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Friday morning saw another 6" of fresh snow down into the valley. By mid afternoon the sun had broken through and so there were patches of unskied knee deep powder to be had from the Herse, but be careful of rocks just under the surface. This morning its windy down in the valley, and cold, we'll see what the day brings. Last day today. 
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Well that's it for this trip. The wind was not pleasant in the morning but we got out of it by skiing above Vallorcine, finding lots of soft snow above the Foret Verte on La Balm, although its been worked hard over the last couple of days. 2 of our group had a sweaty walk out after following the gondola line down to Vallorcine, running out of skiable snow with 200m descent left. Bieres serieux were earned the hard way, and they steamed like a pack of forwards over lunch outside Le Café Comptoire! Its been a fun return after 16 years away. There is broken high cloud looking out of the window now, and snow in the next day or so looks unlikely. Have a good ski if you are heading out for the coming week.
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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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It's been two powder days on the trot here in Chamonix. Headed to Courmayeur today, where there was still lots of lines to be had. No sunshine but we didn't get the wind they had in Chamonix. Another great days skiing.
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We went to Courmayeur too and had a great day. I can't believe it was so windy in Chamonix this morning and not a breath of wind in Courmayeur!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Skied Cham Wed to Fri (GM and Brev). Still soft stuff to be had off piste (lift-served) but you have to have eyeballs on stalks because it's very sharky. The pistes are in good nick, if a little icy lower down.
Skied Combloux yesterday, which was fun. Pretty little ski area with wide, winding pistes and plenty of tree skiing, though we stayed out of the trees because the coverage was poor. When the coverage is good, it will be my go-to area for tree skiing, that's for sure!
Heading back to GM today, though what conditions will be like after a day of the foehn is anybody's guess.
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Les Houches,
Nice pistes, no people, soft snow, good coverage 
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Idris, I do enjoy Les Houches but I don't know what it is about that area, I always get lost! 
GM not bad today, though the light remained flat the entire day, especially on the Italian and Canadian bowls side (that was also bloody windy). The light was better on the meadows and forest side, so that's where I played, where there was enough soft snow to keep me happy.
Did the home run around 2pm, so the icy bits at the bottom had had time to get nice and slushy. Yummy.
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Le Tour was good, indeed the pistes were as good as it gets. The second photo shows some lines to be had but not too many, and the 3/5 avi flag. The off piste was very mixed, depending on altitude and aspect, from hard and crusty on the southern slopes to stiff powder high and north facing. The top photo is tomorrow's weather on the way in
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nemesys,
Foehn wind can make CHX quite windy, where i am in CHX can sound like a gale some nights.
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jbob, we're heading out to Le Tour/Vallorcine tomorrow, so hopefully that weather front hits tonight.
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Yes Jonathan Bell, I knew about the effect but I had no idea it was so dramatic and hadn't really considered it when we woke up and saw the conditions. Trees were bending in the wind where we were and Meteo France suggested 20km/h winds at 2000m going up to 80km/h winds at 4000m. It was actually windier than 20km/h at valley level imo and we thought we were in for a miserable day.
We headed over to Courmayeur and there was no wind at all. We had a fantastic day (if a short one due to our lack of enthusiasm for getting out). There was a quite a bit more snow over there and great conditions. The Freeride World Tour was in town and seeing a few of those guys taking some lines down from Cresta D'Arp towards the Youla Cable Car at ridiculous speeds was very impressive - well worth a watch when they are in Cham next weekend I would think.
Back home now unfortunately but another great long w/e in Cham.
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The wind blew away the predicted snow yesterday!! I'm off to Courmayeur where a friend reports snow and sunshine.
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awesome weekend up brevent, best couple of days of the season so far 
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You know it makes sense.
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jbob, Courmayeur was a good call. We skied in complete whiteout today on the Le Tour side – visibility was about 5m at the best of times. I was hit with motion sickness and vertigo, so it was a chore more than enjoyment.
On the plus side, it's been snowing lightly all arvo  I'm out with Avalanche Academy at GM tomorrow (am fervently hoping we have visibility, otherwise it's going to be another day of nausea and vertigo).
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Zero_G, I take little pleasure in reporting sunshine in Italy. Both on and off is good. We skied off the Arp down vesses di sinistra. Got fresh tracks, looked like only a couple of parties had been down. Stiff powder at the top but very floaty in the middle.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| jbob wrote: |
| I take little pleasure in reporting sunshine in Italy. |
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| nemesys wrote: |
Yes Jonathan Bell, I knew about the effect but I had no idea it was so dramatic and hadn't really considered it when we woke up and saw the conditions. Trees were bending in the wind where we were and Meteo France suggested 20km/h winds at 2000m going up to 80km/h winds at 4000m. It was actually windier than 20km/h at valley level imo and we thought we were in for a miserable day.
