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clear skies in mottaret this am and -10C at 2400 looking very very good indeed
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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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skimottaret, will this do??!!
Was a bit busy to take too many piccies today, but with a good deal of caution there was some great skiing to be had out there... the pic above was round 2 on this slope...
Plenty of avalanche activity to be seen, including a fair sized slab under Speedball (R of Cote Brune on way up) which looked skier-triggered - as has been pointed out in another thread caution is needed off piste currently due to the large temperature variations + snowfall + v.strong winds of the last 3 days...
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got back from a week in meribel at the weekend - conditions as we left were absolutely superb, with heaps of fresh powder. as was said, friday was a disaster - far and away the worst day for skiing i have experienced!
conditions for anyone heading out there should be superb, as the base should be spot on now with any further snow being a bonus.
oh and if you can find them, theres a cheeky couple of jumps we created down near our chalet in chandon - take the villages run and enjoy 
too many great runs to mention but a good one has to be the blue combe laitelet down to the chaudanne. usually very quiet and comes alive if you take it flat out from the top...
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Started snowing lightly this afternoon in Courchevel. Loads of snow, looking to be a great week ahead
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sunday was an amazing day, the quality and texture of the snow was awesome and more due 
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Bump - off the Reberty on Sunday - any up to date news on snow conditions in the 3V?
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| stevew, try this. |
Thanks
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absolutely dumped it down all day here in Courche still going strong. Complete carnage on the roads chaos, buses really struggling to get up the hill some guests stranded. Looking good
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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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david duval, good news about the snow, not good about the roads though. Received a dump alert from Merinet today. How much fresh has come down today do you think?
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Just back from les menuires - snowing heavily as we left and in the am was carnage on the roads (2 hours to moutiers for the chalet next door to us), when we left at 4pm going DOWNHILL was fine, geneva in just over 2.5 hours, but the queue going up was horrendous. They were keeping the road clear though and geneva was running very timely.
Must have put down a foot at least - we had 2" on our skis over lunch in VT (45mins) and were skiing in knee deep powder at about 3pm yesterday.
Absolutely fab for anyone that can get out there - have a great time! Will post trip report and more later....
aj xx
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You know it makes sense.
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Must have put down a foot at least - we had 2" on our skis over lunch in VT (45mins) and were skiing in knee deep powder at about 3pm yesterday.
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Yippee! Don't know why I'm getting excited, I'm not going again for ages. Great for anyone going out soon though! 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Had a fab week there last week. Enough snow, but not "plenty". Some runs getting pretty short of snow by the end of the week on account of high winds - goodness only knows how they measure the reported "1.06m" on high slopes. Imagination, I guess...
A dusting of snow, plus the heavy wind meant the pistes were covered with (second hand!) powder on Thursday and Friday. Friday night saw probably 4 inches plus of fresh snow (there were 4" on the balcony rail in Meribel centre), and it carried on during Saturday.
Sadly we had to finish Saturday lunchtime - and then spent four hours waiting for our coach, so could have had a full day. Shame. Once it arrived (apparently a coach left the road between Meribel and Bride les Bains) we had a good run to Grenoble, and the flight left only an hour late, so back home by 11pm. For people arriving, the queues went all the way from the mountains half way back to Grenoble...
Now I've got to face a week (or rather 2 months) in the office...
Favourite places to ski:
1. Anything down into St Martin (Jerusalem, Pramint, Pelozet, Verdet, Biolley). But best left by 3pm as EVERYBODY gets there by then - very nice in the sun!
2. Anything from the Meribel/VT ridge down into Meribel. Rossignol at 9am has to be the nicest run EVER. The black, Ecureil, tends to be nicer than the adjacent reds as it is uncrowded/empty, and less skied out.
3. Courchevel. (Scarcely needs qualifying, as it was all superb, but particular favourites were Creux, Combe Saulire, Folyeres, Moretta Blanche, Mur, Cave des Creux, Lac Creux, Loze).
Least favourite places:
1. VT - as never got there. Friends of chalet-mate were staying there and were apparently unable to get out of the VT valley for four of the six days...
