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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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1992 Crest Voland
1993 Les Carroz/ Flaine
1995 Morzine
2001 Crest Voland/ Les Saises
2002 Passo Tonale/ Madonna di Campillio
2003 Livigno
2004 Alpe D'Huez
2004 Lake Louise/ Sunshine Village
2005 Soll/ Ski Welt
2006 Passo Tonale
2006 Zell am See
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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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2013 - Obertauern (2 days), Tignes (PSB), Zell am Ziller (1 day), Kaltenbach (1 day), Arabba (s9BB)
2012 - Tignes (PSB), Arabba (s8BB)
2011 - Kaltenbach (2 days), Arabba (s7BB)
2010 - Sölden (IO course), Arabba (s6BB)
2009 - Campitello (s5BB)
2008 - Zell am Ziller, Wengen (MSB)
2007 - Avoriaz (Les Gets really, but snow was pants, so skied Avoriaz all week)
2006 - Les Gets (+ PdS circuit, + excursions to Champoussin)
2005 - Les Gets (+ PdS circuit)
2004 - Les Gets (+ PdS circuit, + excursion to Flaine)
2003 - Les Gets
2002 - Lech (actually Dec 2001, wk before xmas)
1999 - Mayrhofen
1998 - Mayrhofen
1997 - Les Gets (+ excursion to Avoriaz, was a rookie)
edit: updated up to 2012-13 season
Last edited by Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see? on Fri 22-02-13 13:09; edited 2 times in total
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In no particular order:-
Sauze D'Oulx, Sestriere and Sansicario
Claviere
Montgenevre
Serre Chevalier
Puy St Vincent
Pelvoux
Les Deux Alpes
Alpe D'Huez
Val Thorens
Meribel
Courchevel
St Anton, Lech and Zurs
Engelberg
Andermatt
Zermatt & Cervinia
Gressoney
Les Menuires
Soll
Pas de la Casa
Oh, and Portes de Soleil (but on the mountain-bike)
Some of them up to six weeks in total but all within the last 5 years.
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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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1997 Crest Valonde/Hintertux
1998 Val Fre Jus/Hintertux
1999 Crest Valonde/Hintertux
2000 Glenshee (2 days)/Hintertux
2001 Alpe D'huez/Hintertux
2002 WinterPark/Lannersbach
2003 Val Thorens/Meribel
2004 Meribel/Courchevel
2005 Courchevel/Dolomites
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In no order at all;
Pamporovo, Soldeu, Sauze D'Oulx, Serre Chevalier, Montgenevre, Risoul, Alpe D'Huez, Meribel, Val Thorens.
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2002 Niederau (6 days)
2003 Arabba (6 days)
2003 Zermatt (6 days)
2004 Schladming (6 days)
2004 Arabba (6 days)
2005 Champoluc (6 days)
2005 Courmeyeur (3 days)
2005 La Thuile / La Rossiere (1 day)
2005 Engelberg (3 days)
2006 Val Cenis (2 days)
How I wish I hadn't started so late in life, but 45 days in 4 years isn't a bad start at making up for missed time 
Last edited by Then you can post your own questions or snow reports... on Tue 31-01-06 17:40; edited 1 time in total
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solarfish, did you buy a house in LL or thereabouts? For residence or hols? If you don't mind me asking.
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All 1 week
2005 - Serre Chevalier
2003 - Ellmau
2002 - Isola 2000
2002 (Day Trip) Flumserberg, Switzerland
2000 - Are/Duved (Sweden)
1999 - Risoul
1998 - Les Arcs, daytrips out to La Plagne, Val D'Isere & Tignes
1997 - Les Deux Alpes
1996 - Les Deux Alpes, daytrip out to Serre Che
1995 - Sauze D'Oulx
1994 - St. Johann in Tirol
1979 - Superdevoluy
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2006 Kitzbuhel
2005 Les Carroz/Flaine, Kitzbuhel, Breckenridge, Courchevel (Xmas)
2004 Champery/Avoriaz, Kitzbuhel, Val Claret, Banff
2003 Banff
2002 Kitzbuhel, Banff
2001 Garmisch, Banff
2002 Banff
2000 Kitzbuhel, Banff
1999 Garmisch, Banff
1998 Mammoth
1997 Lake Louise
1996 Lake Louise
1995 les Deux Alpes
1994 Aspen
1993 Nowhere
1992 Zermatt
1991 Courmayeur
1990 St Anton
1989 Aviemore, Courmayeur
1988 Verbier
1987 Lech
1986 Davos
1985 Meribel
1984 Meribel
1977 Glenshee
1971 Brand (Austria)
I think I've missed one or two. I ought to be a better skier than I am.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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How about this for a gap...
