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achilles, if you're hiring a car, Lyon or Chambery aren't much further than Grenoble given that the Grenoble airport is about half way between Grenoble and Lyon.
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Ah! Could go to Lyon or Geneva. I take your point about Lyon being better - but the Luton departure for Geneva may allow other bits of the domestic jigsaw puzzle to fit more easily.
Haven't run this one past work, yet 
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easiski, I have given it a try. Couldn't get much edge from a pair of trail shoes though ...
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I've had to bin plans til at least Sunday - which will cause other complications (not to mention more expensive flights). Looks as though that little dream is dead. 
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achilles, that;s a shame. The first pic was last night at about 17.00 and the second shows the snow much lower, and was this morning at about 08.00 (the one with the low fog)
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I forgot to say that it seems to have snowed down to about 1700m. 
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easiski,
Just above the village??
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easiski, it is. Unfortunately my scheme depended on Mrs a getting her act together - which I found out in turn depended on someone not contactable until Sunday. Hey ho. Nice pics.
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johnboy, Yes - off to see what it looks like higher up now.
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Fantastic day today. Clouds at 2,600 but the sun came out on the glacier. As per normal on a lovely day with fresh snow, the idiots came out to play and there was some sort of nasty accident involving quite a few people just at the side of the Puy Salie Sud lift. I don't know what happened, but there were a number of casualties, there were also 2 UCPA instructors hanging around....
I went up with a charming young man from the Haut Savoie skiing with the Grand Bornand club. He was highly amused by the peeps in jeans and summer jackets - it was pretty cold. first pic is of Rachas on the way up.
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Now - Grand Couloir anyone?
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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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Looking down the Snowheads wall to the restaurant and the funicular station below
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Mura looks almost skiable
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You know it makes sense.
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Looking across to the Snowheads Wall from 3,200. I skied it twice - it was powder in the middle where there had still been some snow, but the rocks were very close to the surface (to say nothing of scary looking crevasse holes at the top). My first turn nearly wasn't as my turning ski caught a rock and nearly tipped me up!
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this is the view that greeted me when I got to the top of the Puy Salie (3,400m)
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this could have been taken in the winter or spring - but I promise it was today!  
It's very unusual for me to travel the half hour up and then down again to do 2 runs on the glacier. However it was really nice and it was deffo worth it. Next to the half pipe the snow was fairly deep (for august) but a little windblown. The first time down I was working hard to do shorter turns and would have found it easier on the Zags. The second time though, I just let the skis carve down much faster and longer turns and the Fischers were fine doing this. I didn't go right out onto the wall the second time as the holes frightened me too much the first time - once is enough if you risk falling in a crevasse!! 
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easiski, I feel sick - What a difference a day makes!
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easiski, When does the Glacier close for skiing? Is it September 1st?
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R32, Yes.
It was a very cold night, but today it's been hot and sunny and of course most of the snow has melted, however it still looks better than it did a couple of days ago. I brought my (near) beginner down from the nursery slope at 13.00 and the snow was truly excellent - wished I hadn't suggested it and had had a little ski down - 
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hi there easiski
don't know whether this is really the place to ask, but you seem to visit (this thread) a lot:
heading off next season and shortlisting resorts for a group of mixed ability snowboarders and i'm thinking about LDA. just wondering - is there any tree line area or area good for low visibility? - the whole field looks quite high/exposed. will probably be late jan/early feb, maybe even a late booking to coincide with some freshies.
any other LDA advice would be appreciated.
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rogg, The trees are only just above the village, so there isn't much there for less than very experienced snowboarders. The tree lined runs below the village are mostly red, and the 'interesting' paths are not good for snowboarders. Yes - high. Yesterday's pic was taken at about 14.15 fromt he restaurant at 3,200m looking up the glacier. The resort is at 1,650m with the main middling skiing starting at about 2,000m. If you want more info then please send me a Private message with more specific questions and I'll help all I can. I visit this thread regularly because it's my thread, and I live here. I consider it part of my job to take photos and post snow reports.
Not up today, but another cold night followed by another sunny warm day. Should have been a good re-freeze up there - long may it continue.
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yesterday was not good. No re-freeze and very soggy. I don't suppose it's been freezing last night. However it rained down here, so I hope there was snow up there. We'll see tomorrow.
Perhaps this is too much info from LDA?
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easiski, now, now 
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Not possible.
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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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You know it makes sense.
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easiski, This is a real anorak question about the glacier photo. Does the glacier end at the bottom of the runs or is the brown stuff just moraine trapped in the glacier?
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PisteHead, This particular part of the glacier ends on the mucky bit - as you say it's the moraine. However the glacier does go on to the left of the picture down the Roche Mantel and Signal pistes. We lost those for skiing this year around the third week of July IIRC, which is quite good actually. The bottom of the signal is the complete bottom of the glacier and is at around 2,900m or so.
D&M, Sorry to have missed you. Like the vid.
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It was another fabulous day today. Here are pix taken at about 10.00 of the Puy Salie and a great view of Mont Blanc in the distance. The snow was very hard first thing (well, not quite first thing), but the nursery slope was full of icy puddles so we went down to the Dome Sud and used the bottom of that lift (nice long flatish bit). The kids did brilliantly, and then got a ride down on a skidoo when the lift broke down and couldn't be repaired in time to get back to the nursery slope lift before it shut. (It's too far for little ones to walk from the top of Dome Sud to the funicular station).
I'm off to Jutta's wedding this afternoon - sorry all you guys who are half in love with her!
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easiski, send the happy couple our congratulations.!!!
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Helen Beaumont, I'll post a pic tomorrow - just back - left the party in full swing, but I have work at 09.00 ....
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Put in the wrong photo - sorry
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Jutta, Ezekiel and Matteo coming out of the Mairie (Don't know what happened to Dylan).
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A disappointing day today. The snow was fine, but it was a little windy and cloudy, so positively chilly. At one point it was trying to snow. cold enough for sure. Good from the point of view of achievement though.
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easiski, ok now I know. Signal starts of very wide then narrows to almost a point at the bottom by the chair lift, very cruisy and great for a 2 week skier like myself.
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07.30 this morning from my balcony
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