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kitenski (realname Greg!)
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| flashpanther wrote: |
Just reading the forum here. I'm due to arrive in St.Anton from Innsbruck airport Saturday evening. Skiing from Sunday for 6 days. Not purchased my lift pass yet. What's going on there? Seems like the snow is that bad everything is closed and maybe for a few days. Really worried now. Can someone explain in simple terms to us as an outsider. I'm gutted at the moment. Worried the transfer coach may not be able to get in now, or worst still the plane at the airport.
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That about sums it up. Looking on the bright side, when it clears you will have the most incredible conditions on piste, then later in the week off piste too if/when it's safe.
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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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| sah wrote: |
| flashpanther wrote: |
Just reading the forum here. I'm due to arrive in St.Anton from Innsbruck airport Saturday evening. Skiing from Sunday for 6 days. Not purchased my lift pass yet. What's going on there? Seems like the snow is that bad everything is closed and maybe for a few days. Really worried now. Can someone explain in simple terms to us as an outsider. I'm gutted at the moment. Worried the transfer coach may not be able to get in now, or worst still the plane at the airport.
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That about sums it up. Looking on the bright side, when it clears you will have the most incredible conditions on piste, then later in the week off piste too if/when it's safe. |
If it clears in time. Only got the 6 days skiing from Sunday. Weather can be unpredicable though. Here's wishing for freezing temps, blue skies during the day and snow fall at night lol.
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flashpanther, I'm sure the roads from INN to St A will be OK by then. INN airport might be the tricky part...
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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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| torbs wrote: |
| Well to any of you out there on the Snoworks backcountry course, see you on Monday (somewhere), and yes we always do transceiver works the first day, and you will be having half a day with me or Bruno and another half day with Lee or Mike. Tuesday should be nice with some sun, but already tomorrow will bring some clearing so they should be able to do some avalanche works and open up some of the runs. |
I'm coming too 
We are flying into Zurich though from Manchester and getting the Arlberg Express coach to St Anton. Hopefully we will be able to get into resort alright. I think flying into Zurich should be ok. Glad I didn't fly out on 2nd now (as per the original plan), sounds like that was a good move as it turned out.
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Wow, thank you!!
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Thanks from me also 
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you can follow them on twitter too, if you partake of that medium: @stantonreview
They just tweeted a video showing pretty much the same as the photos: http://t.co/3bbLe0XN
No pictures from the mountain... obviously.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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sah, many thanks, I am indeed a Tweeter so I'll give them a follow, that's really helpful! Amazing vid too.
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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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Pretty sure the guys shovelling the roof is my digs in march
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You know it makes sense.
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That's great, thanks!!
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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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Piccadilly, I just realised the St Christop link had changed, so have re-added it, spot the buried cars!!
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Poster: A snowHead
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| kitenski wrote: |
| Piccadilly, I just realised the St Christop link had changed, so have re-added it, spot the buried cars!! |
haha I'm trying to!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Whitegold, perhaps you would like to discuss your views with the drivers and passengers in the three cars that were caught in an avalanche across the road near Kappl this afternoon. They all survived and self rescued. How well would you have coped you pillock?
Austria has not ground to a halt, they are endeavouring to ensure that everyone can get where they want safely. The high winds have bought down trees across power lines and currently some 10000 households are without electricity and a few trains are caught without power. But things are improving with all the emergency services working flat out and with luck everything should be up and running tomorrow no problem.
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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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| Samerberg Sue wrote: |
Whitegold, perhaps you would like to discuss your views with the drivers and passengers in the three cars that were caught in an avalanche across the road near Kappl this afternoon. They all survived and self rescued. How well would you have coped you pillock?
Austria has not ground to a halt, they are endeavouring to ensure that everyone can get where they want safely. The high winds have bought down trees across power lines and currently some 10000 households are without electricity and a few trains are caught without power. But things are improving with all the emergency services working flat out and with luck everything should be up and running tomorrow no problem. |
The drivers should be more alert.
If you see a snowslide coming, step on the gas and dodge it 
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If you see a snowslide coming, step on the gas and dodge it
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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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I'll post a pic later of the Railway workers digging St Anton am Arlberg station out the snow this morning!!
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Just arrived home (one cup of tea and a shower later) from trip from Hell back from Nassereinbahn. More later on this.
Gampen and Nasserein opened about 11/12, awesome, and no bad queues.
Ulmerhutte snow-depth-ometer has clearly broken. Still chucking it here.
Ohb yes, and all the buses appear to have stopped, taxis are as rare as hens' teeth, and the road to St Jakob is no pedestrians owing to avalanche risk.
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Blimey
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James the Last, you'll be able to entertain your grandchildren with tales of your time in the Arlberg snowmageddon!
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St Anton cut off, apparently. No access by car, apparently. Apparently the result of an avalanche.
Equally the main road below St Jakob is apparently also blocked.
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Apparently then.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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A glorious morning, wonder if the lifts will be open before it starts snowing again later. They are blasting like crazy at the moment.
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You know it makes sense.
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My guess is the same as yesterday, just Gampen open, still avalanche danger 4 above 2000m, which are expected to last at least until Monday.
It should start snowing again late morning today Saturday continuing until Monday afternoon!
But later next week plenty of sun is forecasted
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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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Poster: A snowHead
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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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I'd call that a speech rather than an interview.  Hope everything gets open soon and roads stay passables, for the new arrivals this week.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Is there any truth to the rumour that the road in to St Anton will close this evening and not reopen until Monday or Tuesday? (Road reopened at 10am.) We leave tomorrow afternoon...
Otherwise a lovely day on the mountain, snow starting again about noonish - and the sun having disappeared before 9am (apart from a very brief appearance through the clouds at the top of Galzig. Rendl and Galzig open as well as Gampen and Nasserein.
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James the Last,
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Is there any truth to the rumour that the road in to St Anton will close this evening and not reopen until Monday or Tuesday? (Road reopened at 10am.) We arrive tomorrow afternoon...
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Fixed it!
Remains to be seen, I guess. I spoke earlier to the Mark Warner resort manager and he said that he expected to be briefed on any such decision this evening, by the Mayor of St Anton. Don't know whether this person holds a sort of press conference, or what...
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The road is open, but the train is not, the Austrian railroads has put in special trains from Bludenz to St. Anton and busses the other way.
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torbs,
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torbs, the road is indeed currently open. However it was the tourist office who (I am told) said it would shut this evening and remain closed. Pedantica, when MW tell you, please post here!
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All the major roads are open again.
Y'all be fine.
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