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Sitter, yes, reservoirs lower than they were last March!
stanton, yes, it was all looking very good up there at about 3pm... Too bad 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Fingers crossed for you guys! I thought I went out to STA for a season at a bad time (2010/11)
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| stanton wrote: |
Also have to report thst some locals are already talking
about a curtailed season....... |
On the positive side "locals" have no more idea of what the weather will be a week or two from now than anyone else...
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nozawaonsen,
They know how much snow they need by Mid Jan to last the season . The ground begins to warm up Feb onwards.
Its not just that. Dutch & Germans especially will not bother if
conditions are not good. They would save there money.
Lets hope for a massive dump !
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| stanton wrote: |
The local Farmers have called this one right hopefully.
Significant clash of weather systems Tues/Weds with snow high up.
Thursday 26th onwards we will snow at all levels.
Farmers predict min 0.5M.
Maybe we get the perfect storm (repeat of Hurricane Andrea) on the Arlberg Axis
Pistes on Rendl in really good shape & the place to be today why all the new inbounds (tourists)are on The South side  : |
Are these the same farmers who are now calling an early end to the season?
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ulmerhutte,
It doesnt mean early end they will keep open slopes whatever but
Busineses are likely to put up the closed sign end March especialy as Easter is late.
The 1200+ head of cattle in town are getting confused with this spring like
weather
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stanton, or anyone
are there any other websites you'd recommend for up to date info about off-piste skiing conditions in St Anton and Arlberg area? I'm thinking of something similar to Davidof's pistehors, for example.
Or recommendations on local guides to use?
We 're in St Anton 12th - 19th January.
And looking at the snow conditions, I'm beginning to conclude that I've got a week of sticking to the pistes ahead of me
My favourite quote this season. From http://www.epictv.com/media/podcast/not-powder-skiing-its-sht-fck-skiing-|-likebomb-skiing-ep-1/269617?t=293
"I guess there are two ways you can tackle sh**-f*** conditions.
You can complain about the lack of pow and get drunk.
Or adjust the bidings (to) 21, pick the proper skis, and just have fun with what you get"
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Och there's still plenty to be done away from the crowds you just can't open it up in case of land mines so for us boarders it's short turns and some bushwacking. All the usual sidecountry stuff is still being well utilised and its still pretty soft thro the chopp. Right now there are lots of folk struggling on the piste hardpack and cannon snow, esp on boards, feeling a but amateur again at times myself but there seem to be more crap skiers around just now, prob just the german holidays.
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Ok folks.
The farmer boys are calling for SNOW starting tomorrow aftrroon. It will continue through Sunday. How much is anyones guess rught now but Sunday after/eening could be interesting.
It all helps but like i previously said Fohn is still predicted to follow next week.
RUSSIAN week starts tomorrow!!
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Russian week's already started, seen plenty of them around today and yesterday.
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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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Ah, stanton and your magic animals  ZAMG (i.e. The data used on the Bergfex site) have been predicting snow over the weekend for a few days now (like they predicted the tiny amount yesterday).
i think the cows and sheep have just learned to use the internet like the rest if us:)
Russian week == Russian Bank holiday?
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sah,
The Russians have Public Holidayvfrom 1-9 Jan . Next week is the big
week. Familys ...
I admit a couple of my snow predictions ovver many seasons have not materilised however ZAMG frequently gets it wrong evety seasson for this specific axis (Arlberg) where we have southern & northern ridges.
Listen to the cows & then look at the moon put your finger in the air to feel the wind & temp after that look west !
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You know it makes sense.
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Saturday best day of the weeek to be on the hill. Empty slppes.
Get up on the hill & smell the air!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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"locals" have no more idea of what the weather will be a week or two from now than anyone else...
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how true! Some rather clueless relatives were borrowing my apartment one half term and had a hire car with no snow tyres and hadn't been able to get any chains for it. I was keeping an eye on the weather, including GFS and Chamonix meteo which is usually better than several others, and the signs were for a really big dump over Friday night, just before they had to drive back to Geneva. So I advised them to get some chains, in the ski hire shop just down the road. The man in the shop (notwithstanding he would have made money on the chains) said no, there wasn't going to be any big dump of snow. 
They missed their flight........
