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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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I always thought Scotland was known for later season skiing....
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Very grim in the early 70’s until 77/78 . Very good total this year but I suspect is much higher above 2200m
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@Rob Mackley, interesting.
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Thanks for posting - interesting data.
My personal observation this year was that the conditions were more polarised than I've ever seen, both by region and by altitude.
Mid December, driving from Chamonix (1000m ASL) to Sestriere (2000m ASL) was like going from winter (decent snowfall accumulations in town) to autumn (almost no snow in town, scratchy on the mountain) despite the much higher elevation in Sestriere.
Similarly, >2000m it's been a good year, but at 1000m it's been very tough. Resort run to Argentiere (1200m) was in worse condition in Feb 2024, than in May 2023.
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@snowdave, yes, at least round here a pretty clear demarcation around 1,900m
Conversely we’ve never coincided with a Retour d’Est in Champoluc before 
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The 2023-2024 Western European Alps winter season will go down in history as the rainiest in decades, perhaps of all time since modern skiing began.
It rained for weeks on end, from Dec to Mar, often up to 2000m, occasionally up to 4000m. In midwinter.
The rain was unprecedented.
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@Whitegold, you on day release now then?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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There was a huge temperature difference either side of the Pennines yesterday. We left Keswick which had reached a hot 25c and just 50 miles to the east at only 200masl it was just 11c! Even the temperature in Derwentwater was a pleasant 23c!
A 14c difference is more comparable to the centre of London and the summit of Cairngorm on an average day rather than a short hop either side of the Pennines.
The reason? The North Sea, which is still rather cool at this time of year giving thick cloud and no sunshine in this part of North East England. This is also the reason that northern England can never stay hot for very long 
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You know it makes sense.
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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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Poster: A snowHead
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Good post.
Of the last 20 Swiss winters, only 4 have seen above-average snowfall on the glaciers.
Some 8 (twice as many) have been below-average.
Can see why the Swiss glaciers are disappearing.
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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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We've had a fairly very couple of weeks but on Wednesday it hammered down all day. A 10 yr old girl was killed 15 minutes from us in a mudslide on the North Yorkshire Moors.
Heartbreaking
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Same in Ireland but weather has actually been terrible and very wet. It seems the record breaking heat relates to the average temperature, there have actually been relatively few warm periods.
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Gratefull for the update mate
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Snow forecast on the glacier at Jungfrau over the weekend
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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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Last edited by And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports. on Tue 1-10-24 10:36; edited 1 time in total
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You know it makes sense.
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@Layne, thankyou, too manys stale threads around
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