Altenmarkt-Zauchensee 1983
then...
Chamonix 2002 (19 yrs later!)
Chamonix again 2003 and 2004
Les arc 2005
Puy st Vincent over 20005/6 new year
Off to Grindelwald next week
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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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solarfish, interesting. For hols and rental, I assume. I might ask you more sometime, if I may.
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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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Montgenevre
Claviere
Serre Chevalier
Puy St Vincent
Vars
Risoul
Val Thorens
Courchevel
Alpe d'Huez
2Alpes
Alpe du Grand Serre
Notre Dame de Bellecombe
Crest Voland
Val d'Isere
Tignes
Les Arcs
Cauterets
Valmorel
May well go to La Plagne next week.
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Poster: A snowHead
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What....???
Lost count ages ago..... !!
Most of the big ones in europe.. or rather, most of the most popular UK marketed ones....
Two notable 'missings' are Icshgl and St Moritz for me....
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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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Oh well mine is so small but when you see it don't laugh. You know size doesn't matter it's the quality that counts.
2000 Neiderau 7 days Brilliant Snow Conditions
2000 Glen Coe 2 days No snow lots of rain and fog
2001 Neiderau 7 days Very Green to start with but snowed most of the week so conditions did improve
2002 Valmorel 7 days Average conditions - very warm so bare patches on the slopes by the end of the week.
2003 Neiderau 7 days average conditions and lots of Ice.
2004 Can't believe it but actually missed this year due to friends visiting us from Tenerife.
2005 sauze D'oulx 7 days Very Poor snow. lots of stones and my skies still show the scares
2005 Valmorel 7 days Brilliant Snow Conditions
2006 Neiderau 7 days Fantastic snow, Beautiful clear blue skies and lots of sun.
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richmond, Ask any time you like, but the place is actually an investment/future home. We have it rented out to a long term tennant and intend to use it as our first home when we emmigrate to Canada in a couple of years. Of course we will be having a look at the place when we're out there in two weeks time 
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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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95 kirchburg jan 1st trip
96 laplagne JAN
97 val disere JAN
98 les menuires JAN
99 westendorf FEB
00 verbier jan
01 vebier jan
01 val disere MARCH
01 st anton DEC
02 la plagne DEC
03 flaine JAN
03 st anton DEC
04 serre chevalier JAN
04 courchevel APRIL
04 valdisere DEC
05 val thorens JAN
05 val disere APRIL
05 st anton Dec
06 les arcs JAN
06 March
06 val disere april
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Hi, I recently joined.......In a different way than you, and consequence that I'm Catalonian and I live 100km far away the Pyreenes (the nearest my town) I visit several resorts in Pyrenees (and also several times each of them):
Port del Comte, Masella, La Molina, Eyne-St.Pierre, Les Angles, Puigmal (Pretty freeride bowl), Puyvalador, Formigueres, Porté-Puymorens (challenging couloirs), Ax-3 domaines (Ax-les thermes), Pas de la casa and Soldeu el Tarter (now, Grandvalira), Arinsal, Pal and Ordino-Arcalís (now these 3 together are Vallnord), Port-Ainé, Boí-Taüll, Baqueira-Beret, Piau-Engaly, Saint-Lary Soulan, Peyragudes.
In the Alps Zermatt - Cervinia, and the Arlberg (St.Anton, Lech and Zurs), and after the next week Schmmitenhohe, Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Kitzbuhel and maybe Bad Gastein.
