 Poster: A snowHead
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Flaine?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Not there yet
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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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Looks as though there is a T bar so maybe Austria?
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Portes du Soleil maybe
Morgins?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| snowymum wrote: |
| Looks as though there is a T bar so maybe Austria? |
Need something a bit more targeted than just Austria on day 1 of the hunt.
| GreenDay wrote: |
Portes du Soleil maybe
Morgins? |
Nope - though if we were on a hunt I would say the hound has picked up a scent
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It looks a little bit like the run back towards Chatel from Torgon, round the Tour de Don area. I'm not sure though, don't recall the hut and the background doesn't seem quite right.
Edit: Actually I'm pretty sure it isn't. the slope direction is all wrong, and the ridgeline behind it isn't there. The T bar definitely says Switzerland to me though, could be one of the other runs around that area, trying to picture one that skis due South like that one.
Last edited by You'll need to Register first of course. on Thu 20-10-22 18:04; edited 1 time in total
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@Chaletbeauroc, not PdS
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| extremerob wrote: |
Happy hunting
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Kitzbuhel/Kirchberg ?
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Solden ?
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We’re getting colder again
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Villars?
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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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Diablerets?
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No not quite - I’ll give you a clue - which is likely very abstract but let’s see:
The strand magazine
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You know it makes sense.
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Meiringen-Hasliberg, looking up towards the Rothorn?
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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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| Chaletbeauroc wrote: |
| Meiringen-Hasliberg, looking up towards the Rothorn? |
No it's not - but I can hear the hounds barking at something...
Looking 180degrees from where the first photo was taken
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Poster: A snowHead
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So if the hounds are barking at Meiringen it must be next door at Melchsee- Frutt?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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This a bit of a stretch from your clue, but is it First above Grindelwald?
Edit: and have just seen your comment about the hounds. Elementary, you might say...
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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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Last clue: May 21 : June 20
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Engelberg ?
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Not the right canton
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@extremerob, @Idris, Didn't give me much time to respond and made a bit more difficult by the fact that I'm in New Zealand! Happy to let your's run and I'll come back to mine next time a get a shot. 
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Oh, I was sure I'd got it from the clues! 
(The Strand Magazine is where Sherlock Holmes First appeared, and one of the Sherlock Holmes books is Hound of the Baskervilles.)
There's also the Sherlock Holmes hotel in Meiringen-Hasliberg, but that's already been guessed.
So, I'm stumped!
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@denfinella, you’re spot on getting to Sherlock Holmes - and yes Meiringen is where the story ends but to get there…
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Davos then (Conan Doyle lived there..)
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| albob wrote: |
| Davos then (Conan Doyle lived there..) |
No - it has to do with Sherlock and the last clue hasn’t been used yet - when it is you’ll find the ski resort
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Well I thought of Leukerbad yesterday, but somehow it feels like cheating, as I've never skiied there. The last clue seems to confirm it though, even though there's a letter missing.
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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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| Chaletbeauroc wrote: |
| Well I thought of Leukerbad yesterday, but somehow it feels like cheating, as I've never skiied there. The last clue seems to confirm it though, even though there's a letter missing. |
We got it - yes a letter off as you say - but was out of options for clues.
Where to begin with this one:
Leukerbad sits at one end of the Gemmi pass, a unique link between the cantons of Valais and Bern that has been in use since the 5th Century.
The Gemmi pass was famous with 19th century writers, and that list includes Sir Arthur Canon Doyle.
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/frozen-ghosts-haunt-gemmi-pass/14676
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“For a charming week, […] we made our way over the Gemmi Pass, still deep in snow, and so, by way of Interlaken, to Meiringen. It was a lovely trip, the dainty green of the spring below, the virgin white of the winter above; but it was clear to me that never for one instant did Holmes forget the shadow which lay across him…”
– Dr. John Watson, “The Final Problem” |
The Strand Magazine (1981-1950) was known for factual articles in addition to fictional stories and series. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes were published in the magazine including the final instalment.
The Final Problem appeared in The Strand Magazine in December 1893, although the events narrated therein are supposed to take place in 1891. The Strand's reading public was outraged by what they considered the premature death of a beloved character. Over 20,000 people cancelled their subscriptions, and the magazine nearly went under. Forever after, The Strand's staff referred to Holmes's death as "the dreadful event."
Those familiar with Sherlock Holmes will know that Holmes dies after falling off a cliff while battling his arch-nemesis, the evil Professor Moriarty. The location the Reichenbach Falls, just south of Meiringen, and one of the highest water falls in the alps.
Why the tenuous story about Sherlock Holmes – well Sir Arthur Canon Doyle, later published an article in The Strand Magazine in December 1984. The article relates the Conan Doyle expedition of march 1894 in Switzerland, where he travelled from Davos to Arosa passing by Maienfelder Pass .
https://www.arthur-conan-doyle.com/index.php?title=An_Alpine_Pass_on_%22Ski%22
And the decision to kill Sherlock Holmes in Switzerland and the article later describing the expedition from Davos to Arosa is in part responsible for Switzerland’s ski tourism, and pivotal in the making of skiing as a popular sport.
https://thesnowmag.com/sir-arthur-conan-doyle-ski-pioneer/
History lesson over.
Fun fact: Luekerbad was the first municipality in the history of Switzerland to file for bankruptcy in 1998.
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Very good. I might be being thick, but what was the May 21 : June 20 clue referring to?
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You know it makes sense.
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Star sign Gemini == Gemmi pass
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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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| denfinella wrote: |
| Very good. I might be being thick, but what was the May 21 : June 20 clue referring to? |
I was hoping that someone would make the link Gemini Star Sign to "Gemmi" pass - which @Chaletbeauroc had done.
Also had you input -Gemini, Meiringen, Sherlock Holmes into google - there are two links on the first page of results that talk about the Gemmi Pass.
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Poster: A snowHead
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I must improve my knowledge of star signs 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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OK, so here's a fun one. Should be pretty easy, given the lifts in the background, but I just came across this pic from my BASI L1 Telemark course, couple of us playing around, so thought I'd share it 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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@Chaletbeauroc, Kind of want to say the answer just to give it back to @RedandWhiteFlachau, 
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Avoriaz
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I agree with @stevew's Avoriaz guess - the Chavanette / Choucas / Fornet bowl.
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@denfinella, thanks for the names, didn't have time to google which bit it was, the selfy-man is on the windy path back down to the bottom of Avoriaz resort.
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| denfinella wrote: |
| I agree with @stevew's Avoriaz guess - the Chavanette / Choucas / Fornet bowl. |
That's what I'd guess too.
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Just an observation, think it's the first references to Leukerbad and Gemmi pass I've ever seen on Sh's For the record' just a fab touring area from Kandersteg across the Gemmi.
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I have to confess I have never even heard of it.
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| snowball wrote: |
| I have to confess I have never even heard of it. |
I think this is the beauty of snowheads
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