 Poster: A snowHead
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Very sad for all involved. RIP
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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From Xavier de le Rue who was there
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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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Gut-wrenching. RIP.
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@BobinCH, thanks for posting; I was about to do the same having spotted it just now on insta. He explains the situation clearly and succinctly. Very sad  .
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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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Very very sad, and one can’t imagine the situation he was was put in finding his friend fatally injured. Would appear also to put to rest the notion that it was unprepared riders ‘chasing lines’, the likes of which was suggested somewhere on the forum the other day. Would appear that in this case they were experts, who did everything as they should and were simply unlucky.
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very sobering that he would also have done that route, and he'd never seen that slide in his time before.
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Eeesh more slides today in Rock Garden. Helis circling. Doesn’t look good. Super delicate conditions out there. The Westerly has put some big slabs on those east facing slopes...
And the mother of all storms coming this week
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@BobinCH, sad
How’s the ankle? Perhaps a good time for a break!!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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After my daily self flagellation of looking at the webcams, I thought I'd click on the meteo suisse link, 50-80cm forecast for Thyon in the next three days. Enjoy the weekend Bob and any one else who can get some turns in. Stay safe.
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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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They have put that piste in much higher than in previous years, it used to start on the slight hump that is catching the light...I wonder why.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Easier for the patrollers to get to the broken skiers?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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And according to snow forecast it’s due to snow consistently, excluding Sunday, into next week. With high winds. Though snow forecast do seem to always come out on the high side of what actually happens.
Those sketchy layers are likely to claim a few more.
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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 just got three alerts from MeteoSwiss. Note up to a metre of snow expected above 1800m and winds up to 130 km/h above 2000m
Avalanches Level 4
Severe Hazard
Wed 27 Jan 17:00 - Thu 28 Jan 18:00
Snow Level 3
Significant Hazard
- expected amounts: above 1400m 20-60cm, above 1800cm 60-100cm*
- peak phase: Thu 06:00-18:00, Fri 03:00-15:00
- intensifying conditions accompanies by winds at gale force
Wind Level 2
Moderate hazard
- Highest wind gusts in exposed Locations: Above 2000m 100-130 Km/h
- Main wind direction: West to North-west
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@BobinCH, after all these years are there still lines in Verbier you want to ski but haven’t yet?
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| Guernseyfreerider wrote: |
| @BobinCH, after all these years are there still lines in Verbier you want to ski but haven’t yet? |
Yep still plenty of lines on my list - Rogneux, poubelle, Mont Fort couloir, kamikaze, couloirs above barrage de Cleuson, Jumbo diagonal couloir, Petit Combin North Face, Combin de Valsorey to name a few. They all have difficult access so not sure we’ll get to them this year in these delicate conditions...
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@BobinCH, Yeah it looks really dodgy. I know someone who did the North Face of Petit Combin on a heli trip but I think they had to literally beg their guide to let them go, meant to be amazing. Look forward to seeing you tick off the list when conditions allow 
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| Guernseyfreerider wrote: |
| @BobinCH, Yeah it looks really dodgy. I know someone who did the North Face of Petit Combin on a heli trip but I think they had to literally beg their guide to let them go, meant to be amazing. Look forward to seeing you tick off the list when conditions allow |
Yep that one’s a heli-assisted route. Check out the Combin de Valsorey - it’s the one that Jeremie Heitz almost loses it in La liste.
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Stunning
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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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@BobinCH, do you think that incident might lead to them thinking of bombing very popular off piste areas like that, US style?
I mean you'd have to think that an argument could be made for St Anton, Verbier and Chamonix to bomb some of the most popular areas (if they are inclined to slide), obviously with a view to making things safer but it could also be marketed as a new approach to off piste skiing
Albeit that could ruin the fun for existing freeriders
I presume Grand Couloir in 3vs is bombed for instance, or maybe it doesn't slide due to moguls
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I've never, ever, seen Mt Gele carrying that much snow
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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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The distance of that debris run out is huge
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Poster: A snowHead
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Holy poo-poo
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| 8611 wrote: |
@BobinCH, do you think that incident might lead to them thinking of bombing very popular off piste areas like that, US style?...
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I presume Grand Couloir in 3vs is bombed for instance, or maybe it doesn't slide due to moguls |
The Saulire couloirs are controlled because they sit above (and sometimes slide onto) the red run below).
My understanding is in France currently avalanche control work is only aimed at protecting pistes/roads/buildings/infrastructure (and possibly there are regs around this).
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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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| BobinCH wrote: |
Playing with fire  |
Skier-triggered?
(If so then words fail me... Do people think they are skiing in a different winter to the one that has already claimed lives in the general vicinity??)
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@BobinCH, in which case, on reflection, words don't fail me, but the words that I have aren't suitable for public consumption...
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the rest of the face looks pretty tracked out too
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@BobinCH, Yikes, I’ve skied in Creblet on a level 2 day and a snowboarder triggered a slide above us, thankfully no one injured or buried on that occasion. These mountains demand respect all of the time.
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Holy poo-poo those slides are big! - Just saw Xavier de La Rue's post on instagram but seeing them in HD on a big screen is just numbing!
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| extremerob wrote: |
| Holy poo-poo those slides are big! - Just saw Xavier de La Rue's post on instagram but seeing them in HD on a big screen is just numbing! |
Yep his posts are really good, and he has a massive following so hopefully it has some effect. Post and pics here:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKwZ3_MBS14/?igshid=1fc52rvtjhedq
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