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First lift of the day - lovely velvet before the crowds - some nice boot top fluff to the side as well....and this is at 1700m!
Buddy1664, Great news about the uphill track - hope they do enforce the uphill (on piste) ban, had many a close call skiing down the Pier Ric very fast and coming over a roll to find someone skinning diagonally up the piste.
jbob, Yes the Basher drivers do have a problem with those skiing up the piste, especially with the winch cats.
Unfortunately plenty of people still skiing the piste in Les Houches during the day (Even at half term) - Dawn Patrol no problems with the piste but they know what they are doing.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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A long wait to get up the Midi this morning, usual CMB not opening on time, messing around with bin tickets etc.
But well worth the wait
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| Idris wrote: |
A long wait to get up the Midi this morning, usual CMB not opening on time, messing around with bin tickets etc.
But well worth the wait[/img] |
Petits Envers? Snow was weirdly deposited, too deep to move in places, tracks showing through in others (though still awesome).
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No not that tracked out mess  Rognon almost no wind affect!
Skied LH for a run this morning - untracked pow still to be found - must be out of direct sunlight or it's crusty - pistes the best I've seen all year (it is Paris holidays)
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under a new name, lovely. That top photo is one of my favourite views in the valley.
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| Idris wrote: |
No not that tracked out mess Rognon almost no wind affect!
Skied LH for a run this morning - untracked pow still to be found - must be out of direct sunlight or it's crusty - pistes the best I've seen all year (it is Paris holidays) |
Yeah Rognon is usually stunning. I was pushing for it but got overruled. Looks fantastic!
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Coming on Friday for five days. How busy is it going to be? Hope the worst rush is over by now?
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Sad news from chamonix, a friend sadly passed away early in the week after he was caught in an avalanche.
RIP Davey Sausage 
http://www.lornecameron.com/
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Mighty fine morning off back Vallorcine, snow pleasant if a little windpacked. Sun trying to peek through. Not terribly busy although for once we were in the car park at 09:15. Grands Montets look astonishingly skied out (  ) as we drove down about 15:15...
And top lunch at Ecuries de Charamillon.
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| eddiethebus wrote: |
Sad news from chamonix, a friend sadly passed away early in the week after he was caught in an avalanche.
RIP Davey Sausage
http://www.lornecameron.com/ |
This is sad news indeed, my daughter was raving about his sausages a couple of weeks back and was very upset when she heard.
The mountains are a tempting mistress, that gives great pleasure, but ultimately can be cruel and unforgiving.
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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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Lots of snow but heavy in LH getting slushy at the bottom. Finaly good coverage everywhere!
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You know it makes sense.
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Ça va, Chamoniards? Will be in town for a few days next week (12th - 16th) and am at a loose end due to plans falling through for some touring from the Argentiere hut. So if anyone needs a partner for some nice touring or just a general ski then pm me. I don't need showing around as I used to live in Cham so I promise not to slow you down! From the looks of the weather forecast I should bring beachwear and suntan lotion!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Anyone got any recent info? Hows brevent-flegere holding up in the afternoons?
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Poster: A snowHead
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Sorry hollando, it's soup, with a side of mashed potatoes.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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hollando, was at Les Houches yesterday and Le Tour today. It's lovely and sunny and the pistes are quiet and OK. The off, well it's off. The pistes were starting to get sticky in the afternoon. But a nice day all the same.
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Sounds like general conditions all around at the moment.
Anyone know how the various VB routes are currently looking?
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Thats what I thought given the temps. GM and Balme it is then
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B/F aren't nice, sticky and slow, off-piste is pretty much piste now. Under Cornu chairlift there is usually an off-piste cut through the rocks but there's been so little snow that about 2m of rock has surfaced with no snow on top.
Haven't been to Le Tour for a couple of weeks so may have to check that out now. GM is definitely your best bet, but be aware that there are a lot of mogul fields now.
Haven't been up VB recently but waiting for it to snow before I head up so there's some powder.
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Had a lovely walk today down by Sallanches. Sunshine, spring flowers, even a bee and a butterfly.
Off to Courmayeur tomorrow will report back. The forecast is dialing back on the cold snap!
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Not looking as cold as previous charts and less certain.
