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Was hoping for a top-up before arrival on the 24th - GFS has been playing around with a small top-up around 17th-18th but it looks more like a sprinkling now. South side of the alps look pretty dry over the next 10 days. However it seems like the snow conditions are currently good according to the above posts, so hopefully it will stay good!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Skied Tofana side in Cortina today, very cold first thing -12C, warmed up somewhat as the day progressed in the slightly hazy sunshine. Pistes were in excellent condition with a top layer of grippy snow which made the blacks of the Tofana Schuss and Forcella Rossa a lot easier. Some of the lowest runs down in the forest were a bit hard-packed. Fairly busy around Roncato with ski schools in the morning, but never waited more than a few mins. Thinned out as you moved around the area. By mid-afternoon there were no queues and big gaps on chairs. Not bad considering it is the second busiest week of the season across the Alps.
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Looking back up the Tofana Schuss after I did it
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Crowds thinned out by the afternoon up at the top chair in Ra Valles:
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Lovely weather today. Very sunny but a bit too warm for the lower slopes with bare patches starting to appear on some of the south facing bits of mountain (not the ski slopes which are all fine if becoming quite cut up in the afternoons).
Bergfex is Currently forecasting 20cms of snow for tomorrow which should provide a very nice top up for anyone coming out for next week.
Despite it being half term and carnival this week it really hasn’t been too bad. I guess there are just so many pistes that it’s quite easy to avoid the crowds.
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Well that forecast for snow didn’t last very long. The forecast for tomorrow looks all quiet again. I’m sure I didn’t imagine it.
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ARPAV suggesting 4-6cm snow at Arabba for tonight/tomorrow.
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GFS showing a decent snowfall event for Cortina on March 2nd/3rd. Long way out, but has to start somewhere 
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@musehead, Without sounding selfish I hope there is some snow this coming week. I know the pistes will be fine for us coming out on the 24th but I still hope to not see too many brown patches..
Ok that does sound selfish if you're out there for this week, but I cant help it.
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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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Arrived in San Cassiano this afternoon. Got up before 3am, arrived just after 3pm. Early night tonight, I think. Started snowing over an hour ago. It’s just cold enough to stick here but far from perishing. I didn’t even bother with my hat on the way back from the supermarket. There’s easily 2 foot on the roof by the balcony and there was lots of old snow as soon as we hit the mountains.
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| FrequentFaller wrote: |
@musehead, Without sounding selfish I hope there is some snow this coming week. I know the pistes will be fine for us coming out on the 24th but I still hope to not see too many brown patches..
Ok that does sound selfish if you're out there for this week, but I cant help it. |
Nothing selfish about hoping for snow. Sunshine, meh, it's overrated.
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You know it makes sense.
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| olderscot wrote: |
Despite it being half term and carnival this week it really hasn’t been too bad. I guess there are just so many pistes that it’s quite easy to avoid the crowds. |
Generally my experience too. I was expecting heavy traffic but apart from the usual spots on the Sella (viz. the short chair lift at Colfosco on the anti-clockwise route) there was nothing too bad. Alta Badia was pretty quiet. Seiseralm was rather more crowded than usual though - perhaps it’s becoming more popular although not with the British whose voices were still very seldom heard.
Our group thought the snow quality in the region was the best we could remember for ages - really grippy. Those going out there soon should have a great time!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Skied round this little bit of Alta Badia today. Had a bit too big a cake stop mid morning so could only manage a light lunch. The rest of the family had lessons this afternoon so I got to try out some reds and blacks too. Both 17 red and black into La Villa were a touch firm in places. The Black was really quiet but the red was busy with people going very slowly, which probably made it the more challenging. Red 12 into SC was much better, in truly fabulous condition between 3 and 4 pm when I did it (twice). All the blues were in great shape except the steep bit of 28 which had little bumps. All the local runs are open including 10 and 11. 13, 11 and 9 are all in great shape, haven’t done 10 yet. It was a bit cloudy today and there was 3-4 inches of snow last night so all the trees are covered in snow still. Forecast is for a bit of sunshine tomorrow! Going to open the Lagavulin now 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Internet was patchy at hotel, every time I went to upload, it was down. So some belated photos from last 3 days.
Friday 16th, was very cold & clear first thing, but sun warmed it up and just got warmer and warmer. Went up to Rio Gere and skied the sunny Cristallo side first. Red 73 looked glorious a huge sweeper through the Dolomitic towers:
(I tried image rotation, but it doesn't seem to work on here. If you click the image it will open the Snowmediazone where it displays with the correct orientation.)
Last edited by Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person on Mon 19-02-18 7:18; edited 1 time in total
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Red 73 looking down it:
(Next ones are landscape, so no rotation issues, sorry!)
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Pistes started to soften a lot in the sun, so moved over to N-facing Faloria side where the sun had got high enough to light up the pistes.
Looking across to Tofana from Faloria:
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For the last hour or so on Friday, scooted up to the Col de Varda area next to the frozen lake of Misurina, somewhere I've always wanted to try. Just one chair up with a 400m vertical, but some very pleasing N-Facing variants down that just catch the sun at the end of the day. Whoever laid the pistes down here knew what he was doing.
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@luigi, Looking good.
Can't wait...
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@luigi, sounds great. You’ve inspired me to try some of these areas next time!
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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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Might turn extremly cold from mid next week. Cold air from Eastern Europe sending the temps down below - 20....
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@Woosh, where did you see that?
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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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@FrequentFaller, I work with weather so it shows in the last European models and also the American model. The reason behind it is sudden strathospheric warming, moving cold air from the east over the continent. Might even last for a while. I am heading down next Friday so packing a lot of wool...
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Woosh wrote: |
| Might turn extremly cold from mid next week. Cold air from Eastern Europe sending the temps down below - 20.... |
Colder air could start arriving in Eastern Austria as early as this Saturday and then move into the Dolomites by Saturday evening!!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I'm set to arrive on Saturday so I will also make sure I've got enough warm kit..
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@luigi, that's what i'm talking about . . . .
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Decent snow event still on for Cortina in early March in Gfs.
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Lovely and sunny this morning, clouded over a bit in the afternoon but a fantastic days skiing. This is from Piz la Ila at about 1030.
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Looking over to Arabba from Bec De Rosses about 12
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From the top of Biok after lunch. Lots of snow on the Alta Badia plateau. Did 10 back to SC and it was in great condition. Then we did the sledge run, missus terrified again by the end and couldn’t be persuaded to do it again. Children loved it,of course.
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Just looked on Bergfex this morning and I saw that it could potentially get as low as -27 on the mountain next Tuesday! I'm hoping that's a miss print coz I ain't never been in temperatures as low as that, let alone skied in them..
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I think it is pretty certain that midweek next week will be extremly cold. The uncertainty is how long it will last..
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| Woosh wrote: |
| I think it is pretty certain that midweek next week will be extremly cold. The uncertainty is how long it will last.. |
Hopefully until 25th March 
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