2. Pic Noir - sadly attempted virtually first run on first day - "a harder blue than this there is not in the 3 Valleys" somebody wrote. Too true.
3. Niverolles - In a howling gale, with drifted powder obscuring the moguls, and then 2 feet of drifting dust on top so you couldn't see a thing. A head wind, etc. etc. etc. Ugh.
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Poster: A snowHead
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great day today in LM sunny in am clouded over pm lots of freshies to be had just off piste forecast snow tonight appx 50cm I'll believe it when I see it
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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white out today with lots of snow and lots of lifts closed still had a great time will be great tomorrow if lifts are open and can see something
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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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Windy windy again today but lots of fresh to play in.
Conditions around Courchevel generally v.good (if slightly windswept in places), super-light fluffy powder in the trees. Limited opening up high though (Saulire, Marmottes) but enough to get at everything for those who braved the wind/cold; runs down low (Le Praz/La Tania/Bozel) in excellent nick.
Due to stay cold, with more snow forecast for Friday, so happy days for everyone coming out for half-term!!
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offpisteskiing, hope it all holds for another week after that when I am out there
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chrisb, <crosses> will take something very dramatic to knacker it at the moment </uncrosses>
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high winds and lift closures mdaNt big queues today in Les Mens but aWesome snow conditions meant some great off piste on la masse never skiied in such deep snow hope more of the links are open tomorrow
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offpisteskiing, I'm in La Praz from the 22nd, so great to hear the pistes down to 1300m are 'in good nick'... Looking forward to a run down Jockeys, which seems to get good 'reviews'...
My little boy's first go on ski's too - so it'll be good if the pistes remain in good condition.
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more snow anxd high winds but didn't stop us getting to c1850 via la tania amd la praz jockeys as close to perfect as i've ever skiied trip back in whitouts over the top -15 at times brrr!
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wednesday was probably the best powder day of the season with easily half a metre of waste deep light powder. Amazing day. Great base everywhere now and a lot of rocks well covered off piste. Freezing cold and snowey today - things looking excellent
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david duval, sounding sweeeeeeet for saturday....... cant wait... 
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Great powder to be had again today... As david duval said, good cover (though some windblown ridges), great powder down low as well (offpiste down to Raffort/Les Allues & St Martin all in super-good nick).
Due to stay cold for the foreseeable so happy days all round!!
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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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david duval,
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| half a metre of waste deep light powder |
Does this mean you are only 1 metre tall??
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Happy days - looking forward to Sunday morning
We are leaving at 7am tomorrow for Les Menuires !
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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awesome day skiied from lm to c1650 loads of powder still and brilliant sunshine but v cold -20 first thing did most of suisses off piste wow clouded up after 4pm hope for same tomorrow
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Poster: A snowHead
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offpisteskiing where were the picks from?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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offpisteskiing, thanks for posting the pics, looks glorious! Where is that?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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mix of good light and flat light snow good when could be seen plans went to plot and followed sun to c1650 chaplets wonderful and still freshies to be found - everyones tag for the day COLD with a capital f. home tomorrow will post more when got a proper keyboard
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stevew, is it cold as in cold or cold as in cold because it's windy?
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stevew, VolklAttivaS5, bit of a cheat here actually, they are on the Mt Jovet - above Bozel (not quite 3V but nearly...) -
Cold as in COLD today again, properly baltic, but awesome conditions again (see La Plagne snow reports..). Looks like its set to warm up a bit in the next day or two though..
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offpisteskiing, ok. Eeeeeeeeeeven if it didn't snow there now for a month do you think the conditions will hold up well what with the base that's down now and all the snow that has fallen this last week? Hopefully it will snow of course but just wondered.
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Only 7 more sleeps... in the mean time another 30cm would be spot on ! Then Manchester - Meribel here we come... Yes ! A week of clear bluey ordered
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very cold today on the first day of the half term hols.... good grippy snow on the green/blue runs in Mottaret... very nice for me as i am trying to learn how to ski a new way and having some hero snow has been great....
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skimottaret, what was wrong with the old way?
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skimottaret, are you telemarking again?
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