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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Wengen last night. It's certainly clear!
From the tourist office.
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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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^And that means cold enough for the canons?
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NE1, I would certainly think so.
That's a great photo, Orion's Belt and Sword can be seen so clearly. 
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Bit warm right now for snow making but it may be cold enough by the weekend, clear weather at least until Monday
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Rumours are Ski Sunday are currently filming in Mürren this week 
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Arrived last night. Everything looking very good - spring-like weather. Everything open except Fallboden & Innerwengen, no problem skiing back to the village. Village is very quiet as you'd expect this early in the season. Conditions reported good at Scheidegg/Lauberhorn, a bit on the hard side at Mannlichen.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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telford_mike, have seen that before, in fact have seen exactly that before (same chalet), can't remember exactly why it occurs, I asked at the time, but I think the answer was either something to do with temperature inversions or the fohn wind, may also occur just after the fire is lit when the smoke is still relatively speaking quite cold
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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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Oh and the weather should start to get colder, reasonable chance of snow on Thursday this week (probably not heavy) with possible snow Friday, sunshine and clouds over the weekend until Tuesday next week with a much better chance of reasonable snowfalls on or around Christmas day, followed by possible light snowfall until the en of the week, probably with sunny spells, expect next week to be somewhat cooler
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| D G Orf wrote: |
| Oh and the weather should start to get colder... with a much better chance of reasonable snowfalls on or around Christmas day, followed by possible light snowfall until the en of the week, probably with sunny spells, expect next week to be somewhat cooler |
Thanks David, That's a relief as we don't want any more 17c days melting all that lovely snow - 10 sleeps to go!
telford_mike Great pics, keep them coming! - When do we get to see the new DHO webcam?
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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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sherlockis, new webcam should be in by the end of the week 
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Poster: A snowHead
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I`m going for a week to Interlaken in March and ski-ing for 5 days. Is it worth bringing my own skis? Or is it easy enough to get decent ones hired there? 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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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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telford_mike
Great Pics Mike, roll on the days when we can Ski outside school holidays to miss the crowds
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| Deedee wrote: |
| I`m going for a week to Interlaken in March and ski-ing for 5 days. Is it worth bringing my own skis? Or is it easy enough to get decent ones hired there? Cheers |
If you tot up the transport costs (easyjet et al charge extra, Swiss include skis but are more expensive) and a service/wax then hiring in resort can make sense, and as telford_mike says can be much less hassle. Central sport charge CHF147 4*-CHF192 5* (£102-£133) including insurance for 5 days.
Any longer then the hassle factor is outweighed by the cost savings of taking your own skis
check out this thread
http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=103759
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Have been looking at hotels in Wengen/Lauterbrunnen and normally they do a value "package" of HB and lift pass for seven nights/6 days skiing (at least the one I usually go to does but they appear not to be this season) eg on the Jungfrau website - seems to be the odd 3 or 4 day package around but there seems to be a shortage of the seven day packages around - any recommendations or have I just looked in the wrong place on the pretty dreadful Jungfrau website?
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countryman, Well in Wengen certainly the Falken and the Alpenrose are doing their usual weekly packages involving 6 day skipasses.
However as you can get a 20% discount on the standard adult price of a 6 day Jungfrau region skipass by booking online more than 3 weeks before the start date (i.e 258CHF rather than the standard price of 323CHF) it may be best to compare the price of the hotel packages with just getting the hotel accommodation and getting a discounted liftpass yourself. 
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| sherlockis wrote: |
| Deedee wrote: |
| I`m going for a week to Interlaken in March and ski-ing for 5 days. Is it worth bringing my own skis? Or is it easy enough to get decent ones hired there? Cheers |
If you tot up the transport costs (easyjet et al charge extra, Swiss include skis but are more expensive) and a service/wax then hiring in resort can make sense, and as telford_mike says can be much less hassle. Central sport charge CHF147 4*-CHF192 5* (£102-£133) including insurance for 5 days.