So, for questions about Pyreenes........  
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Hmm I think from some of those lists I need to get out more! In guestimate order of days skied:
CairnGorm Mountain
The Lecht
Glenshee
Kirkwood
Nevis Range
Kaprun (inc Kitzsteinhorn and Zell am See)
Kopaonik
Mayerhofen
Glencoe
Heavenly
Squaw Valley
To Do: Mammoth Mountain + other Tahoe resorts
Want to Do: New Zealand! (anyone want to sponsor a Winterhighland Tour downunder? )
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This is amazing, theres obviously some very experienced skiers and a great bunch on this forum.
Heres mine, small in comparison.
Whakapapa NZ
Turoa (home field)NZ
Tukino NZ
Mt Hutt NZ
Cadrona NZ
Treble Cone NZ
Whistler
St Anton
La Tania
Bansko
Verbier
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1993 Zermatt (how's that for a place to learn to ski?) 
1994 Alpe d'Huez
1995 Courchevel
1996 Canazei (Dolomites)
1997 Alpe d'Huez
1998 Lake Louise
1999 Flims
2000 Pila
2001 Zermatt
2002 Lech & Madonna di Campiglio
2003 Courchevel, La Plagne & Madonna di Campiglio
2004 Courchevel & Corvara (Dolomites)
2005 Corvara (broke ankle!)
2006 La Plagne/Les Arcs & ?
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Cannot remember all the dates but in rough order:
Sappada, Italy
Pas de la Casa, Andorra
Valmorel
Meribel Mottaret (at least 8 times!)
Tignes * 2
Aviemore (Easter many years ago - hot sun, good snow!)
Breckenridge (2 days)
Morgins (Pds)
Verbier
Chamonix (3 times)
Les Deux Alpes
Megeve / St Gervais
Les Contamines
Val d'Isere
St Anton / Lech / Zurs
Heavenly / Squaw Valley (Lake Tahoe)
Have also visited Cerro Catedral in Argentina (which looked OK for a day or two in winter) but that was in their summer so does not count!
Favourite : Mottaret / 3 Valleys
Least Favourite : Portes du Soleil
Place I would like to go but have not yet : Zermatt
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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tessaventer, maybe a question out of context in this thread, but how did you break an ankle skiing? In the tame cruisy 'blue land' that is Corvara at that???
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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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agavin, 'fraid so! The usual last run of the day and I wasn't looking where I was going, went off piste and stuck my ski tips in the snow over a ledge and Tom & jerry'd onto the piste! Just goes to show that not all accidents are at high speed...
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tessaventer, that's amazing! I would have thought the ski boot was pretty much like having a re-inforced ankle - must have been horrible getting the boot off 
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agavin, the surgeon back here told me I had a footballer's injury not a skier's injury... all very well but I was on the slopes when it happened! Also because not a lot of English spoken in those parts the doctor in Corvara thought I'd injured my knee and tried to wrench the boot off!  ouch
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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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In alphabetical order:
Alpes d'Huez
Arosa
Banff
Davos
Engelberg
Flims
Jackson Hole
Klosters
La Plagne
Lake Louise
Les Deux Alps
Les Orres
Montgenevre
Passo Tonale
Perisher Blue
Serre Chevalier
Serre Chevalier
St Anton
Stowe
Thredbo
Tignes
Tignes
Val Thorens
Wengen
Whistler
Oh, and Courchevel tomorrow!!!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Hi
Interested to see how many of you are so diverse!!
I have only skiied twice:
2003 Borovets - Bulgaria
2004 Borovets - Bulgaria
We were lucky re: snow conditions but having said that we haven't been anywhere else! We like Borovets as a resort and found the locals to be very friendly.
Only 13 days to go and we are off to Morzine and can't wait. Really looking forward to comparing the differences and seeing if the slight increase in cost is worth it.
Ellie 
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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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ajhainey, I have PM'd you about Slovenia, would appreciate some advice.
