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Snowed overnight, poor visibility now, more details later
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Strange White stuff spotted falling from sky in Courchevel this morning!
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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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| Patch wrote: |
skimottaret, OK, here's one ... Boismint at Val T. In fantastic shape, and nobody on it today. See you there tomorrow  |
Good, I like that one as well, heck of a long run
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Snowing steadily since early hours of the morning. Probably around 2-3 cm at village level by mid morning, and a little more higher up. Still snowing now
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Still falling here in Meribel. Not much cover below resort height (little more than a dusting at Les Allues) and resort is a little 'wet' but it's all good-looking up higher with some serious whiteout conditions and decent-sized flakes dropping. Out back of the Morel apartment has a good 5-6cm already and it is showing no signs of slowing up.
Just a shame there are, wait for it, 55,000 lift passes with access to Meribel this week.
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10cm max in Courchevel today... come back clouds, all is forgiven..!
Nice to feel some softness under the skis again though 
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Wow. Busy.
Went down today, Saulire closed this morning and huge crowds on Rhodos, Roc du Fer, Tougnette - in fact just about any lift going. Snow lower down has improved but the moving carpet of people does not lend itself well to enjoying the skiing.
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| Astraeus wrote: |
| Wow. Busy. |
Jees, wasn't it !
Some half decent off-piste at last, but I'm currently doing base repairs on 8 pairs of skis.
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is that why you are called Patch,
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You could make that 9 pairs - my Rossi's took some hammering during the past month and have some pretty deep grooves running the length of them.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Seemed slightly quieter today, steady, light snow until mid afternoon. Visibility poor for most of the day, brightening by around 4pm.
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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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Sunny clear day yesterday, slightly less crowded. This morning, currently snowing hard down here at 700m
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how low is the snowline currently. PATCH - is it falling as low as brides?
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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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We were in Courchevel last week in Jan - conditions were terrible, everyone in my party thought that the slopes were in a very poor condition, with lots of ice and a few rocks / brown patches.
Yet, if you read the snow reports from here and CourchNet.com you would have thought it had snowed 20cm each night.
The photo above shows how little snow they have had this season. I just wished everyone would be a lottle bit more honest, it's not hard!
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Poster: A snowHead
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russ_e, the photos above are of a town at 600m!!!!
There's a lot of honest opinion on here (and the weather outlook thread) about the conditions.
Summing up what i've read, i'd say conditions are pretty patchy low down, tolerable further up and absolutely fine at higher altitude for great piste skiing. Off piste in certain areas is a no go.
This is looking like improving over the coming weeks though. certainly no disaster.
All depends if you're a glass half empty/full kind of person i suppose
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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As of today, ice is a forgotten memory. 10cm fell at resort level and has taken hold on the slopes really well, bolstered by cannon working all night. Lovely conditions out this afternoon as most of the cloud has passed. Another 14cm forecast for this weekend once the slopes have calmed down so it's all looking rosy again!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Great day today, fresh snow to be had & with judicious choice of lines enough visibility in the morning to ski the powder. The afternoon then cleared up unexpectedly...
Managed to get first tracks in Panoramique, Sous le Tele right hand, Emile Allais, Curé, Col du Fruit (pretty damn fine) and were pipped to the post by 5 minutes at 3.45 pm for first tracks on the Equinox face... gotta love half term!!!
On a more serious note, definite signs of soft slab here & there, so would be a bit wary of anything particularly steep & lee-slope-ish...
in response to russ_e above - this week was my first week back in 3V after a couple of weeks away, conditions had definitely deteriorated on piste, and at the start of the week careful choices needed to be made as to piste selection, and certain 'classics' that get a lot of traffic (ie Creux etc) were in poor shape, but plenty of other similar slopes were still fine...
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Light & fluffy:
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Crispyapplepie, Yes, it was snowing in Brides this morning, but temperatures rose quickly this afternoon, so melting fast. Skiing mid-shin deep snow today though
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offpisteskiing, always meant to ask this and keep forgetting 
But....I saw some great looking lines when going up the Pyramides lifts a few years back and wondered if you'd skied them?
It looks like if you took Chanrossa, skiied straight on then hiked up the scree on skiers left, you'd get into the few lines I've seen, does that make sense??
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offpisteskiing, always meant to ask this and keep forgetting
But....I saw some great looking lines when going up the Pyramides lifts a few years back and wondered if you'd skied them?
It looks like if you took Chanrossa, skiied straight on then hiked up the scree on skiers left, you'd get into the few lines I've seen, does that make sense??
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kitenski ?? Off Chanrossa, turn left & hike up? Equinox face.. off Chanrossa go straight on, traverse hard skiers left (sometimes short bootpack) Little Equinox... - the lines you see on the RHS as you go up Pyramides? Or somewhere else entirely?
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+ various options skiers left of main equinox face of varying degrees of tightness & steepness (one often needs a rap to get in).
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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What's Meribel looking like?
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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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Kramer, been out this week, i would say not as good as courch but the snow was excellent "in between" the pistes. the bumps off barteville were really good, difficult icy bases but well filled in. some decent snow off cote brune and vallon was great yesterday off the edges but very thin for proper off piste so didnt try as a lot of rocks still sticking out there.
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| offpisteskiing wrote: |
| kitenski ?? Off Chanrossa, turn left & hike up? Equinox face.. off Chanrossa go straight on, traverse hard skiers left (sometimes short bootpack) Little Equinox... - the lines you see on the RHS as you go up Pyramides? |
that sounds like it, thanks, not skied it myself, was only one track in both last time I was in that area after fresh snow, so was wondering how safe/known it was....
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You know it makes sense.
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Beautiful day, less crowded, pistes in great condition (outstanding first thing this morning), off-piste variable
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Damien
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offpisteskiing, What's the off piste bit on the other side going towards 1850 called? You take the red off the top towards 1850 and then traverse off to the right past some danger signs. Then ski off-piste down into valley bottom. Thanks.
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Damien
Damien
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offpisteskiing, What's the off piste bit on the other side going towards 1850 called? You take the red off the top towards 1850 and then traverse off to the right past some danger signs. Then ski off-piste down into valley bottom. Thanks.
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pretty crowded today but good variable snow under vizelle bubble and the side of combe du pylon. some mighty big door step bumps in places courtesy of the boarders with exposed rocks so take it slow on the kinda sorta off piste bits on the edges. last day tomorrow should be empty bliss...
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Quiet, quiet, quiet ..... wonderfully quiet
fantastic snow, and nobody around. Earlier, stood halfway down Lac de la Chambre for about 5 minutes, taking in the view and the silence... didn't see another person
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Saturday skiing is a joy.
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fab spring like conditions all the pistes were in great nick and no one around....
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Been snowing all night and still going........lot of traffic heading this way yesterday though.
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Very variable today - knee deep for one turn, windblown blue ice the next... interesting...
Cold North wind blowing, still snowing on & off but nothing major now.
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"Interesting" conditions as offpisteskiing mentions.
Fresh tracks in 30cm of powder this morning down into La Tania before heading off to the back of Courchevel 1850 to play. Horrendous visibility above 1600m but plenty of fresh interspersed with sphincter tightening ice. Piste "M" as a case in point - knee deep powder, then ice and rock, then more powder. Exhilarating is the word.
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