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Kevin Byrne, I think it is probably something like Yret, Cucumelle, Bez, Route Frejus. I've loaded Maprika on the phone so conditions willing will try that run tomorrow morning.
Back home on Sunday and so looking forward to the storms....
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t40ora, you can't do Yret plus Cucumell in one blast though . It involves a charilft in between.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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T40ora
So you need to test 1) Porel Briancon, (2) Cucumelle, bez route frejus and (3) yvret, eucyhuada and tabuc . Should keep you busy for a morning 
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t40ora,
Without looking it up, I think you need to use a lift to get up to the Cucumelle from the Yret??
Last time I posted on this topic I did look at the Plan des Pistes and it struck me that if you include the long winding Green road based runs (like the one that cuts across the Luc Alphand) you could ski quite a distance....so maybe you'd need to keep the lowest level at Blue for the exercise to be worth it (perhaps with the stipulation that Green would be allowed if there was no alternative).
Enjoy your last day...
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Back out in just 3 weeks !!
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Hells Bells, is there an Off Piste Bash here this year ?
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Weathercam, there should be from 8th March.
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Hells Bells, just have not seen much about it etc
Is it organised or is it just a bunch of snowheads who happen to be coming to Serre at the same time?
I could ask Mathieu (UIAGM guide) if he is around, think I might be skiing with him next week anyway.
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Weathercam, there's no buttons up yet. It should be a properly organised week. admin will already have the guides and instruction sorted.
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Hells Bells, and three weeks to go, and no detail yet ?
Maybe leaving it a little late as people might well be doing other stuff 
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4 weeks tomorrow and now counting 
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Hells Bells, Kevin Byrne, dan100, you are indeed right and I bow to your superior knowledge. But we will be out with Maprika on one phone and Runkeeper on the other and a view to getting as many miles under our belts as possible.
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You know it makes sense.
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Weathercam, there's quite a few already have flights booked, or are planning to drive, and the hotel has been booked for ages, no idea why the buttons aren't up, but hey there was a lot to deal with at the birthday bash.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Just had a brief look at the thread, in a sentence or two what happened exactly, talk of refunds and the like, though seemed that all had a good time and some sort of Dunkirk spirit prevailed 
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Weathercam, there were 120 of us travelling to Arraba and only around 50 made it there. Some drove over closed passes, some came from other places in the Dolomites or via the one bus that made it that week. The rest were in Alleghe in various hotels, as the avalanche risk on the road to Arabba was so great there was almost no traffic running there for the whole week. We still had snow, 5 days of it still falling from the sky, and we still had ski lifts and pistes.
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| t40ora wrote: |
| Hells Bells, Kevin Byrne, dan100, you are indeed right and I bow to your superior knowledge. But we will be out with Maprika on one phone and Runkeeper on the other and a view to getting as many miles under our belts as possible. |
Go for it. Would love to hear what you achieve. Given the weather here. Would be tempted to miss your flight home
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Hells Bells, aaahhhh Dolomites a few weeks back that explains it 
Snow conditions sounded very similar to our trip to Barages in the Pyrenees last year when so so much snow forced the resort to close the lifts (all bar one that we could skin up to) and then just after we left the village was evacuated.
Temps here today very mild already will make off piste heavy, I know we should go up as will be the last empty day for a quite a while, but going to don x-country kit and take dogs for a hike along the pietons path.
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Weathercam, plan to ski over lunchtime.
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Hells Bells, think will be normal strategy - if there's fresh first lifts and trees finishing off with a Cucumelle hike and long run back down.
White out = lunch time in the trees
Sunny and a still some fresh = touring
Anything else day off or x-country
Oh and with these friends coming out today possibly one day with a guide which will give us priority access on lifts etc
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Weathercam, good plan. We have skied in SC over half-term, and the snow was poor that year. Crowds were never a huge problem except at the drag lifts that have nearly all been replaced.
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Well probably the best day of the season so far, and was nigh on empty - done more a detailed report with pics in another thread in the Piste section entitled "Half Term Madness in France"
http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=108559
But this was the hike to the left of the Vallons chair (towards Balme), this was 13:00 and as you can ski hardly skied
More photos here here
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Looks fantastic, really looking forward to going and spending a full week there.