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| Idris wrote: |
Touchguru, VB was nice today - bit motorway style
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Thanks Idris. Nice shots!
Planning to get there on 23rd so hoping it stays in as good condition until then.
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Mont Blanc's north face huge strugi (2 feet high) at the start and then cupped ice on the main face that was actually easier to ski than I thought. I think the ripples gave your edges something to grip on.
The snow on the way to the Grand Mulets hut was very wind effected and a very grabby breakable crust.
Below the hut the snow started soften and became a lot more fun………. until you got to the forest track below Para on the way down to the tunnel!!!! More emotional than the actual ascent. It was unskiable at the bottom, too many roots, rocks and tree stumps. We walked the last few hundred metres.
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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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View down towards Chamonix.
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Nice one Buddy1664, did you go up the Grand Mulets? Or Trois months route?
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Just back from a week's work in Chamonix.
Le Tour still OK if you go looking... Posettes was nice and chalky at the start of the week, Pte de Van to Trient still had nice soft snow (surprisingly untracked) in the shade and good spring snow in the sun - bottom starting to feel the heat a bit though so timing is crucial. Arolette couloirs still nice and chalky with soft patches to be found underneath until you get into the sun.
GMs bumps bumps and more bumps unless you head up the top. Grand Mur was nice smooth chalkiness midweek, and if you could avoid the sastrugi there was more smooth windbuff to be found skiers right of Pt de Vue and down into the exit couloirs.
Courmayeur was pick of the pops (as always) with great coffee, good pizzas and surprisingly soft snow in the Arp-Dolonne couloirs and good cold snow still in the Vesses.
VB (Envers) skier pisted and also quite wind-packed on Tuesday, Requin couloirs getting a bit sketchy in the heat - far skiers' left seemed best.
Forecast for this week appears to be soleil, soleil and a bit more soleil, certainly until Thursday at the earliest...
Lots getting done in the mountains too - some friends linked up an ascent of the Couturier to a ski descent of the Whymper on the Verte on Wednesday, conditions not fantastic in either though with plenty of black ice on the way up and the wind preventing softening of the snow on the way down... fun & games!
Last edited by You know it makes sense. on Sat 15-03-14 16:06; edited 2 times in total
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Idris Cheers, Grand Mulets. Used it as a route recce and acclimatisation for a oner in the next few months. Just wanted to take advantage of the fine weather.
Parked up at the tunnel wednesday morning around 8ish. Conservative skin up to grand mullets hut. Stayed in the winter room that night. Up at 4am and on the summit for just after 10 (GM route). Back at the car by 2pm after a half hour i the GM hut having a cuppa and wasting a lot of time in the woods getting down from La Para. Beer in town by half 2.
I was going to post a brief TR in another thread when I'd got all of Phil's photos as well.
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Courmayeur was very pleasant yesterday. The piste have been well looked after and held up until late afternoon. Off piste was not great, except where it had been battered flat by skis!
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I was going to post a brief TR in another thread when I'd got all of Phil's photos as well.
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Please do, Buddy1664. it's not the sort of thing I could ever do, but I'd enjoy reading about it! 
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La Tour perfectly pleasant on piste, a little tricky to get the timing right off.
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A bit late to post but I went to Brevent/Flegere on Saturday. It was very warm and it didn't do the totally south-facing slopes any favours, and by about 11am it was very sticky and slushy and not huge amounts of fun. Higher sections were OK, and the black run from the very top of Brevent was just about the best of the day, followed by the top half of the runs from the Floria drag.
At least coverage is still pretty good, although a few rocks were peeping through on some runs so bases beware.
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Looks like there may well be a fair bit of snow being put down above 2000m!! 
I am in Chamonix for an EMS training week which doesn't start until Monday and not doing VB due to predicted unsettled weather, so looking to see if there is anyone around who is keen to go ski GM or Domain De Balme off piste tomorrow?
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Well the promised snow finally came, a little later than advertised maybe. A couple of runs from the Plan d'Aquille back to the Grepon were fresh tracks both times in 30-50cm of fresh (super light transitioning to well - not - but skiable). The first run (from the noon bin) was even in watery sun. So as there was only 6 skiers on the noon bin and 5 on the 1pm; where were you all?
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At Grands Montets
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So was it good?
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