 Poster: A snowHead
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@bertie bassett, sounds like I'll have to do the full dervish !! It's either that or risk spending far too much in the bec jaune !! 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Just got back from Bec Jaune. What a great bar! Very reasonably priced too. Any dinner recommendations. We fancy pizza.
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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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Have a look at Le Tyrolien at 237 Route de la Plagne, 74110 Morzine
04 50 79 13 15
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@Pamski, Thanks and yes indeed, holiday's over now! Our guests left yesterday and I have had a mountain of washing to do. Hope you get over the long journey, sure you will be better after a couple of days.
@DJL, that's encouraging Glad the home run is still ok too. Thanks very much, that's appreciated and I will def try to catch up with you soon.
@Annie, thanks so much, son is feeling nervous but I am sure he will be fine. He's just a bit too young to realise what a great opportunity it will be for him.
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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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@Pamski, great, thanks!!
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I can confirm, for all you 80s fans, that Tony Hadley is in Morzine. We just had dinner next to him.
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@FIRSTOFTHEGIANTS, Was he in Le Tyrolien? We had a nice lunch there in the summer!
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He was on our Easyjet flight from Luton on Saturday!
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In the vein of celeb spotting I was stood next to Sir Bradley Wiggins in the Baud ski shop on new years day , dressed in non ski gear as I guess he won't be allowed to enjoy the skiing.
My Daughter had a photo taken with Ed Westwick in the cavern bar on new years eve much to her excitement ,I have to say I had never heard of him 
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I had to google Tony Hadley! 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@bobhitch, that's weird as Sir Bradley was on the Graham Norton show late on NYE 
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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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@snowymum, no, we didn't make it that far. I dont recall the name of the restaurant, sorry.
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Coming out on the 18th to Les Gets. Not looking good, if only that freeze line would drop
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You know it makes sense.
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@el marko, really, there is little certainty in any way about conditions on the 19th... 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| @el marko, really, there is little certainty in any way about conditions on the 19th... |
Agreed, but the slopes are already going brown in the afternoon. Google had forecast 39cm of snow for last night, no idea where they got that from!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Charlie Boorman was in Les Gets last week, was in two lift queues with him on two different days in two different areas.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Bear Grylls was around Morzine too, in Tebetan Bar. What is it with this C-lebrity crap. If you want my autograph book a transfer and I will throw it in free. 
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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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What is it with this C-lebrity crap
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Perhaps they should be going into the Not the Weather Topic.
And on the weather it was a lovely sunny day today in Les Gets - must be better skiing around on not very good snow in the sun rather than in the rain.
We missed the rain at the weekend as have only just returned - what a shame about the Ranfoilly lift still not running, but having got onto the Tulipe run from the Mouille aux Chats lift I didn't bother another time but had quite a few runs down the Renardiere from the Grains d'Or. But when there are some very narrow bits of snow in places why do people decide that is where they will stop and stand.
Despite the sun it stayed cold so what snow there is remained and it is now minus 5.4 here at 7 p.m.
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Pretty disappointed with the 'incidental' signage. We took super chatel with a view of heading to Switzerland, but all the links were closed. No obvious sign at either the bottom or top of the lift which I think was pretty poor. The static signage leaves a little to be desired too.
That apart quite a nice day, found some fresh in places, sunny and warm for most of the day. At the end of the day The busy routes home had got quite polished which caused some issues for people.
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@bertie bassett, the signage is generally not very helpful - at the moment in Les Gets there are boards at some of the lifts just giving closing times but not very useful as to what might be open. My OH had seen on a website what he thinks were the up to date bits of information about the PDS iinks today - so we are going to try tomorrow and see if what we see online works out.
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I'm out on Sunday night , how's Mont Chery and Melezes (off Perrieres) looking at the moment ?
Keeping a close eye on things , but sounds a lot better than it did at Xmas . At least the snow cannons
are on .