Cheers,
Ant
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In reversere order
Dep Date Resort Days
22/01/06 Saas Fee 6
06/03/05 Les Menuires / Reberty 6.5
16/01/05 Courchevel 1650 6.5
29/02/04 Tignes 6.5
07/01/04 Avoriaz 4.5
09/03/03 Courchevel 1650 6.5
17/01/03 St Martin De Bellville 3
02/03/02 Val Thorens 6
14/01/02 Chamonix 4
07/01/01 Tignes 6 skiied thru Les Arcs on Tarentaise Tour
09/01/00 Tignes 6
06/03/99 Val Thorens 6
24/01/98 Tignes 8
20/12/97 Bad Hofgastein 6
Mar-97 Tignes 6
12/01/97 Mottaret 6
09/03/96 Courchevel 1650 6
13/01/96 Finkenberg (Mayerhofen) 6.5
Cairngorm?? 2
11/02/95 La Plagne 6 inc 1 day in Tignes / Val'd
14/01/95 Courchevel 1650 6
12/03/94 La Plagne 6
Cairngorm?? 2
23/01/94 Grindweld 6.5
17/01/93 Bad Hofgastein 6
25/01/92 Haus 6
28/01/91 Zell am See 6 inc Kaprun
14/01/90 Kirchberg 6 inc 2 days on Stubai Glacier
16/01/89 Oberau 6
Jan-88 Embach, nr Rauris 6
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Weeks, days, half days or at least skied through:-
Aviemore, Adelboden, Axamer Lizum
Borovets, Bormio
Courchevel, Courmayeur, Crans Montana
Doucy- Colombiere
El Tartar
Finkenberg
Hintertux
Igls
Jasper
Kaprun, Kaltenbach
Les Arcs, La Plagne, Lanesbach
Mayrhofen, Meribel, Madesimo
Nevis Range
Obergurgl
Passo Tonale
(Need a Q!)
Riffelalp
Soldeu, Soelden, Stubaier, Sestriere, Saux D'Oulx, St Anton, St Francoise de Longchamp
Tignes
Untergurgl
Val Thorens, Valmorel
Wengen
Xscape (Castleford)
(Need to go to Yllas!)
Zermatt, Zell am See
Also
Monte Baldo (Malcesine), Sierra Nevada and returns to Aviemore and Wengen in summer
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T-Dub, no G?? 
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Ah, yes, well spotted - Grindelwald.
That Q is going to bug me though...
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1970s Cairngorm, Glenshee (grew up close to Glenshee)
1980s Monte Baldo, Les Arcs, Tignes, Val d'Isere, Verbier, Vail, Cairngorm, Glenshee, Glencoe
1990s Arapahoe Basin, Courchevel, Meribel, Val d'Isere, Verbier, Cairngorm, Glenshee, Nevis Range
2000s Grindelwald, Champoluc, Cairngorm, Glenshee, Tamworth Snowdome, Montana Snowdome (Netherlands)
Favorite All Rounder: Verbier or Val d'Isere
Favorite Off Piste: Champlouc (Monte Rosa)
Due to go to St Anton next week and Zermatt in April, so these may change!
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Hi - just back from Le Seignus (L'Espace Lumiere, Southern French Alps),  and stayed in Chalet Vallons, owned by a Snowhead!, but also skied in
Andorra (twice)
Montgenevre
Passo Tonale
Schladming
Bardonecchia twice
Sauze D'oulx 
Borovets VERY cheap resort, but hotel/food/snow awful
Waidring twice
Thyon 2000 (desolate ski station in Nendaz area - great snow but dull, dull, dull!)
La Thuile
Les Carroz Lovely little Grand Massif village, good snow but tiny, pokey hotel with nothing but cheese on menu!
Mayrhofen - more times than I can remember and not just because of the gluhwein 
Zell am Ziller (ahhh, my first time ever - ski-ing that is)
Auffach (less said the better - bumped from booked resort of Waidring, by tour operator less than a month before going, to Auffach which had not one inch of snow) 
Chamonix
Val Thorens
There may be others but time and wine have eradicated the memory
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FAQ
I'm good for questions about easy skiing, good grooming and convenient places to stay - if you want to know about off piste or black runs, look elsewhere 
