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@Deibitto, No, I have no problem with lapping slopes either.
You just don't really see any from the road through Brusson other than frequently bare x-country tracks 
Oh I see, it's a few kms east? That looks like a nice stash on a cold, midweek powder day. There's an excellent pizzeria above Brusson too ...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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To much snow today, "real time" says whole area shut all day.
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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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Sadly looks shut for the day. Boys keen to try to get to Courmayer which website says is open but not keen as google maps says 2hrs and conditions look challenging for hire car with summer tyres and even snow chains (£46 for 5 days so can’t grumble). Any tips on what to do - based in Stafal but could drive to Trinite?
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Is Alagna open?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@adithorp yep already on that plan and on bus as I type!
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Ah, I see that's already reported on the other thread ...
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That will take days or weeks to clear.
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Is Champoluc the best access? And anyone with experience of what is likely to open on an avi 4 day (which I guess it will be tomorrow?). Assume link to Alagna would be closed?
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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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@BobinCH, quickest road access for you, yes. Arguably Gressoney* better for skiing being central.
If it was France I’d be saying today was avvy 5 (well, everything’s closed) and Gressoney now stranded *so no use.
We’re heading to Courmayeur.
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@BobinCH, quickest road access for you, yes. Arguably Gressoney* better for skiing being central.
If it was France I’d be saying today was avvy 5 (well, everything’s closed) and Gressoney now stranded *so no use.
We’re heading to Courmayeur. |
Courmayeur is another option although I don’t think it got much snow? Do you know?
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You know it makes sense.
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Surely they'll clear that slide in a couple of hours?
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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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@BobinCH, not as much but it looks tastier than Chamonix 
Guessing maybe 20-30 cms?
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Poster: A snowHead
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@under a new name, any idea if Champoluc opens anything half decent on an avi 4 day?
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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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Thanks!
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@BobinCH, doesn't look like anything worth it, if only the first bubble up from Crest ...
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Can’t decipher website fully but seems Gressony valley lifts shut for day. Also google maps showing that tunnel still blocked. Anyone know any different?
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Gressoney la Trinity (spelling?) is indeed closed. Not so great for those of us on the GnarliBuG.
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Damn but thought so. Anyone know about the tunnel? Hotel owner still clearing snow so can’t ask him- but last night he said he didn’t know what was going to be happening which is fair enough.
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@BobinCh true but leaving (maybe!) tomorrow morning 
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Meant tobe crying emoji!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Ok hotel owner says still not opened.
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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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Rent/borrow/steal some touring gear and find a nice safe slope to tour up!
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"Following the intense snowfall that affected the entire area, on Monday 4 March the Monterosa Ski group's facilities will be partially open to allow for reclamation and safety operations.
The Monterosa Ski area will be partially accessible exclusively from the Ayas Valley (Champoluc).
Partial openings also for the satellite ski areas of Antagnod and Brusson, while Champorcher, Gressoney-Saint-Jean and Alpe di Mera will remain closed for the whole day."
Only the home black run and beginner area open at Champoluc at the moment. Focus will be on making safe any potential avalanche risks before bashing any pistes.
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You know it makes sense.
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| Swamped in snow in Courmayeur today, officially 40cm fresh in past 24 hrs. Lashing down now in Aosta and has been for some time today. So looking good for Monterosa also. |
Any rain down low?
Looking at skiing 03-10 March in the valley. |
A bit late replying! But no in Courmayeur snow down to village but softer and wetter snow the closer to town you got. But were great conditions (cold dry snow) anywhere above the run back to the gondola bottom station.
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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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Got flights, car and cheap hotel in Brusson booked for a long weekend end of this month. Fingers crossed more big dumps! Let me know if anyone will be out at the same time and want to go skiing.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Does anyone know a good website for the snow forecast 7 days+ out?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Dreadyfred, meteoblue.
But 7+ days out is all fantasy anyway.
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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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So its due to snow heavily this weekend, models I have seen suggesting 60 - 90cm, easing up Sunday afternoon
Do I drive to Alagna Sunday afternoon, which is the lowest of the three and therefore will have least road trouble (assuming the landslide has been cleared), but risk having no lifts open Monday morning
Try and drive to Staffal Sunday afternoon (1800m so into the snow line), as it has more lifts I assume less risk of everything still being closed Monday
Or get late flight to Malpensa instead, stay night in airport and hop in rental car at 7, see what's open and drive there?
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Wepowder.com has by far the best quality forecast
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@Onnem, you reckon? I find meteoblue very good around Chamonix …
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Backed the earlier flight
Will ski Mon and Tues, if anyone wants to share a guide PM me
In the meantime, Monterosa experts any suggestions for:-
- good on slope restaurants,
- good evening restaurants in Gressonney vallety (most likely destination as the road into Alagna is still blocked)
- good wellness in Gressoney valley
Also if I have the option of Alagna, are the lifts out of the resort old school crumbly mountain village charm that might just frustrate me if I just want to get up and ski the other valleys quickly?
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@8611, our current favourite on mountain lunch is Novex, just above Crest.
Everything else is kind of WYSIWYG. I.e. no real surprises.
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| under a new name wrote: |
| @Onnem, you reckon? I find meteoblue very good around Chamonix … |
Depends on the audience.
Wintersporters.nl have their own meteorologists who make a daily synopsis, but in Dutch. For simple Snowfall prediction table per resort, wepowder uses a multi-model forecast that is far more reliable than ie snow-forecast.com
I am meteo and climate amateur, so prefer meteoblue multi-model graphs so I understand model output reliability. But for the average punter, wepowder had the best ratio between reliability and understandability
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@8611,
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Also if I have the option of Alagna, are the lifts out of the resort old school crumbly mountain village charm that might just frustrate me if I just want to get up and ski the other valleys quickly?
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Unless it is changed since I went there in about 2015, there is just the one lift, a sizeable cable car out of the village
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@8611, There's a swift enough gondola out of the village, but you then have a cable car and chairlift before you are skiing.
Gressoney more immediate. Although in fairness, you're 3 lifts out of Champoluc as well.
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