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Mattmulkeen, oh its causing chaos here, the roads are so slippery. some of my friends have just managed to slide off the road into a ditch on thier side, we are currently trying to get it out!
i'm definately going up tomorrow, even though i'm shattered. why is computer work so so so tiring? its not even the french now that tires me, i've learnt to wake up speaking french! just the computers i think!
anyway still snowing very very heavy. we're liking it alot! 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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snowangel., I'm liking it a lot too. Car is loaded and we'll be off in the morning.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Helen Beaumont, good luck over the col, i've got to do it on friday and every day this week looks like a snowy day...... NOT THAT I'M COMPLAINING! 
It is properly dumping down out there. just went for a sneeky tobogan down the road, superb! the boys are trying to rescue a friends car that has ended up in a ditch!
it is causing havok!
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Helen Beaumont, safe trip and look forward to the reports. And hope Mr B is ok reaquainting with the slopes 
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oh my golly golly gosh, so so so so much snow! the little car is burried totally! looks like a journey to work on the quad!, winter doesn't want to go skiing there is just tooo much snow.
while this is great and the mountain looks amazing so much has fallen i have a feeeling that the top of the mountain is going to be closed.
will update later
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130 upper 80 valley - thats more like it.... hope serre che keeps proving the snowguess forecat wrong!
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So do I
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Helen Beaumont, Let us know how you get on over the Col Helen!
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Helen Beaumont, col closed at the mo!
morning of merde here today. station closed till about 10am today, so much snow! half the mountain still closed, but i'm sure it is great fun up there. Not made it up think i'm getting a cold and too much work to do next week cant get sick so staying in! some friends have gone up will report when i see them
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snowangel.,Thanks for the update
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just managed to get the snow cleared on the drive and its started snowing again and the same again is forecast! excellent!
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this is the reason i had to go to work on quad!
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You know it makes sense.
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Oh my goodness. We go out on boxing day. Adam phoned to say that he was clearing 5 ft of a snow drift. Didn't believe him. This is going to be some christmas and new year
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Sandy77uki hope your ready to help do some digging! we're hoping for some big dumps while your here!,
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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snowangel., Jeeze that looks fantastic! Getting there is going to be a nightmare though!!
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Luke, it could prove to be fun but remember its all a big adventure!
i will be reminding myself that on friday when we do the aller return to grenoble for christmas dinner with the inlaws! (which aren't really inlaws but you know what i mean!)
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Yes the outlaws! Mine are French as well! Coming up from Geneva I am thinking of going via Montgenevre as I have more motorway ... Its not the Col pass that worries me its the drivers!
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wow this is amazing, I'm going to Risoul on Sunday any idea if it's similar conditions there?
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dear santa, please can i have a quad snowplough..
great one more week to wait..
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very nice...thats why we love southern alps...but tell me please is it raining or snowing in briancon valley ??? we can see only fog on webcams...
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rhythmbug and kamdrej, welcome to snowHeads
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snowangel., have to be honest i dont really want to answere that question, so i'm sure you can work out the answere.
Unfortunately it has been raining down here all
sh*t!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I hope thats not the end of the Christmasy almosphere...
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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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Looks like it is going to rain to midstation right up to next tuesday on and off..
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Luke, hold your horses............latest update..............................ITS SNOWING AT 1400M!
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You know it makes sense.
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Hi All
Brief update from the Briancon end of the valley.
Yesterday (Wed) we went up the Prorel early but despite promises the second section of the lift never opened all day. Nothing pisted so we only had a few runs to choose from (using two drag lifts). At the start the runs were powder. Later, just choppy. Good testing stuff. We were tested enough so we didn't venture into the forest. Plenty of powder there.
Today, we decided to have a duvet day. The visibility was very poor and the top section of the lift was out of action in the morning at least. Later it was working.
Raining all day today as well but that should be snow higher up. Looks like the worst of the weather is now past so should improve and the many lifts/pistes/areas that haven't been open til now should finally open throughout Serre Che.
Bonne Fete.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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It was snowing hard when we arrived last night, although heavy rain from Grenoble to Briancon, Col was shut so we had to go via Gap.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Kevin Byrne, Thanks for the update Kevin... doesnt sound as if the rain is doing too much damage! Hope you enjoy xmas there on the slopes..!
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Happy Crimbo to all on the Serre Che thread and in Serre Che itself.
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Rang my friend last night and he seemed to be having a while of time being his first time on skis. He had spent a lot of his time on the greens from Aravet and Serre Ratier. To qoute him "Had about a metre of snow in last couple of days, which is great considering that it was scarce on arrival"
Happy christmas to all those snowheads that are fond of the Vallee du Guisaine.
Owh I can't wait for March.
70 days and counting till I'm in the Alps, and 84 till I get to Serre Chevalier.
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To-day turned out to be a cracker. Sunshine all day. Only disappointment for us was that the connnection from the Prorel to Chantemerle was still closed. Some other runs were closed too....notably the Casse du Boeuf. Luc Alphand was open though, it was very icy after the rain.
Some runs (eg from the top of the Clot Gauthier lift) were un-pisted so for those who would normally find red a challenge, they were a much bigger challenge today. Character building stuff.
Up high the off-piste was still powdery. That was good.
That's our lot until we return in 3-4 weeks.
Anyone drive over Montgenevre today? Chains needed? We're heading back to Turin tomorrow but don't want to donate our chains to Hertz!
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Helen Beaumont, glad you made it, we had to go via gap this morning, 3 hours on the road just what i needed on christmas! luckily it as open for the return journey, route eneige but ok!
merry christmas all
oh by the way when we left it was snowing just slightly, so nice to see snowflakes on christmas, possibly only the second time i've seen that in my life!
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Kevin Byrne, We should work out a hidng place for chains in Oulx or somewhere like that to be collected and dropped back after the hols... Renting them is a real rip off!
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Final word...
Col de Montgenevre is completely open with no need for chains.
Enjoy the New Year on the hill.
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merry christmas all, heres to hoping for more snow
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FAQ
...we went to serre one day and it was the best day of all 7 days trip....so this year it is obvious - briancon from 16.1.-23.1. ( i still hope till 30.1. but work is calling ) 