 Poster: A snowHead
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Bambi on ice, We were at Le Melezes this time last week, up to thursday afternoon and there was plenty of snow at le Boisses but the lifts weren't running and the pistes down there were closed.(we got the bus to le Lac) I think it was more due to lack of people rather than lack of snow. it may have changed now though.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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holidayloverxx, cool hope your journey up was good - we saved you some snow 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Colin B, looks awful 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Wow! Amazin photo. Gettin excited now, flying out on Sun 
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Another blue sky day, lovely snow, great conditions on piste.
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Yep! Yep! Amazing snow indeed...
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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holidayloverxx, Colin B, and all the other Snowheads I happened to meet on Thursday morning, was great to meet you all and I hope you're all continuing to have a great time at Les Melezes! When we left it was getting rather warm sun-wise but the snow seemed to be holding and I got a decent amount of skiing off-piste across virtually untracked snow on Thursday morning which I consider to be pretty good for this time of year. Hope to catch up with more Snowheads on future trips! Anyone out in Tignes, hope you have a great time and, now that I'm back home (unfortunately) I'm rather jealous of the lot of ya 
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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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snowshine, nice to meet you too.
Horrible day today, snowing since fairly early morning and poor visibility, sun peaked though for about 45 mins this morning and the same this afternoon. Not ideal weather for a bumps and off piste session this morning
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You know it makes sense.
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| Colin B wrote: |
| Horrible day today, snowing since fairly early morning and poor visibility, sun peaked though for about 45 mins this morning and the same this afternoon. Not ideal weather for a bumps and off piste session this morning |
There was good snow on the glacier and good enough light in the afternoon, I had a good day yesterday.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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AlTom, your pictures are gorgeous! And particularly good to see since this time next week we'll be driving down for a week in Tignes!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Horrible day today, snowing since fairly early morning and poor visibility, sun peaked though for about 45 mins this morning and the same this afternoon. Not ideal weather for a bumps and off piste session this morning
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Sorry to hear it Colin B, today was a belter though
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Colin B wrote: |
snowshine, nice to meet you too.
Horrible day today, snowing since fairly early morning and poor visibility, sun peaked though for about 45 mins this morning and the same this afternoon. Not ideal weather for a bumps and off piste session this morning |
Pretty horrible in Peterborough too. Flat, wet, overcast, no piste and cra*p apres, at least the chav ice rink isn't in town this year. Roll on the new year, not that i'm heading to tignes further east for moi. Snow conditions sounding good. Keep enjoying.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Good conditions round Val D'Isere today, cold & crisp with a hint of cowbells (World Cup GS on La Face). Good soft snow to be found pretty much everywhere off piste, though cover is definitely thin, so keep a sharp eye out for rocks, and stay light on those feet!!!
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Jo225, we saw you this morning (sunday) at the bottom of the sache lift - you actually skied passed us on the way down to it - we shouted after you but you didn't hear us.
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rorie, very true, last day too, can't complain 4 great weather days out of 5
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mountainaddict, You may want to avoid 20-27th March as Shirely Bassey on volume 12 till 3am might be a bit much 
http://www.europeangayskiweek.com/ |
......and you have to ski and get on the chairlifts backwards
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be prepared for about 1500 students over the espace killy in the next week
as long as they've left by the 26th Dec, no problem!
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| thefatcontroller wrote: |
mountainaddict, You may want to avoid 20-27th March as Shirely Bassey on volume 12 till 3am might be a bit much
http://www.europeangayskiweek.com/ |
Puts a whole new context on the word bash....
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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and you have to ski and get on the chairlifts backwards
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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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it is a little 'cool'
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You're telling me! I think I was the coldest I've ever been in my life on Sunday, but then lunch outside was probably a bit over-ambitious...
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The photographs from the Varsity trip that have appeared all over facebook make it quite clear that there was no snow, no alcohol and no sunshine and no fun to be had, anywhere at all last week. Oh and that the pistes were very crowded.
Not even remotely jealous...
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Still some good soft snow to be found here and there in the Espace Killy today. A fair bit of windblown and crust too just to keep everyone honest, along with cold temperatures.. Rumours of snow at the weekend which would be nice as the base is generally very thin.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Had a great day in Tignes on Monday - skied out of Val Claret and spent most of the day in the sunshine enjoying some excellent conditions, albeit a tad brass monkeys. The last stretch back down is a little thin to say the least, and man made base in minus plenty makes for some excellent carnage. No significant new snow forecast for the next few days, but temps falling to minus 20ish should make it extra shiny and entertaining on those homeward bound runs for the more nervous - sorry 
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Great conditions on piste today in Val, Face in really good nick when it opened, and soft fluffy powder in the Cairn, and on the East Face of the Charvet.
Cugnai definitely on the crusty side, but the piste down to the Manchet chair was in great condition - firm & grippy..
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Tomorrow ....... off we go
What is the snow doing????
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Hey Snowheads. Been watching this forum for a few weeks. 10 days until I leave for Tignes Les Brevs. Anyone been on thos home run slopes to Les Brevs? What is the condition of the lower slopes like? Does anyone believe the forecast for 23rd and on??
Dreckly
Snorky
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snorkyvandyke, As per my earlier post, I would not have wanted to ski back towards Les Brevieres on Monday - plenty of manmade, but in the freezing temps, it was a tad hard and slippy on the runback into Val Claret, so can only imagine all the way down would have been a bit sparse and not very enjoyable.....sorry
Still, 10 days is a long time in weather terms 
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snorkyvandyke, we skied back to Les Boisses on Sunday and it was fairly unpleasant, I wouldn't have fancied going much further down on that sort of surface.
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AlTom, nice pics - what PP have you done on them to get that 'silvery' effect on the snow?
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snorkyvandyke, in fact some of us did ski down to Les Brev from Les Boisses and it wasn;t really open. loads of snow but not pisted. it could all be different by now
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holidayloverxx, you're more gnarly than me though 
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FAQ
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- we still had a fantastic time: Great snow, 3 sunny ski days out of 4, an unlimited freshtracks afternoon above Le Fornet, very quiet on the runs, free Milka hot chocolate at the Val D world cup race(!!) and a brilliant day in the 3 Vallees too.
