 Poster: A snowHead
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For once, and only once, I have to agree with stanton. I've experienced Hintertux when you basically got off the lift at the top to join the queue...
Ok, maybe not quite that bad, but you get the idea.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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So I'd rather spend €1,000+ of lift pass, ski hire and lessons on car hire and abandon the skiing...
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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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Just cancelled my trip to Wengen for Christmas as the prospect of having to pay to ski on a thin strip of artificial snow is not worth contemplating.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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It a toss up between this and the weather outlook thread as to which is the most amusing , on one hand we have a site where people sort of predict what's going to happen with the weather(snow) and ones who have decided that it,s never going to snow, all I know is the one where they predict is slightly ahead of omg in pages completed but to be fair the weather outlook does include lots of visual graphs. Bring on the snow
Ps the race began when omg started , I think There,s only a page in it
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We did Pitztal and kaunertal glacier a few weeks ago and it was already really busy..most of poland and the czech rep. seemed to have driven down for the weekend.
see what tomorrow brings, looks promising higher up where its colder.
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Sunday an Atlantic front will roll in. Monday will see a big drop in temperature. Rain & Snow Showers.
0.5M is optimistic & will be sporadic over the Alpine region. Certainly not enough for the holiday period.
With the temp drop the snow guns can work 24*7 next week.
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| stanton wrote: |
Sunday an Atlantic front will roll in. Monday will see a big drop in temperature. Rain & Snow Showers.
0.5M is optimistic & will be sporadic over the Alpine region. Certainly not enough for the holiday period.
With the temp drop the snow guns can work 24*7 next week. |
If they dont run out of water! Think some alpine reservoirs are running low in France.
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Glacier skiing.....is a nightmare, everyone will have to line up for 2-3 hrs (not uncommon) to get up the hill, then possibly only get one or two runs in before having to line up for the transportation down.
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did that once, about 18 years ago, for a week in late season at Zell am See. Up earlier and earlier to get up the glacier at Kaprun. I now look back on it with almost nostalgia!
In my book, any skiing is bettter than no skiing and - as the Ski Scotland brochure used to say in the jam packed 1990s - "Queuing for a ski lift on a weekend is better than queuing in a supermarket"!!!
Last edited by You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net. on Thu 1-12-11 23:06; edited 1 time in total
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looking good up north, cant wait. planning a lads few days up glencoe & nevis on the 17th dec for 3 days skiing. weather and snow permiting, but at the min its looking like its gonna be on the cards 
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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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depthjunkie, Glencoe were already planning to open on the 17th based on use of the new snow cannon (mentioned above). I believe the plan was to lay down enough machine made snow on the lower slopes to at least open them but now with a fair amount of the natural stuff already building up and a lot more forecast for the west it's looking like you may have a good chance even without snowmaking. One thing to bear in mind is given the very rough terrain on the upper mountain at Glencoe (which is what makes it such a freeride paradise) they need a lot more snow to build up before opening than Cairngorm so there's no guarantee there will be enough but it's certainly looking hopeful 
The backs at Nevis are apparently filling up nicely too but not so sure about the front side, who knows though with all the snow forecast for the west!
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You know it makes sense.
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Forget the charts, forget the forecasts, today saw the clearest sign that cold weather is on the way... my dashboard flashed up with the warning "LOW OUTSIDE TEMP" for the first time this winter!
And people... the Qashqai never lies!!!
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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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According to Meteo Chance it is supposed to be snowing outside now....
nope still sunny but a few clouds, which we've not seen for weeks, I wouldn't be surprised to see a bit of snow later
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Poster: A snowHead
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Sky over Annecy is starting to look threatening, and I'm regretting the fact that the coat I've worn to work doesn't have a hood.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| paulio wrote: |
| Sky over Annecy is starting to look threatening, and I'm regretting the fact that the coat I've worn to work doesn't have a hood. |
[/firstworldproblems]
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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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France is 'second world' at best.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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In the light of the current meteorological situation, Ski Austria has published photos of skiing activity at Haiming in the Inntal, to convince punters that there is a great season ahead.
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| espri wrote: |
| In the light of the current meteorological situation, Ski Austria has published photos of skiing activity at Haiming in the Inntal, to convince punters that there is a great season ahead. |
For sale, slightly used skis...
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bit warm for snow at the mo I'm afraid, there is a strong S wind and it is 7C at 1800m  , maybe Monday?
Putting some positive spin on this, it is probably just the traditional start of season foehn that ruins all the november snow and dashes our hopes for Christmas, as there isn't any snow we don't have any hopes to be dashed.
Much colder in the Pyrenees with a good chance of low altitude snow and it looks like the Haute-Savoie might catch better weather than further south.
keep calm
and carry on
Last edited by Then you can post your own questions or snow reports... on Sat 3-12-11 12:07; edited 1 time in total
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| harrim51 wrote: |
| espri wrote: |
| In the light of the current meteorological situation, Ski Austria has published photos of skiing activity at Haiming in the Inntal, to convince punters that there is a great season ahead. |
For sale, slightly used skis... |
Face-shots not such a good thing there! 
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Just had 5 perfect days on the glacier in Val D' the sky has been blue horizon to horizon for the last 4 1/2 days with a bit of cloud comming in from the italian side late on today.
The runs from the Glacier down are in perfect condidtion.
The mid station runs here are ok but there are some horrible stone riddled areas and some very thin patches on busy areas. They have pushed what little snow onto the tracks but they are still awful.
The forcast is saying possible snow tommorow but the locals think Tues may be a better bet.
Some great skiing to be had but you have got to go high and dont bring your new skis 
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The good news is that the heaviest band of precipitation is looking like it's going to hit the French Alps (which is where I'm going next, he says selfishly) overnight sunday/monday so that should mean that it falls as snow not rain. 
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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.
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so that should mean that it falls as snow not rain
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if we're lucky..... shh. Don't tempt the weather gods with your bravado. 
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FL around 1600m now but rain has stopped in the Grenoble region. There is maybe 2cm at 2000m now.
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You know it makes sense.
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Weather change in Innsbruck today - temperature's dropped and the clouds are moving in and blanketing the mountains. Doubt it's snowing up there yet (I'm stuck in the library), but give it a day or two...
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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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MountainMaid, not on every thread please hun
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Sorry red 27, trying to be helpful ... and thought non PSBers might like to see what they're missing!
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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 have just got a text from my mate in Tignes and although there is snow on the glacier there is none in Le Lac.She said she has never seen so little snow in any resort. Consequently, I am worrying as I go to the Dolomites in 10 days.if I had wanted a walking holiday that's what I would have booked !!
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Pansy Potter, it was snowing lightly in Tignes Val Claret as the early PSB departure bus left for Geneva.
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| Pansy Potter wrote: |
| I have just got a text from my mate in Tignes and although there is snow on the glacier there is none in Le Lac.She said she has never seen so little snow in any resort. Consequently, I am worrying as I go to the Dolomites in 10 days.if I had wanted a walking holiday that's what I would have booked !! |
Didn't realise Tignes was in the Dolomites...
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snow in val disere at resort level on web cams
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Didn't realise Tignes was in the Dolomites...
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Only rarely would there be as much snow in the Dolomites as in Tignes.
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Clarky999, didn't they teach you anything in school ?
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snowing / sleeting at 1300 m tonight, could be 30cm on the ground at 2000m tomorrow, however it has snowed nothing like that in the French Alps yet. If we get the same over Sunday/Monday it will at least mean the higher altitude resorts can start the season in reasonable condition.
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davidof,
Where are you located !
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