 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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The wide angle lens on the camera will make things look a little less steep than they really are! The top traverse along the ridge (first couple of minutes in the video) is very blue, but Jerusalem-proper (from 2:10) is I think best classified as a red. There are a couple of short sections that are a bit steep for a blue, followed by long flatter sections with the rollers in (you can't really see these in the video - Franz is taking it too easy to get significant air time), so it's best skied with a bit of speed. Franz's label "light red" is about right.
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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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Jerusalem's red because they don't piste it every day and it's south facing so in the spring the steeper section becomes icy crud bumps. Mid season it's usually very pleasant. As kieranm said, you can't see the rollers on the video; if you can't control your line and speed you'll take off which is fun, scary or dangerous depending on your ability. It's a lot of intermediates' favourite 3V run though.
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| Raceplate wrote: |
| Jerusalem's red because they don't piste it every day and it's south facing so in the spring the steeper section becomes icy crud bumps. Mid season it's usually very pleasant. |
Noted.....invaluable local knowledge 
Cheers
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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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FYI
Theres a pretty interesting Free App for iphone that will offer routes etc based on skiing level and time available with lift n piste info for the 3V's
Not sure what the seasonaires would say about it, but I found it a useful addition to the map & radio Meribel
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I have a sure fast way of knowing how difficult or easy an unknown piste is in the current snow conditions, much more reliable than any map or app. I send one of my sons (grown up) down it first! 
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| franzClammer wrote: |
FYI
Theres a pretty interesting Free App for iphone that will offer routes etc based on skiing level and time available with lift n piste info for the 3V's
Not sure what the seasonaires would say about it, but I found it a useful addition to the map & radio Meribel
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That sounds interesting, I dont have an iphone but i have an ipad which i take with me and genereally plot out my route the day before we go. The piste map I have been looking at doesnt really say if the slope is up or down so sometimes a bit confusing to plot.
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I like to research my options and get a good idea of the lay of the land well in advance.
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I think that's time very well spent - and it's enjoyable if you like that kind of stuff with maps and gradients and things. When you are not very experienced it's especially important. When I had to be in charge of a boat going over the channel (or anywhere else far away) I spent a lot of very pleasant evenings looking at tide timetables, charts, etc and getting a really good feel for it all - whereas someone more experienced wouldn't have had to spend a quarter of the time. You can't plan precisely in advance because you don't know what the wind is going to be doing, but that preparation time helps a lot.
More experienced skiers can just go and fly around, not minding where they end up.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Reading the piste map is one of my enjoyments lol. I love to study it and in fact is usually how I pick resorts. I like to look at how we will get there and back (espeically as I like to know there is always a blue option, or at least check with snowheads to see how difficult a red route would be). I love the app I have for my ipad, dont recall what it is. My husband wouold completely disagree though because every time we get off the chairlift, I like to just "double check" to make sure I am certain of where I am going, and make sure we have enough time to go back, or that there is a restauarant to stop for lunch etc. Him and the kids moan and groan and in fact its a standing joke about me and my piste map. I think Im a piste map geek! hehe
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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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Him and the kids moan and groan
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leave it to him one day. And if he lands up having to pay for a taxi home, or misses lunch, maybe he will appreciate your care more in future!! Happened to a friend of mine - a very good skier who knows the area well. On a "boys trip" - no wife to nag him - 16 of them ended up stranded the wrong end of the ski area when the linking lifts closed because they'd spent too long on a late, lingering, lunch. There had been 17 but one broke his collar bone on the first day because he didn't take my friend's advice to go with the "slower group" and landed up on a piste he couldn't cope with.
I remember taking your two boys down a short bit of red run they were desperate to try - and I remember the tears, too!!
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That run is blue now, by the way! Top of it is very steep for a blue, but there's an easier way round (which you sensibly opted for).
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You know it makes sense.
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| pam w wrote: |
| That run is blue now, by the way! Top of it is very steep for a blue, but there's an easier way round (which you sensibly opted for). |
I can't believe they made that a blue! Yes I remember it vividly lol. I can still see luke tumbling head over heels lol, we'll at least he got up......eventually haha. They are still as fearless. They were much braver than me this year including Micky and the three of them went down a few difficult red runs. I still have plans to come back and hopefully get to see the whole of the espace diamant. I was even trying to price a cheeky march 2014 little trip for me and mick and leave the kids at home, who knows.
I've now booked our flights to Lyon for January and I'm looking to go to la tania. I think we have decided on a chalet. Trouble is as the kids get older, the cost of the lift passes go up to adult prices, although we will be getting a three valleys family lift pass. I've got a good feeling that this will be a good area for us.
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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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polo99, I'm sure La Tania will be ideal. Have fun.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| polo99 wrote: |
| they look just the sort of runs we are after. I have to ask though, the Jerusalem run looked almost like a blue. were there any difficult bits and why is it a red? and also, how can you tell that the red is going to be easy before venturing down it or do you just go on a wing and a prayer |
You sound just like my O.H. What she does is stop at the top and have a coffee or something stronger whilst someone else does a reccy, based on what they say she either goes down it or not. We don't get very far but after a couple of days she knows which runs she will ski and that is 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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polo99: for a chalet in La Tania I can definitely recommend Snow Retreat.
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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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| polo99 wrote: |
| the Jerusalem run looked almost like a blue. were there any difficult bits and why is it a red? |
You'll soon see why if you let your skis run.... 
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| polo99 wrote: |
| just go on a wing and a prayer |
The joy of skiing in a nutshell 
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FAQ
I think if I had a choice between the two then I guess Id have to take the plunge and go for it. I could always just take my time couldnt I?
