 Poster: A snowHead
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Oh OK, I have never been to NZ and had no idea where the Remarkables were.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Don't reckon it's Portillo but maybe around Valle Nevado?
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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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I had thought it looked rather like this, but perhaps not quite...
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| offpisteskiing wrote: |
| Grinning wrote: |
Wikipedia (never wrong or open to interpretation) puts Greenland and Iceland surprisingly on different continents - Iceland: Europe and Greenland: North America.
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Interesting! Mind you given that Iceland obviously sits on a fault line given all the volcanic/geothermal activity there that does make sense (in a geophysics way).
Wrong continent either way...!!  |
I guess that’s right that the fault lines “define” the continents and spots like Iceland, Philippines, Indonesia and Japan sit on them smouldering away - fantastic!
@offpisteskiing: no guesses to offer but i think we’re going to end up in South America
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I only know of one canine themed route down there ...
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| Arno wrote: |
| I think we're down to Asia, Antarctica and South America aren't we (on the assumption it's not Africa) |
Let’s not be too hasty there ...
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Ah that sounds like a clue. In that case I am going to guess the Atlas Mountains. Perhaps Oukaimeden.
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@offpisteskiing, Morocco? Mt Toubkal?
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Ah, now we are getting there - this is the Clochetons couloir - photo taken from part way up Toubkal - @Arno, gets the prize for accuracy!!
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Nicely exotic @offpisteskiing!
Would you say that was good, normal or poor snow cover for that region?
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Here's my next submission
 IMG_3909 by Ian Scorah, on Flickr
If you can name the line, that's obviously v good but I may accept the general area if that's too difficult
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@Grinning, thought I would go a bit left-field for that one 
Average 'good' conditions... We were lucky with our timing - going in via Marrakesh we met a French team coming out who had had a terrible week - not much snow at the start then rain & snow which in the meantime turned to snow to down low and good ocnditions for us as the weather then cleared for most of our time there... It's a 'roll of the dice' or a 'last minute optimistic forecast' kind of place but if you get good conditions like we did it is amazing!
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You know it makes sense.
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@offpisteskiing, lucky team - it’s amazing the difference a few days can make. I can imagine the FR team returning giving the region a “don’t bother” rating!
@Arno, Banane, La Grave?
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@Grinning, extremely similar, but not sure the rock on the left is quite right. and the entry looks too narrow..
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Poster: A snowHead
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@Grinning, I can see why you might say that but no, not Banane
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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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Never seen Banane without moguls 
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@Arno, the rocks are very distinctive so should stick in the memory, but not one I recognise!
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@offpisteskiing, arguably not the sort of terrain most people would associate with this place (which is not obscure by any means)
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@Arno, congratulations - you appear to have stumped the collective wisdom of S'Heads on this one!!!
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@offpisteskiing, a clue - we've not had one in this continent before. A bit surprising - I had to check
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@Arno, N America then at a rough continent-level guess..!
Without looking back memory says you have posted Super C so that covers SAm...
Something around Whistler? (Never been but I know you have!).
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Alaska, Tordrillo Mountains on the left side of Cody Townsend's line of the year?
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@Charliee, ha - I wish!
@offpisteskiing, is close enough I think. It's called Wedge couloir and it's accessible from the Blackcomb Glacier gate with a bit of skinning and skiing
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OK, a bit closer to home with this one:
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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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Les Avals?
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Looks like N Face of Foglietta
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You know it makes sense.
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@Arno, that was quick..!!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Strange, I didn't remember that rock face in the foreground
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Poster: A snowHead
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@snowball, depends which entrance you take - if you are dropping in further along from Foglietta summit it is less obvious (also depends which exit from the upper face you are aiming for).
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@snowball, that's the bit that identified it for me. I think I entered the run from the col above the left hand edge of it one time with @offpisteskiing
will dig through my archives for another pic...
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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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I think I've entered in 3 different places at the top, as well as just skiing around the side. However many descents were quite some time ago.
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| Arno wrote: |
@snowball, that's the bit that identified it for me. I think I entered the run from the col above the left hand edge of it one time with @offpisteskiing
will dig through my archives for another pic... |
Is there anywhere you haven’t skied???
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@BobinCH, lots of places - I've done very little in Austria, never been to Dolomites. Irbis keeps trying to organise a trip to Romania for skiing. After some of the Cody Townsend vids, I'd like to get properly fit and do some touring in the Eastern Sierra.
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Is it the back of Alp d'Huez as seen from Les Deux Alpes?
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@snowball, no, not in France
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@Arno, looks like Val D'Anniviers to me - Zinal to be more precise (not exactly sure which little col the pic is though!)
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@offpisteskiing, correct. I think it's somewhere in the free ride area
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