Any longer then the hassle factor is outweighed by the cost savings of taking your own skis
check out this thread
http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=103759 |
Thanks Sherlockis and Mike. Couple of places through Alpineresorts in Interlaken seem to be about the same price as taking mine with me on the easyjet
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| Deedee wrote: |
| [Thanks Sherlockis and Mike. Couple of places through Alpineresorts in Interlaken seem to be about the same price as taking mine with me on the easyjet |
The Outdoor shop in Interlaken has a 20% offer available for 3+ day rentals without pre-booking - we found that this was the same price as booking through Alpin, without having to part with any money until we got there 
http://www.outdoor-interlaken.ch/uploads/mandators/10/cms/2000/document.pdf
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Giving Jungfrau a miss in January/early February and going to Austria instead. May give March (my normal time for visiting first week of March) a whirl if pricing and packages available improve. Really waiting (and could be waiting well beyond) for 2015 and the new lifts to Mannlichen and Eigergletscher.
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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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Ooooo, here's hopeing. Thanks for the photos, keep them coming.
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Thanks for the pix Mike - really appreciated. Arriving Sunday.
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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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Murky, mild day here. A little snow very high up - freezing level about 2500 metres. Must be quite light as there's been no precipitation in the village.
The new DHO webcam is now operational - visit our webcam page at http://www.downhillonly.com/site/cam.shtml to see it. Unfortunately the weather's so gloomy today that you can't see much further up the hill than Wengernalp.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| telford_mike wrote: |
The new DHO webcam is now operational - visit our webcam page at http://www.downhillonly.com/site/cam.shtml to see it. Unfortunately the weather's so gloomy today that you can't see much further up the hill than Wengernalp. |
great view, will you add the new cam to the webcam4insiders site?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Has anyone been to the fondue evening and torch light descent at the Allmenhubel in Murren? It's always on a Thursday night apparently.
Was thinking of trying it but can't find any info other than what I've just said!
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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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Is there a civilised sort of place in the Jungfrau region with a nice heated smoking shelter where I could enjoy a nice Havana and a few single malts?
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Chris_55, sorry but Switzerland bought in a smoking ban in 2010, there are some places that have fewer restrictions but I don't THINK there are any in the Jungfrau area, besides Single Malts are eye wateringly expensive in Switzerland, I switched to Drambuie when there as it's classed as a liqueur which tends to be far cheaper typically less than half the price of a good Single Malt, some bars measure by eye and are typically generous with the measuring so if you must have a Single Malt find one of these bars and get close to a double for your money, hotel bars (non chain hotels) are often cheaper than other bars, in Wengen try the Falken hotel bar, if you are lucky you get a good piano player for free whilst you drink.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Weather wise only light snow I think today, currently Boxing day looks like it might bring decent snowfall (maybe 20cm or so) there may just be a light dusting Christmas day and it is just possible that the 27th may give a little rain at low levels however the 28th and 29th currently look like they should give a little more snow.
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| Chris_55 wrote: |
| Is there a civilised sort of place in the Jungfrau region with a nice heated smoking shelter where I could enjoy a nice Havana and a few single malts? |
None that I can think of in Wengen, but some of the bars and hotels for the locals in and around Interlaken have glass indoor smoking 'rooms' with ventilation/smoke extraction for the hardened chain-smoking locals who can't endure the freezing temps outside. so it depends on your view of 'civilised!' as DGOrf says, I wouldn't hold out too much hope for the decently priced single malts - the days of CHF2.50 to the (scottish)£ are long gone 
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sherlockis, even in those days Single Malts were expensive
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DHO Cam 2 needs some work, when the lights are on in the club room they reflect massively in the window in front of camera 2
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Ok weather forecast for the coming week suggests light snow Christmas Eve turning Heavier during Christmas Day, with Heaviest Snow that night and Boxing Day morning, potentially assuming it stays cold enough expect up to 50cm over 3 days
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