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AWESOME POWDER DAY Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy Very Happy
More lifts open today and bright sunshine above 3100m. Lots of snow in the village and still snowing, but it is cold so wrap up warm.
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Aye, it was good eh?
We missed out on the blue skies up top though - went up the telepherique and had total pea soup up there.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| chocksaway wrote: |
Not sure if Rorie is returning this year.....but any of his colleagues at TDC will provide a great service.
Stopped snowing now but they did have the cannons going on the Palafour this afternoon.
Still recovering vehicles from the road after last night caught a lot of people out! |
thanks a lot, just dropped an email to TDC. 6 years ago been using ESF services myself in Tignes
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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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And the good news is that its snowing again and the snow cannons are blowing. And after a bit of research (OK talking in a bar or two) STGM (The Lift Co) plan to open the following Tignes lifts from Saturday morning:
Tichot and Grattalu, Tufs, The Aeroski (also for download if the resort runs are not great), and the Tommeuses so quite a bit of the area is going to be open for the  arrival. Still some grass poking through the lower bits of the Palafour - hopefully soon.
Weather forecast has changed a bit from the baltically cold to just flippin chilly on Sat (about -12).
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Today was pretty good, sunny all day.
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Looks beautiful, I can see all the ski-demo stalls up at the top of Solaise. Can't wait to be there!!
Absolutely stunning opening day, they couldn't have asked for more.
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Chocksaway. Based on your report I will see you on Sunday 9th. Just booked flights Luton-Geneva for myself, hand luggage only, at a bargain price of £85 return. I didn't need telling twice when the OH said go and at least you won't be under my feet for the next ten days. I hope she was serious!
Assuming that the Spar has not slashed prices this season, am I correct in thinking there is somewhere at Geneva airport I can pick up groceries?
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| Tigski wrote: |
| Assuming that the Spar has not slashed prices this season, am I correct in thinking there is somewhere at Geneva airport I can pick up groceries? |
The Spar does seem cheaper this year, the various Sherpa supermarkets were cheaper than the Spar last year but have not gone into one yet.
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| rjs wrote: |
| The Spar does seem cheaper this year, the various Sherpa supermarkets were cheaper than the Spar last year but have not gone into one yet. |
Thanks rjs. Normally shop in Bourg during season but this is just a quick break before we come out for the main season. Have the basics already in the appt so just thinking about fresh stuff. A couple of hours to kill at Geneva airport waiting for the altibus, hence the query about shopping at the airport. On further checking there is a supermarket there 
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Hi back from hanging curtains! Not been in the Spar but it has changed hands and the local agent in the Alpaka says its a bit cheaper. They are just fitting out another superette in what was the Richermoz Sports shop between the Banque De Savoie and Croq Burger so a bit more competition.
The GVA supermarket is called Migros (bizarrley its owned by the Group that own Inghmas). Just follow the signs for the railway statio and keep going.
Tigski, If you are delayed then i will probably be going down the hill 10th or 11th.
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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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chocksaway, don't supposed your going to geneva on the 15th at all??? Struggling to find a transfer about 11am for a 1650 flight....
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| kitenski wrote: |
| chocksaway, don't supposed your going to geneva on the 15th at all??? Struggling to find a transfer about 11am for a 1650 flight.... |
Try Richard at Snowstar holidays or Twiggy at Tignes Chalet Company. Easy to find via google
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You know it makes sense.
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kitenski, Sorry only to Bourg. I'm guessing the 0745 Altibus is a bit early.
Now off to the Embuscade Birthday Party
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stewart woodward, thanks, I've tried about 12 companies, but neither of those two 
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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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kitenski, looks more like someone's chucked a blanket over the camera to me
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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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Thinking it must have been from a snow cannon???
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kitenski, you'll get plenty of the real thing if you're out there this week - Tues and Weds both look quite full on.
The risk is the wind might shut some of the higher lifts but it should be exciting if nothing else
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havent looked at forecasts but looking out the window it is snowing pretty hard right now in Lac...
