 Poster: A snowHead
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New snow will need to bed down though so hopefully the quieter week will allow the piste bashers to do their work.
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NOOOOO - leave it alone !
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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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Great photos!
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Great report offpistskiing!
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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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Anyone out there ?
Off tomorrow - hoping for some fresh snow, but not too optimistic .....
In Meribel for a long week ....
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hi there, arriving in La Tania on Sunday. How are the pistes holding up?
cheers
Mr Ted
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No new snow, temperatures very high (around 13C in Courch 1650 today) - more details after I've had a bit of a ski tomorrow
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Just back from La Tania. Last snow was now nearly a week ago but the pistes are generally okay especially in 1650 and 1850. Morreta Blanche (the red down to LT) has been shut the last 2 or 3 days as there is a big hole in it, folyeres (the blue) is quite icy, Plan Fontaine (the green) is ok to Bouc Blanc chair but horrid below. Any weak skier should use the bubble. Dou de Lanches (black) only the top half has been open. Generally most unpisted blacks are shut or refrozen moguls now. Ecuriel above Meribel was nice early this week, Combe du Vallon was nice yesterday morning. Suisses was turning to moguls. All the greens and blues around 1850 and 1650 are nice right down to the base of Plantrey and Signal chairs. Gravelles link from 1650 back to 1850 was ok if a touch brown in places. Plenty of brown pistes low down in Meribel and at the bottom of Jerusalem in st Martin too!
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Today very quiet in Meribel, a little busier in Courchevel. Temperatuers still very high, so lower runs already slushy by noon. Many pistes starting to look a little worn, although almost everything is open. A lot of stones on piste rather than bare patches. snow very scratchy on piste, not very grippy at all. Off piste is very heavy. Overcast all day today, visibility quite flat. Forecast is brighter tomorrow.
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Hopefully the snow on Tuesday will be more substantial than expected.
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Dropped the daughter off at Val Thorens today (good 9 hour round trip from 4 Vallees) must say the snow looked very sketchy, even for a high resort, looked almost luna up there. Lets hope for more snow....everywhere, gosh we need it.
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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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Yep, let's hope the 25+cm of snow they've got forecast for VT on Mon & Tues actually happens!
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Beautiful sunny day, not a cloud in the sky, pistes not too crowded, no lift queues, piste in Val Tho holding up fairly well. off-piste mostly very heavy, avi risk 2, Snow is coming tomorrow, down to 1500m
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You know it makes sense.
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Skied from La Tania to Val Thorens - all pretty good, although VT is turning into a mogul field..... The runs from the Saulire down to la Tania are pretty nasty though - just compacted snow/ice. As Patch says, very very quiet 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Warm again today, but some nice snow to be found up high on the shadier aspects (off piste...). Either side of Cote Brune/Venturon was particularly nice with some pockets of unskied soft snow still to be found. Worth staying high currently, hopefully the snow forecast for tomorrow pm/Tuesday will make a difference too.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Now snowing reasonably in resort
Been to la masse - very good up top, courchevel lovely pistes, mont vallon very good
All pistes surprisingly good but more snow needed
Off piste pretty crap - few pockets ok
Grand couloir open and good
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Snowing all night about 15cm in town and still coming down
Whopee !!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Good news PBJ. I'll be there in a few days time.
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Snow all the way down to valley floor too
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I'm at La Tania, last day today so had to make the most of it. Lots of new snow but very stodgy low down, and patches of poor visibility higher up. When the sun came out it's been nice, but everything below about 2000m was very heavy. Also they don't seem to have pisted any of the new snow, so a lot of people finding it tough work and the runs down to here are a mare. With falling temps and some work on the piste it will shape up though.
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Great day - about 15 to 20 cm all over
Bit heavy down low but still way better than yesterday !
Skid meribel and courchevel today - loads of easy access off piste
Vis a bit mixed but ok
Looking fwd to cold night hopefully and sun tomorrow
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It was a really good day to get nervous friends into powder !