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Had a chat with the guy that runs the shooting range on the x-country course
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On our cross country area it would be the dogs that would be shot - an absolute "no no", as are pedestrians and snow-shoers. One of the ski instructors was complaining mightily about the sled dogs that came through the area on the "Grande Odyssée" a couple of years ago and said they played hell with his careful waxing. 
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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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Weathercam, is that shot looking back up towards where they removed a chair, maybe Balm or something?
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You know it makes sense.
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Today started off with light snow falling and a complete white out.
I opted for x-country with the dogs as thought not too many people would be out, and minus the OH wanted to push the pace, though at first one of the Jacks kept stopping.
I bought a season x-country pass for €55 which covers the whole valley (normally €8 per day) the €92 one is for any x-country area in the region, though I'll probably only do three or four trips to the likes of Nevache / Cervieres etc so did not stack up.
By the time I started snow had stopped and sun was trying to break through, and at Monetier it was noon and all the kids were coming down from ski school so looked busy but the main chair was empty.
My friends left a message on my voice mail saying how the sun was out up top and fantastic piste conditions with the little bit of fresh, and last night they went up to Le Bez to a restaurant there and were raving about it this morning, think they're having a good time 
Taking them over to Montgenevre / Claviere tomorrow and will "do" old town Briancon on the way back, that should be a good end to their trip (they have to go back Friday as have tickets to Twickers).
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have you skied down to briancon at all this season and how are the snow depths at the bottom down there? Looks great out there now. Not suprised your friends like it so much. Strange we are only going back this year as one of my friends wives took against serre chevalier and she isn't coming this year. Personally I think its a great resort and much better value than many in France in terms of eating out.
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dan100, what is there not to like? I do know of someone else on here who doesn't like the place.
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dan100, sent my friends over in that direction today, will hear back later - the plan was that they'd be coming back mid afternoon here to borrow our snow boarding gear but looks like they're still having fun elsewhere.
It is amusing how people react to coming to Serre - these friends are used to the better things in life, he drives an Aston and OH Range Rover, but I've known him since he was a young estate agent negotiator and they do appreciate the non bling side of things too.
They will still do their group holidays with the Golf Club etc to Verbs and Meribel lala land I'd imagine but this has been quite an eye opener for them.
And have not even taken them further afield to La Grave / Nevache / Puy / Col D'Izoard refuge Napoleon etc etc
When they go back on Friday I'll be Billy No Mates in our building as the only apartment occupied - will be interesting to see what happens from Saturday though.
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Weathercam, I think you will have lots of neighbours next week.
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| Hells Bells wrote: |
| dan100, what is there not to like? I do know of someone else on here who doesn't like the place. |
It was very bizarre in that she is very dogmatic about not going back despite not skiing much herself. I don't really understand the objection. Admittedly they didnt have a very easy time with their little one that week not taking to being left in creche (she now skis and is aged 6). We had a stunning partment in the hotel owned by l'aigle (across the piste from club med). Possibly we were slightly out on a limb at le bez and taking turns skiing with her husband was a bit of a pain. She didn't do much skiing herself that week.
Generally I'm very relaxed about where we ski. I like a reasonable amount of piste distance and a good range of skiing and after that I don't mind. The only place I always said I wouldnt rush back to was la plagne which I went back to last April and had a great time admittedly with some of the best conditions I've skied in despite not really doing much free skiing myself as I was predominatly assisting and riding my daughter in a sit ski, which I loved. Dad is getting a lot of stick from all 3 children for not taking them this year.
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They're back and reported very slushy on way down to Briancon, only went as far as lower bubble station - but apart from that had a great ski every where
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Weathercam, My friends left a message on my voice mail saying how the sun was out up top and fantastic piste conditions with the little bit of fresh, and last night they went up to Le Bez to a restaurant there and were raving about it this morning
could you remember which restaurant the visited in Le Bez ?
i have plenty of reccomendations from hells bells, but new ones dont go amiss and i am there on saturday, going to the frog to watch the rugby internatiional at 5pm
you say warm temps recently is that likely to continue next week ?
cheers rjmm
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