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nozawaonsen, what's the outlook for the Scottish resorts in the next couple of weeks looking like. Will the high pressure mean cold with no snow, or will something be able to work its way in from oop north?
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Is this season starting to compare with 2006-2007, which from my recolection was pants with very little snow and freeze thaw conditions.
I have a photo somewhere of myself skiing in a T shirt in Flaine in Jan 2007!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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shoogly, doesn't look particularly snowy to me at the moment for Scotland.
Interesting to see 06z toying with another low pressure system in the Mediterranean around Thursday next week. ECM 00z did the same. Too far out to have any confidence and doesn't look that serious. But will be interesting to see if it is still there tonight.
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Timbobaggins, here's hoping not!
i remember skiing in Claviere and it was +7ºC each lunchtime for nearly a week - still had some great skiing though 
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Timbobaggins, I don't think it is bad as 2007. Not even close.
It was only last 2 weeks which were very warm. Before it was cold and enough snow coverage top to bottom - all was open even in lower Austrian resorts.
Now cold is back again. Schladming still have natural snow at 750m (north facing slopes).
2007 was bad from start to finish at lower altitudes.
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Seem to remember having a good Easter ski in 2007, able to ski back to la tania at 1300m in April!
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kitenski
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Location: Leeds, UKSeem to remember having a good Easter ski in 2007, able to ski back to la tania at 1300m in April!
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Early 2007 was shocking. I was in bareges and it was t shirt weather january 07. The only snow was man made, icey and the pistes were running through rocky mountains and grass, really strange sight like rivers of white. awful times.
I went to les arcs in march 07 and it was fantastic, loads of snow and powder and great sunshine during the day, great trip.
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Timbobaggins, I don't think it is bad as 2007. Not even close.
It was only last 2 weeks which were very warm. |
Exactly right. There have been good skiing conditions available from really early on (I was making fresh tracks in September) and just about every month so far this season. I skied knee deep, champagne light powder in December and it was cold enough for a touch of frostbite. There have been two warm and wet spells, one in December and one in January which have put a dampener on things, and unfortunate if you're in the Alps at those times, but I think writing off the whole European season is premature and doesn't reflect the reality of what's happened so far.
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Agree with rob@rar, this has been, and remains a perfectly decent (if not exceptional) season. Snow conditions here have been good since opening day and are still very good right now. Even off-piste conditions are still pretty good on north-facing slopes (I rode the Fogliettaz yesterday and a very pleasant day out it was too).
Definitely no need for doom and gloom.
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Meteofrance are still showing 4 days snow from sunday! no idea where they are getting this from as all charts I can see show nada....
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spooky, was just looking there and about to post the very same thing
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is it wrong to say i need a big dump 
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skinutter, you need more than a dump!
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You know it makes sense.
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Definitely no need for doom and gloom
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Quite agree ,its only 19th Jan for goodness sake , the seasons only just got going , remember going on a school ski trip Feb half term in Italy with only two runs open out of 10 , now that was a crap season .
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Poster: A snowHead
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Rob Mackley
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remember going on a school ski trip Feb half term in Italy with only two runs open out of 10 , now that was a crap season
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sound like a crap resort as well to be fair.
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norris
Location: Surrey Hills / FlaineMeteofrance are still showing 4 days snow from sunday! no idea where they are getting this from as all charts I can see show nada....
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Well, thats the one I am listening to then
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| mheadbee wrote: |
| sound like a crap resort as well to be fair. |
Not really, just sounds like a small one - small doesn't necessarily mean "crap"!
Rob Mackley, was it in the Aosta Valley?
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| roga wrote: |
| mheadbee wrote: |
| sound like a crap resort as well to be fair. |
Not really, just sounds like a small one - small doesn't necessarily mean "crap"!
Rob Mackley, was it in the Aosta Valley? |
too right...i had one of the best morning's i've ever skied in a tiny resort in the pyrenees with only 3 runs 
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too right...i had one of the best morning's i've ever skied in a tiny resort in the pyrenees with only 3 runs
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Well yes, but you wouldnt want to stay there a week.
I must admit I got a bit bored in La Rosier last year, it was unbelievably cold the first two days at -40 windchill on the lifts and then the sun broke through and it was hot and no powder so we had to stick to the pistes. The lifts were so darn slow that you lost the will to live half way up so I was crying out for something else to do. Great for kids, but I wouldnt go back to somewhere that small again.
