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trundlebunny,
Yes, skied this morning ,but packed in after lunch as I couldnt see where I was going.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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C-R-A-P-P-I-N-G it down all day in SkiWelt, Kitzbuehel and surrounds. Great light fluffy white stuff seems to be laying on the ground and lolling around my knees. powpow!
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Well, I was happy to see the forecasters proved wrong today - 10cm overnight in the Saalbach valley, and it kept coming all day. First run was in 20cm of light fluffy powder over the hard icy pistes of yesterday, with some areas which the piste bashers hadn't touched having knee deep powder. One kid of about 14 found a nice stash off to the side where windblown snow had filled in a gully, and disappeared up to his neck...
By the end of the day, we'd had about 40cm since yesterday in the valley, and maybe more like 60cm on the hill. That made for some interesting conditions as the day warmed up and the snow turned heavy, with great mounds of snow over the pistes where it had been scraped through to the ice in some places, and the scrapings deposited in hillocks to trap the unwary.
-15C and 40+kph winds on the tops, with poor visibility for most of the day. At times it was easier to ski off the side of the pistes, and at other times the quieter runs were more like off-piste, with what looked like an untouched snow field with gentle undulations. Only the piste markers gave it away.
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ousekjarr, sounds fantastic!!! 
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Zell,
snowed all day 25cm in the town. still dumping down. couldnt get the car up the hill to my house due to the snow.
Off to bed now , will update first thing in the morning.
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Byron Gates, shaking with excitement!!!!!!
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Byron Gates, WAAAAAAAAAH! This week just can't go fast enough!!
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Zell,
O.K. got enough snow now. Dont think I can get out this morning, will have to wait for the snow plough to come around. Up to 30cm and thats in town. -8 and cloudy at the top.
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| heidiky wrote: |
| C-R-A-P-P-I-N-G it down all day in SkiWelt, Kitzbuehel and surrounds. Great light fluffy white stuff seems to be laying on the ground and lolling around my knees. powpow! |
Fantastic. If you can update during the week that would be really appreciated. The off piste should be really shaping up well. We arrive in Soll Saturday, so the new snow couldn't have been timed any better.
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Byron Gates, I can't take much more excitement...!
Is it still snowing a lot? Forecasts are variable, but the gist seems to be around 8cms expected today..then getting more sunny by the weekend.
Oh my, those conditions are going to be good.
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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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Byron Gates, Thank you so much for the updates. The last week before a holiday is always a nightmare at work but your posts have made my day. It sounds like it is going to be awsome next week. I can't wait.
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Picadilly,
We would certainly be up for Snowheads get together in Zell. Let us know your thoughts as to when and where
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You know it makes sense.
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Got some good powder around Schladming yesterday, was snowing all day quite steadily. Though had a frantic drive back to Munich airport after a hard days powder skiing. Major jam on autobahn somewhere before chiemsee, stationary inside lane full of lorries for miles and then eventually outside lane as well. Pulled off onto back roads and satnav was estimating I'd get to airport 30 mins before flight took off. Got back on A8 and was hardly any traffic, all stuck further back, but it was snowing hard and in places road surface completely covered, so putting my foot down wasn't a real option. In the end dropped hire car off with half empty tank and ran through airport and got to boarding gate just in nick of time. Total drive time from altenmarkt was 4.5hours. Was worth it had a fab pow day playing in various woods and meadows. Looks like a cracking week ahead. My next skiing fix will be eurosport watching schladming night race, tonight.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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trundlebunny, Picadilly, PaulCurrie78, shall we make a date for Sunday night at Crazy Daisy's after dinner, or after skiing?
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Poster: A snowHead
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I reckon after skiing would be a good shout. Some of my group are sometimes difficult to drag out after dinner!
Byron Gates, and red27 should join us too!
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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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OT
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waynos, OT?
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Zell,
Sorry I cant meet you all , but I fly back to the U.K. for the week you are out. I am back on 6th Feb which is when you leave. however my son is still here so I might ask him to represent me.
P.S. it has stopped snowing , only a few light showers today.
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holidayloverxx, he's moaning that we've gone off-topic.
Byron Gates, ahhh never mind.
In the meantime, keep those snow updates coming - more is forecast tonight!!
I keep refreshing this topic, what a saddo.....
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Picadilly, so do I and I'm not going until March! 
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me too. but i'm going on saturday 
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Bands of snow rolling down into the Austrian panhandle again tonight... 
Should be some good powder days this week for those already out there, and optimal conditions for those (of us) heading out next.
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red 27, can see that on the radar on bergflex. just hope for one dump during next week for some freshies and i'll be a more than happy bunny.
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| queen bodecia wrote: |
| Picadilly, so do I and I'm not going until March! |
Just to make it worth your refresh..........just booked Soll half term (no choice of dates kids etc).........c'mon snow Gods keep it coming. As an aside its been 30 years since I skied in Soll.
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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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zell,
Went into the Irish pub tonight , came out, another 1inch on the ground and heavy snow .
Will update in the morning.
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O.K. here it is,
An amazing night with over 50cm of snow on the Schmitten, Yes thats right 50 cm. and its still snowing.
-8 and a little windy today. just been outside with a tape measure and there is 20cm of new snow
on the road in the town.
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You know it makes sense.
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YES PLEASE. Great reading this, if it can just keep it up for another week
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Poster: A snowHead
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Grrrrrr - trying to resist looking in this thread and failing miserably 
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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?
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Any updates for Obergurgl? My folks are due out at Weekend
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Liam, I'd OberGoogle it 
These are today's 'official' depths for Zell am See...
Snow depth valley 40 cm
Snow depth mountain 120 cm
Snow quality: New snow
Last snowfall: 2011-01-26
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Picadilly, I'd done that... i was after an "on the piste report"
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I know, I was just attempting to be funny 
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Tuesday in Saalbach was incredible, it just kept coming, and on the first lift up we had about 20cm of powder over everything except for the off-piste which could be identified by the 50cm wall of snow left from where the piste bashers had stopped. Any attempt to enter this resulted in snow over the knees, and much giggling.
Then overnight it dumped 30cm more down, so today we had the same start to the day, but the off-piste was just unbelievable. I had it to mid-thigh level, and in some places waist deep. Today we also ran down one of the few black runs here about 09:30, and it is the first time I've ever experienced 30cm of undisturbed powder on a 35 degree groomed slope
Today has also featured that much treasured sight - small groups of people prodding poles into waist deep snow to try to find the missing skis. It may not be fun for them, but it provides entertainment in a way (is schadenfreude an Austrian or German concept?), and shows the riches to be found.
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Amazing stuff! So how much do you think there has been in total? I've lost count of all the snow depths!!
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Picadilly, according to the Salzburg avalanche report this morning there has been up to 70cm of snowfall since it started snowing on Monday (that's the maximum to be fair, but 10 to 50cm in other places).
In parts of Steirmark 40-70cm since the snow began.
In Tirol they are reporting up 35cm in the east since yesterday (though 5 to 10cm more generally).
In Vorarlberg 15 to 20cm overnight. 
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FAQ
this is fantastic 