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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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easiski We're flying from Glasgow via London Stanstead, can't wait!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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It was a lovely day today. It was very sunny all day, but not hot on the glacier so the snow stayed pretty good all day. It was quite hard first thing, but not icy. By 13.00 it was a bit slushy at the bottom of the Signal, but hadn't deteriorated much on the Puy Salie which is a fair bit higher.  Pretty much perfect really.
On the way up I spotted this fab little rainbow with shadows in the clouds inside the rainbow. The pic hasn't come out all that well, but I hope you can get the idea.
Later on LT and I skied some nice off piste around mid-morning, so here's a pic of that too.
SiMania See you soonish then - bon voyage
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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II, That's exactly it - I've never seen it before, and it was really beautiful. Pity my little camera doesn't do justice to light effects like that. I could see shadows of the Jandri Express and the pylons in the circle - amazing.
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Hmm. Snow your way seems tad better than at Milton Keynes,
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It was quite a mild day, but with a fair bit of wind. We skied mostly on the Signal early on to stay out of it, and the snow was softening at the bottom of that run. Here's a pic looking down it. Later on we went up onto the top of the Dome run and did circuits of the Murtouse lift and the snow was just about as perfect as it gets. The sky varied from quite sunny to very threatening, but it stayed dry and on the whole it was pretty nice. The forecast is for it to snow off and on for the next few days really quite low (down to 2,400 or so on occasion, but the winds are likely to stay fairly high. It would be great to get some fresh to ski on. Off piste was a bit lumpy today as it hadn't softened up all the much. Still skiable, but not as nice as yesterday.
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easiski, is the venosc lift open?
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snowangel., yes
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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easiski, Greatly appreciate your bulletins. My offspring and I are coming for a week on 7th July and hoping for suntans at 1650m and powder up top.
If I see you I'll say hello - I have seen you before but at the time I was suffering badly from oxygen deprivation.
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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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Lovely day today. It was quite chilly first thing which is very good for the snow (getting re-freeze overnight). It's hot now, although bearable here, in Bourg d'Oisans it was really quite stifling - I don't know how Lizzard copes. 
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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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Poster: A snowHead
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it is supposed to snow on Wednesday.
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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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easiski, fingers tightly crossed.
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easiski, I am aware of all the leisure stuff in LDA itself and I know there is White Water Rafting in Venosc and an adventure park nearby but what else is around LDA ? Any go-karts for example ? Anything else interesting to do (as opposed to look at) within say, 30 minutes drive ? Anything in Alpes D'Huez ?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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micky, there's go-karting in Serre Chevalier, but that is probably a bit too far away, around 45mins to 1 hour drive.
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Thanks Helen, if the cloud descends on LDA and we want to get out of town, we might try it.
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brian
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micky, L2A has these things called Deval karts. They're not powered so they freewheel down a track and use a tow to get back up. They look pretty wild.
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brian, Yes, I recall seeing them last year, might give them a go this time.
I'm prompted to ask about the karts because we had a lot of fun in ice go-karts in Val D'Isere earlier this year; there was also Ice Driving in proper Audis but it costs a small fortune.
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micky, quad hire in Bourg d'Oisans, donkey rides and Adventure Park at Venosc, whitewater sports at St Christophe, scarier rafting on the Romanche at La Grave, tame (but fun) canoe trip along the Rive at Bourg d'Oisans, various via ferrata (equipment hire from the climbing shop in Bourg d'Oisans), bungy jumping in 2Alpes or at La Mure, parapenting at 2Alpes, Alpe d'Huez or La Grave, mountain biking of various standards (bike hire in Bourg d'Oisans), karting at Villeneuve La Salle, climbing and walking all over the place.
Anything else?
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Lizzard, can you give me some more info on the canoe trip along the river please? Is it the sort of thing we need to book for?
Mrs C and I are camping in B d'O for a couple of nights next month and would like to do some other stuff as well as having some lessons on the glacier with easiski. However anything involving white water wont be a goer for us!
Thanks
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Roger C, you can usually buy a ticket in the morning for the afternoon trip. If you're camping at A La Rencontre du Soleil you can arrange it via campsite reception.
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Lizzard, the canoe trip sounds just up my street too, but the others prefer more of an adrenaline rush. 
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Lizzard, thanks for that, I've just realised that the campsite I've been looking at is in Freney d'O and is called Le Traversant, do you know it? I thought staying there rather than B d'O would save a few minutes (early) driving on the way to the glacier..
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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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Roger C, Le Traversant is on the main road just out of Freney. You could also consider camping at Venosc and going up to resort by cablecar - saves a lot of petrol and wear and tear on the car.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Lizzard, the problem with that is that you can't get your breakfast bread until 08.00 in the morning! Also the lift doesnt start early enough to get up the mountain really early. fine if you want to go up at 09.00, but not if you want to go up at 07.30!
Mixed bag so far today. Rain last night as I was returning from Grenoble (but not heavy). Clouds on the summits today but flashes of sunshine. It's quite chilly out, so I have hopes.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| easiski wrote: |
| There are quad bike trips in the woods. |
aggghh good grief, that's all we need, idiots on quadbikes.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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davidof, You know Eric Delambre then?? Seriously, they seem to go around La Moliere and that area - not much of a problem. Thy also go up the mountain byu the roads and round by the Refuge de la Fee.
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the problem with that is that you can't get your breakfast bread until 08.00 in the morning
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easiski, you have been living in France too long... what about muesli, or bacon or eggs, or porridge, or even yesterday's "pain complet"?
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pam w, Not my complaint - I do eat muesli. This is from the customer's mouth.
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It's quite chilly out
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quite chilly? It's brass monkeys here, less than 5 degrees (at 1550m), pouring with rain and snowing from about 2200m. Should snow even lower tonight, I suspect. Looking good for the glaciers, I'd say.
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Better pack some warm stuff for next week then.
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| easiski wrote: |
| davidof, You know Eric Delambre then?? |
Round here in the Chartreuse lots of computer geeks and such like have bought 4x4s and quad bikes over the last couple of years (the Grenoble Tractor), fortunately the local councils have been swift to react putting bariers on most of the forest trails before they get chewed up by idiots who don't know a diff-lock from a pollack.
snowed above 2000m near me - about 5cm of fresh snow so should be good on the glacier on Friday.
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