A nice supportive base underneath - perfect to practice in and lots of pistes unpisted with 15cm on top
I bet Offpisteskiing had a good day !
More forecast later in week
Annoyed that meribel couloir was closed - if it was off piste I would have skid it, but as it is a piste I followed the signs - unlike several others !
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Another cracking day with fresh snow and blue sky
Skied over the field towards st Martin and then orelle lots of off piste in generally great snow
Still lots of rocks about so lots of care needed about where you ski offpiste.
Saulire couloir session tomorrow ...
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Am heading out to Courchevel tomorrow....can't wait.... first trip of the season for me
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Another cracker - overcast and warm out of the wind
Visibility generally ok
Snow in good shape - heavy off piste and the rocks ate still there
Skied emille allays, telephwrique and tournier today all good bit as usual snow in courchevel couloirs best !
Hoping for more snow, but satisfied !!
Jacks après and off to refuge for dinner - life is good.
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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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PBJ, I keep looking at the forecast and its forecast snow every day. Is it snowing at all. Are u getting any sunshine? Whats visibility like. Off to la tania next saturday
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You know it makes sense.
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Very little snow last night - couple of cm possibly
Looks cloudy and possibly snowy at moment
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Now snowing and thick cloud
Limited vis
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Poster: A snowHead
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Very little snow last night - couple of cm possibly
Looks cloudy and possibly snowy at moment |
Cheers PBJ, thought the rainfall radar thing meant you'd have been snowed in 
Hope you have a good day anyway
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Do any of you lovely people know why the moretta piste is closed in la tania and whether it's due to open anytime soon.
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Upper part (or is it lower part of Bouc BLanc) down to the new chair was very thin last week. I suspect lower Moretta was at least as thin but dont know if recent snow has improved it sufficiently to allow it to open. I dont think I have ever seen it pisted. Murettes, that goes to Le Praz, was pretty poor last week too. Just not enough snow nor cold enough to get the cannon blasting I reckon. Jean Blanc was good though ower section closed.
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Another cracking day
Some light snow and poor viz first thing but quickly proved and afternoon near perfect.
Probably another 5cm max.
Skied grand couloir with a few newbies - all safely accounted for !
Did fields down to st Martin - lovely but those rocks still there.
Backside of vallon excellent and under cheferie and roc de fer.
Forecast snow tomorrow welcome.
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Under duo des lanches Under Dou des lanches this am
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PBJ, glad you had fun - wasn't too sure this morning how big the forecast clear spells would be... turned out alright in the end!
Val Thorens and Orelle were the place to be today it seemed - they had definitely caught way more snow from last nights fall.
One piccie to sum up an awesome day:
Very impressed by the new Peyron chair - what a difference that makes to doing laps up to Bouchet. Worth noting that the off piste routes into the Vallon du Bouchet are very firmly roped off - they appear to still be putting the zip line together and there are big cables running through the snow all the way down that first pitch - bit of a pain in the @rse if you ask me - knackering a whole valley's worth of off piste for the sakes of a gimmick...
The new Pionniers chair out of Val T should also ease the queues at Plein Sud of an afternoon - maybe some progress is good (unlike the zipline).
In general terms pistes in VT and top of Mottaret are in good shape now - no more stones at the top of Venturon than normal! Off piste starting to fill in nicely as long as you avoid rocky crests - the lines from 3V2 down to Lac de la Chambre were great and hardly skied even at 3pm.
Off to Grimentz tomorrow so hoping for more of the same!
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Back of vallon Back of vallon - awesome !!
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Ive been following the forecast on j2ski but it changes dramatically every few hours. Like from 2 to 15 and 16 to 0. What is a reliable forecast
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meteofrance are moderately accurate (sometimes). meteoblue not bad. weatherPro pretty good.
Very variable weather coming in currently, hence the models keep changing their predictions...
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Ive been following the forecast on j2ski but it changes dramatically every few hours. Like from 2 to 15 and 16 to 0. What is a reliable forecast
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