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I once skied Gosau...great little place, quiet pistes, great snow and had a great week. I am not arsed about skiing so many hundred metres a day etc etc I guess its horses for courses
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boys - we are drifting OT...
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yes red 27 desperate for snow of Liverpool 
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| norris wrote: |
| Meteofrance are still showing 4 days snow from sunday! no idea where they are getting this from as all charts I can see show nada.... |
It's actually snowing in Tignes at the moment. Very light but snow
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woohoo
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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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Hi all in saltzerburgerland - staying altenmarkt- rode Flachau today, it's been snowing since last night - prob 20cm plus up the hill - rode powder top to bottom all day - conditions great - snow cover good even down at valley level. Off to ride zauchensee tomorrow - prob even better up high! Oh and it's still snowing lightly- local forecasts give more over next few days!
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Pattern looks broadly the same this evening. And am in pub.
Snow coming through in Austria. Sounds from some reports like it could be quite good. Another pulse coming through tomorrow evening by the looks of things, Looks good for Eastern Alps - though nothing huge! - and may also freshen things across the western Alps. Monday still holds potential for the east...
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You know it makes sense.
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thats dedication Noza in the pub and commenting on the snow....we snowheads raise a virtual glass to you
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Rob Mackley, was it in the Aosta Valley?
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No its was Monte Bondone in Trento , I'm sure it wasn't crap ,there just wasn't any snow , it was in the early eighties before snow cannons . But the main thing is that was a bad season and parts Italy hardly had any Snowfall over the winter , this seasons hardly got going and we've had more than they had in the whole season .
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Not really, just sounds like a small one - small doesn't necessarily mean "crap"!
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Too right I spend 30 days a season in Ste Foy .
Meanwhile doing my Snowdance to stay fit .
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Poster: A snowHead
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meteox radar showing a line of cloud/rain should be over CH/FR alps around mid morning, fingers crossed something white falls from it
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| red 27 wrote: |
| boys - we are drifting OT... |
Sorry 
Reports in the UK at the moment of colder than expected temps around and I hear there could be a chance of cold coming in the from the east next week not sure how snowy it would be though - any thoughts anyone?
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its odd as meteo.fr was still showing snow in tignes from sunday to wednesday now its gone completly not even one day of snow. booooo
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Well given La Rosiere boasts 160 km of runs and 80 pistes (15 blacks - 32 reds - 25 blues - 8 greens) I'd say that'd be more than enough for many people over a week. Consider that many US resorts are smaller than that and they manage along with a usually large band of loyal skiers/boarders quite nicely. I guess to some extent it might be down to the different mindsets of the once/twice a year holiday skier who might be more intereted in racking up mileage and only skiing pistes (with whatever level of technical ability they might have) once or twice and those who might be looking for something different and perhaps ski more regularly during a season and are less interested in simply racking up mileage over a short period of time ... as they say 'it's what you do with it'
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The main problem was it was very warm and all the off piste was rock hard and un-boardable so we pretty much had to stick to the piste. A lot of the runs are very similar and repetitive with long sweeping blues that are amazing for kids and beginners, but slightly lacking in variety for the experienced. I loved the first 3-4 days as you could cane it down but after a while I was looking around for something else to do and due to conditions it was rubbish off piste. We went to la thuile a couple of times but because kids are so young we didnt want to stray too far away so wound up on the same runs over and over and with the slowest lifts ever made it was a bit tiresome.
Anyway, back to topic... is it snowing in chatel yet?
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hmm, was there at 7:30am on meteo.fr but yep disappeared....merde!
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roga, not very in the UK, high pressure just too dominant at present.
In the Alps there should be some further snow overnight in Austria. And the chance of some snow showers during today across the Alps. Stronger further east. Austria again looks like it might pick up some snow around Monday. Nothing huge, but still useful. Further west looks like there may be light snow showers on Monday.
Cold temperatures. Increasingly sunny from the weekend. Warming towards seasonal averages as the week progresses. Could be worse. 
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Just popped into Wigan and it's -2c here,'he whe of the north west is pretty cold and foggy this morning, the webcam at cairngorm is looking good today, no new snowfall but temps are below 0c which is good news!
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It is snowing in Vevey at the moment. Not sure how long it will last, or how widespread though.
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It has stopped now. It lasted a whole 20 minutes.
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