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It also will give them the chance to experience what looks like the longest green piste I can ever remember seeing that runs down to La Daille "verte" while i can explore other routes down.....  |
The "verte" is crap- it's only classed green to fool people that anyone can ski down to Daille - seriously there are some very challenging bits and it can get very scraped and scary. Last time I took the gondola down straight into Val D'Isere |
The 'Verte' is a tough run for a green - very long from the Rocher de Bellevarde (or from the Col de Fresse via the green 'Borsat' run) down to la Daille, but is made much worse as most people take a wrong turning at the Trifollet restaurant ie left down the red 'OK' run, instead of straight across the OK into the trees, then left down the lower part of 'Verte' to the bottom of the Etroits chairlift or the Funival. That said, if the 'OK' is being used for World Cup racing at the start of the season then you are forced to take the red 'Stade de Competition' run at the Triffolet. |
Aha - I think that's what happened to us as it was indeed world cup day - still crap regardless of whether its red yellow green or orange
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| mountainaddict wrote: |
Hmmm.....Mrs MA & I are having generally poor luck with ski weather so far this season. Of 11 or 12 days since November (in Espace Killy, Pennines, Scotland and Austria) I think we've had one sunny day, a couple overcast and the rest either snowy or foggy. Not looking like much change from that for our next 7 days (from tomorrow) at Espace Killy  |
It's a bluebird day today (see webcams) and set to clear up by the end of the week. You may get your fix after all.
We were very lucky with the weather over New Year. Tuesday it snowed and was poor light but every other day was bluebird.
Luck of the draw.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Looks like its snowing in Tignes this morning; can anyone on the ground confirm?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Go on snow please.....
Am heading out to le lac on sat for 2 weeks 
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Looks like its snowing in Tignes this morning; can anyone on the ground confirm?
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It was just starting to snow as we were leaving at 10 am. Now sitting at Lyon airport with heavy rain falling outside.
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I'm back there on the 19th. Sorry if you are there next week but I hope it dumps between now and than.
The forecast looks like it could.
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Oh go on, snow, snow, snow.
I'm heading out 16 Jan. Big dump all this week, then bluebird skies from Monday 17th would be perfect if anyone can just make it so, please !
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| dkirkuk wrote: |
| Oh go on, snow, snow, snow. |
About 5 - 10 cm of snow overnight and this morning we have clearing skies Hopefully a good powder day with more snow forecast for tomorrow.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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can anyone help, i,m computor useless and i cannot work out how to set up a new topic !!! i need help on half term holidays !! can someone let me know which buttons to press
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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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phillip33, open the forum you want to post on, click "new topic" at the top left, above the list of threads
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phillip33, Click on "the Forum" then click on whichever subgroup you want to post the topic in, then click the oval "New Topic"
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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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stewart woodward, Thank you. Am out on sat and have promised the wife more snow than we had last week in march in les sybelles last year
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Poster: A snowHead
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Many thanks. Fantastic. Keep it up.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Looking at the synoptic charts, any snow today will be the last for this week with the possibility of it getting quite warm by the weekend.
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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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Loads of snow today people. looking out the window and got a good two inches since i cleared the tables at about 6:30. looking at the forecast and think its deffo time for an early night tonight for first lifts tomorrow
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Tignes.net are showing 17 to 25 cm of new snow and avalanch risk of 4/5. Lots of blasting from the pisters working to make the slopes safe.
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Looks amazing! Where did you take off from?
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Great photos Stew! Nice day for a ride on the heli.
I will be back in 7 days. Can't wait!!
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stewart woodward, cool photos, how did you get a ride in a helicopter? Very jealous
Claire
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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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Just looked at the forecast and if I'm not mistaken it looks as though there is a heat wave brewing
We are driving down this saturday for a week.
stewart woodward, would love to fly in a helicopter, looks fun. Did you get dropped of in some remote location?
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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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What are the snow conditions looking like in Valdisere? I
see that there is quite abit of snow forecast later this week and into next week which will help things.
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Poster: A snowHead
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The snow in Val should be similar to Stewart's photos.
It is set to get extremely cold later this week. Max temps of -13degC and night temps of -19degC.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| bar shaker wrote: |
The snow in Val should be similar to Stewart's photos.
It is set to get extremely cold later this week. Max temps of -13degC and night temps of -19degC. |
re snow forecast for this week,it depends on which snow report you look at,as some have cold and dry and others like Meteofrance have snow thurs then sat and sunday,they are our met office equilivant i think,so anything could happen,hopefully snow as i,m there from the 19th feb,which leaves plenty of time for it to snow and melt 10 times over, when are you going HORNSTER great name by the way
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Was in Val for the day today and snow was OK. Generally hard-packed with icy patches, pretty much par for the course for a busy resort.
Off piste is tracked and sun-crusted, but there are nice pockets to be found on shady slopes.
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My boyfriend is in Tignes this week - (cant believe I am at home working in the UK!) - and he reports that although no new snow, he is having a fab time, and that pistes are fine... I am on countdown to when we go to Flaine next month myself!
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phillip33, I fly out on the 29th Jan so really hoping that there is a good amount of snowfall between now and then that freezes and thaws day in day out! That would make Hornster an even happier skier.
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Hornster, is that the same hornster from BGski?
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smagsmith, that would be me. Although, saying that, I haven't been on the BGski forum for some time now but I do sometimes take a peek every now and then. 
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I'm out there on Wednesday to start a 12 day trip so hope we do get some good fresh stuff over that period.
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Welcome back bar shaker! It looks like it's going to be as cold as when you were last here!
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I am holidaying in Val d'Isere.
We have had two days of brilliant sunshine. The pistes are quiet and in very good condition. Monday we skied over Col Pers, the long traverse before the Col was not much fun, but it saved walking up while carrying skis. Then we skinned a little way up Glacier Pers. Had some bits of nice powder before skinning up to the ridge that avoids the George. Down from there was much like skiing a mogul field. The road from Point St Charles was good. Tuesday we skied Pay Desert, way out to skiers left of the pistes then had a short skin to access the poma. The pistes were good. The Traverse du Laisiant (spelling ?) (the path from the 'L' to the nursery slopes) was fast but there are icy patches near its start, so be careful of how fast you enter the traverse.
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