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Poster: A snowHead
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ZAMG frequently gets it wrong
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True... But for 1 to 2 days in advance they are generally a good guide. They tend to get snow amounts wrong but they do know when fronts are coming through several days ahead of time.
have a good day up there, looks a bit foggy from my room where I'm packing my bags to go home 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Fog on the Hill from Gampen up. Damp dull weather . I guess you call it Scheiß Englisch Wetter.
Snow is in the Air....
Pistes in good shape.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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stanton, those cows you like to sniff and stare at wouldn't be US air force ones would they?
Only if memory serves me right that's the "local" weather forecast you have favoured in seasons gone by. 
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stanton, what do you know about English weather then?
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Ok Folks tonight dow here in Landeck it is raining quite hard. Very Warm. Never known it this warm in January in 30yrs.
Guess the folks up Valley in Anton are getting it also if not Snow?
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Sleety/slushy snow falling here so should be snow not much higher up.
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| stanton wrote: |
| Ok Folks tonight dow here in Landeck it is raining quite hard. Very Warm. Never known it this warm in January in 30yrs. |
So I booked Champoluc rather than Zurs.
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Didn't last that long last night, but it is snowing again this morning.
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Still raining in Landeck this morning.
Up on Rendl we have some new Toe Dust. It is still snowing. Im not
expecting much from this storm as its coming from the South.
It all helps & if it continues until tonight we could get Ankle Dust or even Buckle Dust..
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Temperatures will soar this week with freeze level above 3000M.
Snow will become unstable. Avalanche danger will be High. Certainly will not be going Off Piste.
St Christopbahn closed agin today due to wind.
Last edited by Ski the Net with snowHeads  on Sun 5-01-14 15:45; edited 1 time in total
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Level 3 today, still a few flakes falling from the sky but visibility has picked up. Did manage to get a few powder turns in. Still need more snow though.
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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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Next season there will be a brand new discotheque type joint in town.
I know the details but cant say anything just yet.
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You know it makes sense.
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I'd like to see a really decent coffee shop in town, somewhere to chill and sober up with a few pastries after apres
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Bod, have you tired the Grunbeck, under Cafe Anton?
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Poster: A snowHead
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Guys, Its too early to get excited , but definitely signs of a change in the weather pattern a week out . No forecasting of huge snow dumps or really cold weather, but hopefully more normal temps by next friday /saturday allowing the snow cannon to get going again.
I hope so , as I am out on the 26th !!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Snow cannons are going at the moment.
stanton, from what I've heard, drinks aren't cheap at the lap dancing place at the Alte Post (Insiders) either, something along the lines of €7 for a small beer
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Had some good powder today at Sonnenkopf but it got pretty heavy lower down in the trees. Going for a bit of touring tomorrow, not sure where yet.
Last edited by Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see? on Mon 6-01-14 20:52; edited 1 time in total
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Sitter,
If your looking for real action better to just take yhe train down to the whore
Clubs in Telfs, almost certainlt cheaper.
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Good Powder down to Schrocken today surprisingly empty. Made 1 tracks down to the Church.
Really hope they dont build the Schrocken access lift.
Fantastic weather but the dreaded African Hair Dryer started . Many slides
all over the region.
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Very warm for the rest of this week. Freeze level will rise above the highest peak in Austria. Dreaded Warm HairDryer Fohn from the South.
Next weeekend should get a bit colder. No (major)snow is predicted in next few days.
After the Austrian Public Holiday yesterday the slopes are dead
Quiet this morning.
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| stanton wrote: |
Sitter,
If your looking for real action better to just take yhe train down to the whore
Clubs in Telfs, almost certainlt cheaper. |
Not my kinda thing, I'll leave it to the males thanks.
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I thought St Anton had escaped the lap dancing thing, pretty disappointed to see the place at the Alte Post. How long has that been there, I don't remember seeing it before?
If people want that kind of entertainment they can go to Ischgl, St Anton is about the skiing (OK, also the drinking).
Is the "Hells Club" also a lap dancing bar?
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sah, +1
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More positive news: s'Murmele is now open at lunchtimes
I don't know how it was in the past, but last year it was only open in the evening. It's a great little place to stop for lunch in Stuben.
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