snowchains and a digger = DUMP 
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rob@rar, 
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rob@rar, Looks EPIC!!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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thefatcontroller, Piccadilly, I wanted to get out to the nursery slopes to take a couple of photos of the piste but I got quickly bored of wading through thigh-deep snow so just ended up with a few photos around my apartment. You can see some more if you are interested on Facebook
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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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rob@rar, ooh, ooh. and other such drooling noises.
I think we miss you ( not out until 12th Jan) but will live vicarously through you these next few weeks. Go enjoy it for me!
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We're off to Piesey Vallandry in Feb (with two other families)... seeing all this snow but not actually begin there yet is SO frustrating!
Do keep the piccies coming though...!
chemistry
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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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The cloud has descended in the last hour and now it's just started to snow. Very light at the moment, but heavy snow is forecast from the middle of the day onwards.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Been snowing very heavily for the last couple of hours. Maybe 15cm of snow this morning, and no signs of it slowing down. Not much wind, and currently -6 degrees at 1800m. Happy days!
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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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A group of us are heading to arc2000 for 2nd week in Jan.
Is there any good sport shops near to buy a good value ski jacket and also to get a few pairs of skis serviced.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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1950 looks really surreal right now. So much snow and no-one about, it looks like a weird disaster movie! Those two semi-circles where the map is are totally filled in!
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The webcam looking over at Mont Blanc looks amazing today.
Really shows the scale of recent dumpage 
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And you can see at Transarc they are beginning to groom the pistes. Glorious
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The new webcam at the top of Mont Blanc is wonderful, really sets the pulse racing and is a great improvement on the Deux Tetes "centre technique" ceiling view we've had for the past months. Anyone going out before Xmas have a fine time. 6 weeks to go for me, so don't use it all up please
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me too, I m in Arc 2000 for Xmas if anyone fancies a hook up. Cant wait - how fab does that look!
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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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Where to get any bulletin for les arcs. Piste hours is out of date
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Am going to be in Les Arcs on saturday - week beginning 15th Dec. I'm hoping to do some bumps lessons / intro to off piste.
Spoke to Ski New Gen and there's currently only me looking to do their level 6 technical clinic. Anyone else want to join in? Means we get double the time
Also my wife is the only one doing their level 4 clinic. Sure she would like some company too.
Sorry if this is the wrong place to post..
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You know it makes sense.
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ruskyn, hi and welcome to this thread. This is a good place to ask questions about Les Arcs. The lifts open at 9.30 and close at 4.30 -4.45 at this time of year. Depending on the weather they may open later and close earlier. The pistes that are served by each lift are normally open if the lift is open or it is marked at the bottom of the lift if one is closed.
The interactive web page for the pistes and lifts will show you what is open and when once the season gets started. This is the link you need, but you will have to wait till the weekend for it to become live.
http://en.lesarcs.com/piste-opening-times
Hope that helps.
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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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Just booked accom and that in 1800 for 2nd-9th of February, really excited now... 57 days...
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Poster: A snowHead
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watching all this excitement from 6000 miles away - but March will soon be here and so I'll soon be there. Snowcrazy - enjoy the season - looks like it will be a cracker and see you in March!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Just booked 2 weeks from 6th jan in les Coches, then remebered my passport expired 3 months ago!!!!!!, just got back from the Durham passport office
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tangowaggon, as red 27 says +1. Great location.
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looks wild this morning - the 1950 village cams are all snowed/iced up so the snow must be coming in horizontally 
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red 27, it's eased off now, but looks like 3 or 4 inches or heavy, wet snow at 1800. Snowline this morning was about 1700m.
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rob@rar, the snow line should drop all day, showers rolling in on the wind although it looks like the heaviest stuff comes in over night tonight and Sunday - which is nice
I see EK has a high avy risk warning today - but I guess I hardly need to tell a pro to take care...
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red 27, thanks, appreciate the warning. Day off for me though, catching up with laundry and the like. I'm going to be very cautious with off-piste for a few days, as all this heavy snow on top of what what seemed to be a fairly unstable base is not going to be fill me with confidence.
The snow is coming in waves, light, then moderate, then nothing, etc. Wish it would pull it's finger out and get on with it!
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We are staying in Les Arcs 1800 wc 29th Dec... New Gen not running their level 6 course then either as obvs can make more pennies doing private lessons.... If anyone would like to link up for a lesson then pm me (not sure how many gaps they have no though as booked hubby's lesson today and could no longer have Monday slot that was free when I originally emailed them).
Not long now
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