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Grrr, I'm salivating here... 59 days til I go (I know, I know...restriction on snow fix this year due to impending birth of second child!) .
Sounds like you guys are having a hoot... Malgovert, Droset have always been in poor condition in recent times when I've been back to Les Arcs and are on my list of runs to tick off 'on a good day'...
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Wow, cant wait, we're off to 1950 on Saturday, looks like snow till thursday/friday this week, then clearing up, and much warmer till around tuesday 22nd. I am really looking forward to what look like superb conditions.
BTW, taking young family, and wondering if anyone has used the childcare facilities in Arc 1950, our 2 year old was supposed to be looked after by grandmother, but she now can't come, we are thinking about putting him into the nursery??
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neilkav,
i can recommend the cariboo club @ 1950. The building is very smart (new of course) , lots of activities for the kids .. plus they fed ours well at lunchtimes.
http://www.arc1950.com/en/m_club-enfant.php
steve
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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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It's been snowing since breakfast. Maybe 10 cm. Wonderful conditions in the trees above 1600. Just about to head back up to Deux Tetes 
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Soooo jealous - gotta wait until Sunday afternoon before I grace the slopes, it's been torture looking at all that snowfall and not being there. Looks like it's gonna be hotting up this weekend in to next week with freezing levels above 3000 m - is this likely to ruin the great conditions at the moment
Tick tock tick tock
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Jimchoc, you could always stay in the office 
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Thanks for posting that great report!
We're off to Les Arcs for the first time at the end of Feb and getting really excited reading this stuff.
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Great photos. Going to Les Arcs on Saturday and getting very excited! 
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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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mdemon2, welcome to snowHeads.
Awooga, it should be good next week. There's another top up of snow forecast for Friday and things seem generally in good condition across the entire resort.
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Thank you Rob. Is it too soon to guess what the weather will be like late Feb? Is it normally OK? I wish we were there now!
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You know it makes sense.
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mdemon2, yes, way too soon. Anything more than four or five days can be unreliable. However, at that time of year there is every chance that you'll have lots of great skiing available.
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Fingers crossed!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Lunchtime, so a quick snow report: conditions are very tasty!
Full report to follow.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| rob@rar wrote: |
| mdemon2, yes, way too soon. Anything more than four or five days can be unreliable. However, at that time of year there is every chance that you'll have lots of great skiing available. |
Anything over 4-5 hours can be unreliable.
rob@rar ... is that the grand col lift?
(its like spot the ball:))
Tux
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rob@rar, looks rubbish 
I am amazed that folks take the time and trouble to post pictures and stuff when away.
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tuxpoo, yes. It's a nice pitch of gentle off-piste between Varet and Grand Col lifts. Some even nicer stuff off to the right of the Grand Col as you look up the hill.
Frosty the Snowman, yup, the usual rubbish in Les Arcs It's easy for me to post from here, so not too much trouble. I like to read reports and see photos from other people, so the least I can do is reciprocate.
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Thanks rob@rar, we're there at Easter and its great to see the pictures - it's got to be true that the better the earlty season is then the better the chance of a great late season - well I think so and don't want anybody to tell me any different
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good stuff! those conditions look perfect! is that JimW parked under the tree in the pics?
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steven0123, Yes I think we all ate a bit of snow and got rather too close to the trees at some point that morning. I skied up a branch during one excursion, stripping some bark off.
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from what I have heard, you guys have had the best skiing conditions since JimW has been skiing? I am off with some of his / my colleagues to Courchevel tomorrow, so these pics and reports aren't helping me to keep the excitement inside!  hopefully i'll not be buried underneath trees, but as its only me second week skiing, it will most likely be on the piste anyway.
How are the black runs? i'm guessing with the amount of snow thats fallen, it must be nearly a case of ski anywhere?!
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steven0123, he mentioned he had some colleagues off to Courchevel. I should point out that JimW skied like a god all day, and his brief excursion into a tree well was only done for the entertainment of the rest of us Conditions on and off piste are certainly very good, although not as good as it gets. You can ski just about everywhere that is lift-served, including the black pistes which are all open, although I did crunch into a couple of rocks when off-piste.
Which ski school are you using in Courchevel?
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I haven't actually booked in for a ski school, I am already competent with parallel skiing, so i was contemplating having some 1 on 1 or small group training just to develop the technique and get some more instruction on the carving.. who knows, might even be off piste mid-week!
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steven0123, OK, although I'd strongly recommend a private lesson if you can spare the cash. I've skied a lot and still get as much instruction as I can (just come back from a great lesson with one of the british instructors here in Les Arcs). There are some excellent instructors in Courchevel and if you asked I'm sure you'll get lots of recommendations.
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steven0123, Ski Supreme taught me to Snowboard in Courchevel (no mean achievement for an old dog) - very high quality instruction from an American called Kevin, (wearing marigold gloves - you can't have it all). Good outfit with lots of positive comments
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thanks Rob.. will be trying to make the most of getting to ski in courchevel, especially with the snow thats there this season!
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Martin Nicholas, I presume the good outfit comment is not linked to the comment on wearing marigold gloves... 
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rob@rar, great pics
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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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rob@rar, Looks great! Glad you're there for this fantastic moment in time.
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Frosty the Snowman, sorry, I'll try to include a few more of the piste from tomorrow. It's just been one of those weeks so far...
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easiski, I am glad, and really enjoying it at the moment. This week started really badly with a terribly sad funeral, but it's getting better day by day
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I'm going out on saturday am really excited now seeing the snow conditions. No bringing the rock bashers this time whoopee
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woody911, I'm sure it will be great for you. I think we're due a small top up of fresh tomorrow.
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| rob@rar wrote: |
| This run is normally busty, but not today so I was able to work on my switch skiing without worrying about other |
awaits pic of a busty run please
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 A freudian slip methinks. I guess I've been out here for too long by myself!
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| rob@rar wrote: |
| A freudian slip methinks. I guess I've been out here for too long by myself! |
Can we all get some cheapie tickets and descend on you then? (I wish - think the other 'alf might not agree!!)
I'll second the request for more piste pics - esp those even I might ski! Am starting a week of level 3 New Gen lessons in 32 days & think instructor is Ruth. Level 3? Almost sounds like I am getting somewhere, until you read the descriptor on their website which seemed written for me!
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Ski Level 3
I can control my speed and turn on green slopes. My skis are in a plough most of the time.
More Info: I have skied a few days (even a week) and understand how to control my speed on a green run and how to move left and right. I will be looking to move into parallel turn in the first few days and end up on blue runs and perhaps a red! In some circumstances I am someone who can parallel but is very nervous and wants to build up my confidence again. |
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