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red 27, sat in lhr waiting to fly to Geneva for two weeks on my BASI l2, so fresh snow would be nice but hopefully not the windy for coaxhing/teaching & when drills!!
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Yeah - the forecast was for about 1 cm today - we've had that in the last half hour! just hope they are right about the mid week 50cm. Its also quite blowy - so having a lazy day.
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skimottaret, does your course start tomorrow???
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Coming out 14th Dec. Now very relaxed about the early season conditions. The cold will hopefully mean we have a good base this season rather then the, IMO, dangerous off-piste conditions we got in 2010-11 - where a full snow pack avalanche was always a possibility
Looking at the webcams it would seem the predicted dump has started. I hope those out this week get at least a few sunny days to enjoy what should be epic conditions. You will appreciate I am more than happy, sat at home in front of the fire, that the weather is "unsettled".
Skis in bag. Boots taken apart for an airing. Ski gear pile growing on spare bed.
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^ Same! Two weeks to go now, skis in the corner of the spare room (newly-serviced), boots in bag underneath (new moulded liners in), and now it's time to get the ski stuff down from the loft
Feeling very optimistic about the conditions now, I think we'll be more than OK.
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Two weeks for me too. I got the suitcase and ski stuff out the loft yesterday. I fitted and tested my new helemt cam as well. I am glued to the web cams. All this snow is adding to the excitment. Last year I was out there in Dec in the middle of that big dump. We lost 4.5 days skiing out of 6, so hoping to get some more time on the skies instead of watching and listening for alvalache bombs from the balcony.
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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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5 weeks for us!! Just bought a new helmet, so had to try it on with everything else of course....cats looked at me like I'd gone mad!!
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It's cold and windy outside in la daille. - 9 with snow flurys
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You know it makes sense.
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New to this site and these forums, and absolutely loving all the updates. So much enthusiasm to share knowledge, tips and conditions, its brilliant.
2 weeks today and i will be in the bar having enjoyed a first days skiing, cannot bloody wait!
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Welcome to snowheads! Prepare to be glued to this section for the next two weeks. See you in the Folie Douce in two weeks!
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Poster: A snowHead
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| 5 weeks for us!! Just bought a new helmet, so had to try it on with everything else of course....cats looked at me like I'd gone mad!! |
Glad I'm not the only one who does this 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Piccadilly wrote: |
| Welcome to snowheads! Prepare to be glued to this section for the next two weeks. See you in the Folie Douce in two weeks! |
If only... I'm repping in Tignes with a school, so at least until the kids are asleep i have to maintain some level of decorum. Folie Douce, bearing in mind its in the wrong valley, would definitely get me off on the wrong foot. No one wants to show up late for the kareoke evening! 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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kitenski, good luck with your level 2.
Who are you doing it with ? i did mine in val disere in March 12 so if you have any burning questions I may be able to help.
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Specialman, it's part of my preparation every year lol
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| Curtains wrote: |
kitenski, good luck with your level 2.
Who are you doing it with ? i did mine in val disere in March 12 so if you have any burning questions I may be able to help. |
Doing it with ICE.
An interesting first day today in very variable conditions, -15 this morning apparently, so VERY cold and very windy at the top of the La Daille funicular, wind increased thru the day so you got a 'free' face scrub via ice crystals as the day progressed.
A real mix of snow, frozen man made, nice soft stuff and everything in between!! Still a few rocks and pebbles around, but it has been dumping down since about lunchtime and was still coming down strong when I walked back from the supermarket!
Cheers,
Greg
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mountainaddict, nice
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mountainaddict, sweet you got in just before the weather closed back in... nice one
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mountainaddict, good pics!
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. Some pesky clouds appeared from Italy so then popped back to Tignes for a Tichot Grattalu and down Merles red - more powder. Links to Le Lac (Palafour and Trolles not open) so another wizz round grattalu and dwn to the halitosis hell that is the funicular! Glacier quite busy with the lycra and chin guard fiends - some evil mogils to catch you out at the bottom of Leisses. Back down Double M and the Bus to lunch. By now the whole of the EK was covered in cloud and light flocons at the top of the Motte
