 Poster: A snowHead
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| challenging/fun for myself on the GS skis as I wasn't expecting that much snow, so didn't take the fat skis with. |
Er, Erm, you clearly have the internet, have you not seen the weather forecast?
And did you not see the big flakes when you left France?
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Erm, yes and it forecast 10-15cm in Courmayeur - not really worth me taking fat skis out for that....and there were no fat flakes when I left France at 7:45am...but as I am sure you know, the weather in Chamonix isn't necessarily mirrored in Courmayeur.
Glad you enjoyed lapping Prarion 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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Nice days skiing at Les Houches, some folk were struggling in the off 
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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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jbob,
Most of the backside was still untouched at 3 pm!
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Idris, I had a good day despite having a beginner in toe. The photo was very funny, the instructor took his class of 5-7 year olds down a bit of side piste, half of them fell over and couldn't get up and he had to climb back up to rescue them.
One thing worthy of note is the pressure on the parking at LH, at 9.45 the small Belle Vue parking was full and the Parion was almost full. After this week it will be chaos.
PS it's snowing again
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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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My friends have just left for the UK, therefore no ski partners for tomorrow. Anybody fancy linking up? Hoping to go to GM early doors but flexible if people have a better plan. I'm driving, lots of space in the car and in the roof box.
I'm a fairly decent off piste skier, equipped and have recently attended both avy and crevasse rescue courses this season (Avy Academy) as a refresher. In Chamonix for the season.
Cheers
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jbob, I'd feel sorry for the little mites if they [more than probably] couldn't ski rings around me 
I'm enjoying all this snowfall from afar. It means those nasty rocks should be covered by the time I get back to Cham.
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Col de Montets closed this morning!
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What a treat we saw/heard tonight.
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CH2O, spill it (for those of us not currently there).
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The good news- the photo is Les Houches yesterday
The bad news- a strong wind overnight has stripped all the snow from the trees not sure about the slopes yet.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Just a thought, there is a LOT of snow on the move on the wind, and upto 30 cms due tonight. A sunny day forecast tomorrow. That's a very dangerous combination, take it easy.
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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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yesterday afternoon after the clouds lifted was awesome! the wind howling around outside now though is as strong as its been for some time. dont fancy going out today!!
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Anybody around next week 15-22 Feb (prob at GM rather than Cham)? If so PM me - am solo in the mornings. Or I'll have to rejoin SCGB for some company...
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You know it makes sense.
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snowdave, I'm retreating for a couple of weeks out of the madness. 
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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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Deep pow and blue skys yesterday....not forgetting to mention great company
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Poster: A snowHead
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Cham meteo "Avalanche risk, considerable (3/5), is becoming high (4/5) above 1800 m."
After two fantastic days, today is overcast, sleety and warm, basically pants, take it easy out there.
Stop press, some avalanches reported below the midi mid station!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| jbob wrote: |
Stop press, some avalanches reported below the midi mid station! |
where? in the normal avi gullies?
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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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OliC, Combe du Dard, and Pre de Rocher sectors, they will be in the gullies, and maybe the Grepon car park!
High up all this rain will be snow.
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I've just been told by my bank that the last two times I bought fuel at carrefore in Chamonix I was charged 100euro. It's been set up as a dispute but you might want to be careful. I'll report back.
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Idris, is that a man with a Mohican?
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Great day in Courmayeur, just kept on giving!!! Snow all day so hit the trees. All our tracks were filled in by the time we hit the same lines a hour or two later. Almost half a metre in the car park.
Cheers to Robbie and Derek.
Last edited by You'll need to Register first of course. on Thu 13-02-14 21:39; edited 1 time in total
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Great day in Courmayeur, just kept on giving!!! Snow all day so hit the trees. All our tracks were filled in by the time we hit the same lines a hour or two later. Almost half a metre in the car park.
Cheers to Robbie and Derek.
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| jbob wrote: |
| I've just been told by my bank that the last two times I bought fuel at carrefore in Chamonix I was charged 100euro. It's been set up as a dispute but you might want to be careful. I'll report back. |
Usually they charge 100 and refund the difference
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I can confirm that Courmayeur was ridiculous today! Not often I feel under-gunned on my Gotamas...
One note of caution though - loads of slab building near the ridge-crests with the South wind, and by late afternoon even lower in the trees steep slopes were dropping off if you so much as looked at them...
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| rich739 wrote: |
| jbob wrote: |
| I've just been told by my bank that the last two times I bought fuel at carrefore in Chamonix I was charged 100euro. It's been set up as a dispute but you might want to be careful. I'll report back. |
Usually they charge 100 and refund the difference |
Thanks that's exactly what happened.
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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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jbob, is it just me or is that weird?
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You know it makes sense.
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Tomorrow should be lovely. We tried to go to Les Houches (as I hate poor vis) but after finally rousing the Mrs from her bed, by the time we got there we couldn't get parked. So home and up Brevent but vis as expected and we were not motivated to hang around. We probably should have made the effort to get over to Flegere as there were not many people about.
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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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In this weather I always go backside of Le tour.
Avoided the bowls on far ( skiers ) right but great tracks through trees.
Skied home run under gasex above vallorcine bubble at 16:15, virtually untracked and deep enough for some face shots of surpringly light powder given the wet valley.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Jonathan Bell, that was almost certainly a top call!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| under a new name wrote: |
| Jonathan Bell, that was almost certainly a top call! |
Even the wife was happy.
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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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Les Houches was very damp, the snowpack is waterlogged and a little sandy (contains sand from north Africa) - runs all open and in surprisingly good condition - only a very few patches of brown - all easily avoided.
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The €100 thing. Are they sure it's not an "Authorise" to be followed up by a "final" amount. My CC shows where it is an authorise request to ring fence funds which then get finalised after. FairFX if that helps
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Great tour on the Argentiere Glacier yesterday, perfect weather. Skinned up home run for some phys in the morning to get the first bin to the top of GM & Tour de Noir with Giles and Bob. Nice snow, softened by the sun. Good day cheers guys.
For info:
I was told yesterday by a pisteur coming down checking the run first thing, that it will be forbidden to skin up on the side of the Pierre a Ric, even out of hours (don't really know how they'll enforce that one). They've set up a track to the west that turns off just before the piste bridge. Makes sense. I've never done it whilst the lifts were operating and I would think its pretty foolhardy by the looks of some of the skiers descending during the day!
Last edited by You'll need to Register first of course. on Fri 21-02-14 16:23; edited 1 time in total
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there's some crazy out of control should be in ski school type dudes around at the moment....
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| Buddy1664 wrote: |
For info:
I was told yesterday by a pisteur coming down checking the run first thing, that it will be forbidden to skin up on the side of the Pierre a Ric, even out of hours (don't really know how they'll enforce that one). They've set up a track to the west that turns off just before the piste bridge. Makes sense. I've never done it whilst the lifts were operating and I would think its pretty foolhardy by the looks of some of the skiers descending during the day! |
That's great news. Skinning on piste is forbidden and potentially dangerous, but lots do it. Putting in a track is a good idea, the one at Les Houches gets a lot of traffic.
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jbob, I agree but sometimes it's nice to skin up for an hour before opening time rather than spend the same time in the line for Lognan at the bottom. The up track at Les Houches is very nice through the trees.
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Buddy1664, I can't see them trying to stop anyone before the lifts are open unless the bashers have asked them because they have cables out or avi control going on. There's a regular dawn patrol at Les Houches, I've never made it!
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FAQ
Was a bit busy - last nights frost turned lots of the white stuff into concrete - the dust on top felt like artificial snow - at least it should be durable.