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I think my wife's Celeb-spotting takes the prize... Jenny Jones in the Lindarets Bowl over Xmas!
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@igLou, ah, just back from a morning in Avoriaz and Switzerland. We are a bit slow off the mark this week as still seem to be on US time, but we parked at Ardent, no problems. Huge crowd of people then at the top of the Lindarets Express who had all come up on the new six man from Super Morzine side. We took the Crot down to the Grand Combes and the Bleu de Lac and then round to the drag up to the top of the wall. Top of the Bleu de Lac was busy and the snow was scraped off so I was glad we weren't hanging around there. Peaceful ride down the wall in the chair and the Swiss side was better than we had expected. Over to Planachaux which was fine at the bottom by the lift at that time but a bit browner and softer when we did it later. Coffee in the sun at the Toupin, - the café on the slope on the right of the Ripaille drag lifts appears to have been rebuilt since last year. Although the website says that the Ripaille run is open it is not. Eventually back along the Abricotine - and a quick drink at the Ferme in the goat village and the run down to the car at Ardent was absolutely fine.
Now we have to go out to the supermarket and eating out of the cupboard won't do when we have friends arriving tomorrow.
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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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@Pamski, and how was the boiler plate, sorry I mean snow?
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@zzz, well
was best forgotten. That was at the top of the Bleu de Lac and there were certainly people struggling on it. It generally seems to cause issues where it is crowded - on the emptier slopes then there always seems to be better stuff.
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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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@sarah, thank you. Away working this week and back just in time for the......rain 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Actually the snow conditions here are absolutely awful on piste.
Im going to Austria if they don't improve this weekend.
I wouldn't advise anybody to come here until there has been significant snowfall.
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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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We've had reasonable ski-ing for the last two days in the Fornet bowl at Avoriaz. The top part of the runs down to Lindarets are one massive sheet of boilerplate with a dusting of scraped powder scattered across it. They are better at the bottom. Coupe du Monde and Lac des Intrets not much better.
Thought about going up to Plaine Dranse but were put off by the thought of the return run to Lindarets. Les Crosets better than expected, helped by the fact that very few people are there. Avoriaz however is too busy - hate to think how it was at Christmas - and there are too many petrified learners forced onto the wrong slopes by the conditions.
Busy slopes I can handle, poor snow I can handle, but both together and I start to wonder if it is worth it. We are taking it a day at a time - tomorrow should be okay although it is forecast to be colder than today, which won't help. Thursday, the Thermes Parc beckons, I think.
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Anyone skied around the Morgins sector? How's it looking?
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We are heading to Les Gets on Saturday. I was initially encouraged when I saw the forecast on the OnTheSnow site which said there will be 26cm on Friday. But they had also forecast snow last weekend which clearly never came! Meanwhile Welove2ski.com, which has more scientific forecasts from meteo France, are predicting no new snow. Getting to Avoriaz will be a bit of a challenge with 4 kids all under 10, and it doesn't sound like it's great there either.
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@sanman, the blue from the top of rochassons toward lindarets has been fine, done it every day this week and even twice yesterday
Went to les gets yesterday with a little deviation to take in a black at top of haut forts. Just death cookies mainly and not fun. Hadn't skied les gets before so good to have a look at it, but the snow was v. Poor. Even chamossiere only had the black open and that was gardening at the bottom.
Interestingly we felt the best snow of the day was in pre la joux.
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| pmercer wrote: |
| Anyone skied around the Morgins sector? How's it looking? |
Can't get there from the chatel side, not tried from other side
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@sanman, as @bertie bassett says the run from Rochassons back to Lindarets should be fine as it's in the sun all day so should soften up nicely.
@bertie bassett, agree the snow in PLJ is not bad at all considering. Pretty much all north facing though so staying very hard.
Looks like it's going to be another bluebird one today.
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Thanks @bertie bassett, and @sarah, may try today. @pmercer, can't get to morgins from elsewhere as links are closed sadly.
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