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if you look at the mont blanc side of the valley to the left and above (roughly i think) of the montenvers train line you can see a huge area where all the trees were blown down by foehn wind during the summer of 2012. That day/night was interesting!!
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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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Les Houches was a mixed bag today. Viz drifted in and out but the snow started to settle in the afternoon which improved things. Two coffee stops in the morning told the story.
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AndAnotherThing.., I skied LH today too. One of our party went home as he had to stop and throw up at the side of the piste !
Courmayeur tomorrow.
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eddiethebus, that foehn took the roof off several of our neighbours.
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under a new name, that wind took the roof off an appartment in the Majestic that my daughter was in at the time!
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jbob, was she, err, umm,
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| under a new name wrote: |
| eddiethebus, that foehn took the roof off several of our neighbours. |
crazy. I remember sitting in the pizza place next to the cinema and watching people get blown off the feet down the highstreet 
'orrible today, anyone ventured out?
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eddiethebus, having a rest day, so had a ride up the Midi. At around 2500m we popped out of the thick cloud that was in the Chamonix valley, there were a few teams heading down the VB. Interestingly it was sunny and clear looking south.
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looks good shame you didnt have your planks with you!
tomorrow looks to be better I think 
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eddiethebus, yes it did look good. I have dropped a clanger before setting off and landing in thick cloud halfway down on a glacier then snowploughing for a hour or two (while crapping myself), not 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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Combloux for us today. A few cm of fresh on the piste but not enough to make the off piste especially tempting. The steeper black of the Christomet lift was superb first thing and the red opposite the top of the lift had untracked fresh until lunch time.
My 99 euro skis coped admirably with the conditions
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haha that sounds like the sort of thing i'd do! couple of mates have said that GM was good today and the trees at flegere were fun, so bit gutted I didnt go out now!
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You know it makes sense.
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awesome out there today, soo much fun
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Went to Brevent/Flegere. 100% sunshine and good snow on piste conditions. A few more skiers than I was expecting, I guess a combination of chalet day off, and the weather. I've been here from before Christmas and it's been one of the very few properly sunny days.
Snow forecast for tonight!
PS saw a small slide across the cat track high up on the Bozon piste.
Last edited by Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name: on Wed 22-01-14 17:44; edited 1 time in total
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Poster: A snowHead
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| eddiethebus wrote: |
| awesome out there today, soo much fun |
Indeed! First day of sunshine since I've been here (10 days). We skied the off piste at Le Tour/Vallorcine where there was enough soft snow left over from Monday night to be fun and the odd untracked bit here and there.
The snow started to get a little wet and heavy around 1pm but it was still good skiing. Of course, everything is completely tracked out now...
Tomorrow's forecast is for 0% sunshine, damn.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Zero_G, where did you go at Le Tour?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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jbob, Vallorcine side. Then did the few off piste faces on the way back to Le Tour.
Snow was amazing at Les Houches today, pity the visibility was pants.
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didnt go out today. gona be staying in tomorrow as well ...waiting for a delivery from davey sausage and a new snowboard
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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CMY yesterday, watching the boys and girls riding in the Freeride comp. Talk about going 'Big' ! Pistes were a bit scraped here and there but the off piste snow was cold and dry. An excellent day what with 1 euro 60 coffee and sunshine.
Les Houches today. A few cm of fresh to play in making everything good in the world. Best coffee stop goes to the 'Cha' (?)
I wish I knew the place better to score some tree lines.
More snow forecast tonight so fingers crossed for a good day tomorrow.
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From Tuesday with Avalanche Academy. This was on The Meadows at GM, where there was still a fair amount of soft stuff. Was a good day and very enlightening.
Pic by Flora
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Great conditions at Les Houches today off piste, from ankle-deep to knee-deep soft, fluffy powder.
A gentle meadow first thing:
Pic by fixx
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Fooling around later in the arvo.
Pic by fixx
Last edited by After all it is free  on Fri 24-01-14 16:43; edited 1 time in total
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got the new board and the sausages delivered early so went up brevent. awesome up there (when you could see!)
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Zero_G, +1
Had great fun at les Houches, really light layer of snow to play in. Sunny and cold.
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