 Poster: A snowHead
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@Pending, do post a report on marrecottes - love the village (madly balanced on hill) but never skied there and would like to know about 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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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, ...hi Bob...stupidity in Crans re Commune and CMA lift co - so we are in St Luc - perfect snow - huge amounts at the top - just having a coffee waiting to get bus to funicular having done loooooooooooong red from top of hill to the bottom - avi 3 so being a bit conservative in the soft ....
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Les Marecottes - a gorgeous little place, well worth a day out! But perhaps wait til next season...
Gondola up from the sleepy little village. We arrived at the car park around 8 and there wasn’t another soul to be seen until 5 to 9 when the lift opened. Once up there’s one fast chair and a long button. A couple of nice reds & blues off the top. Loads of accessible off piste between the runs and in the trees but we didn’t because of the conditions. It was all getting a bit slushy and hard work by noon.
Spent a while in some perfect rollers by the button, and there’s even a valiant attempt at a boardercross with all of 3 turns!!
Fabulous lunch in the (only) restaurant and now we’re heading for the zoo!!
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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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@valais2,
The Prilet one of the best runs in the alps .
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@Rob Mackley, agreed ... stunning
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@Pending, mind the bear ....
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At St Luc it’s pelting down ... huge flakes right to the bottom ... and cold enough to stay in good condition ...
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@valais2, ok - Chandolin st Luc - drove up to the top car park at Chandolin - now a 5chf per day charge but that seems cheap for parking which is 10m from the lift. Drive to st Luc but keep going up the hill to Chandolin - ignore sign to La Foret and just keep going until you see the lift on the right and the car park. St Luc Chandolin all chairs and drags, unlike vercorin which has the big gondola for bad weather circuits. The resort sprawls across the north side of the Illhorn - and the tree lined runs stay in prime condition - then over to St Luc for the massive runs from top of the hill to the town - no-one on them and perfect surface - then the navette back to the funiculaire and up to the top again. A long day of wall to wall skiing. Stayed off the extensive off piste bec of avi warnings.
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Another hidden gem - Ovronnaz!!!
Absolutely beautiful, practically deserted yet really well maintained. 3 fast chairs and 2 long drags give access to a good range of pistes including a couple of nice blacks. Huge off piste area, although the best bit is closed today while helicopters circle trying to blast it safe in time for the last weekend of the season. Met a couple of the local skiers mournfully looking at the closed / avalanche danger signs, and they told us the closed sector is huge and has fantastic off piste terrain. Definitely enough here for a couple of days! And less than 20 mins from Bains de Saillon which is a great overnight parking spot.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@Pending, ....Christ we’re two days behind you ... no-one in Nax...fresh everywhere this morning ... perfect on huge runs from the top, perfect on the runs back to the bottom ... and perfect Rosti on the terrace right now ....
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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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@Pending, That enthusiasm you had once lost will now last til next season!
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You know it makes sense.
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| @Pending, mind the bear .... |
It was the cutest family  Daddy Bear, Mummy Bear and Baby Bear! Pending Jr says that was the best bit of the holiday so far!
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