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Okay guys & ladies - prob last opportunity before we/you head out to SC. We'll deffo be in Grotte for the Blues Bros band that snowangel.'s other half plays in, but otherwise should be easy see on the slopes.... three boarders and a skier with dyed red hair AND MATCHING RED EYEBROWS!! I'll be the one in green filming the others falling on their rears!!
Enjoy the white stuff and ride safe.
Cheers
Taz (boardbiker) 
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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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marmalade, we haven't used them, but have heard good reports
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Marmalade, Have a word with eurekaski.com. Really nice people and I'm sure they will be able to point you in the right direction. Good luck
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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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Been lurking on here a while looking at how things are as me and the Mrs are out for 5 weeks Mar 7th.
So, do any of you Serre seasonaires et al tour / hike etc?
I've done a fair amount of "stuff" in the past ten years, usually based in La Grave, but we go all over the place......and have had some of our more memorable days in and around Serre, one tour going over the Dome de Monetier and dropping down the Combe du Riou, couloir starting at 3340 and finishing at 1,800ms ending up in Ailefroide, classic!
Have done the family holidays in Serre for obvious reasons, and this year decided on Serre as we'll have friends / family coming out to stay at various times during the five weeks. I have a couple of friends coming out March 22nd and that week will see us doing various stuff, but apart from that week very much flexible.
I've recently gone back to skis, having snow boarded for many a year, touring started off with a few days hikes from Le Lauzet etc on snow shoes, then on to using more specialised touring equipment for boarding on week long hut to hut trips, we've just about tried every conceivable method between us, and there is no clear winner, though snow shoes in spring can be real hard work. So I swing both ways as it were, though I am trying to persevere with my crud skiing, and at times last year as I hit liquid cement I wish I'd been on my board!
Should go without saying that we use UIAGM guides, and I know a fair number, though a couple of mates (I've done their websites) are back up to the Artic just after we come out (gits), but there are others, though depending on conditions, simple day tours from Lauzet I might well do on my tod.
And if you spot an idiot skinning up the piste early in the morning in the Villeneuve sector that will probably be me!
So if anyone might be interested let me know.................
Take a look at www.peras.se (a mates site) and you might even recognise the opening landscape shot at the top of the home page.
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Weathercam, hello and welcome, i've wanted to do more touring, but currently lack the energy to even get on piste. damm flu
there are lots that do do it and i know a group did the dome du monetier the other week
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Weathercam, hiya, I'm in Worthing too. Small world.
Leaving Sunday for Serre Che. Boardbiker etc, I'll be riding stupidly wide rockered twintips and wearing a light blue puffy jacket. Hope to see some of you out there!
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Boardbiker - do you ALL have red hair and eyebrows, or just the skier.....
One and a half sleeps to go...
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Snowangel aahhh le rage, the joys of living in the mountains, hope it clears up - I'll drop in every now and again here and touch base......did the group drop down the Combe de Riou as I think that can only be done in spring snow, but could be wrong...............or just head back down the glacier?
Have a good trip MS.............
We finally have some wind coming in this weekend so have that to look forward to for Sunday into Monday, so while you're hopefully getting some turns in, we'll be ripping the waves, but think it's going to be cold after a month off the water and with the cold weather we've been having
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k, just the skier!!! no one else has the eyebrows for it!!!  this time tmz we'll be on our way to Gatwick!!
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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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Weathercam, 'la rage' ... are you suggesting zat ze snowangel has zee rabies ? Get ze grippe on yourself.
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What's this folks? The Serre Che snow report not on the first page of Snow Reports? Have all you daily contributors gone asleep? Or gone skiing? Or nothing happening?
Anyhow, we'll be there Thursday for a week and looking forward to it.
The info and the photos are always great so keep up the good work. 
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You know it makes sense.
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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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Kevin, a few of the main topic contributors are out there this week enjoying themselves so that's probably why it's gone a bit quiet. I'm out there Sat so may see you on the slopes (look for v tall boarder sporting a Wolves scarf!) Have a good 1!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Kevin Byrne, hello sorry i've not been here since sunday i've been in the uk.
It is beautifully sunny here, snow looks good, cant tell you more than that till hopefully tomorrow. i have hurt my bottom so severely from slipping on some wet stairs in the uk on monday. i cant risk snowboarding as i'm bound to fall on it again. am in so much pain cant sit, stand, lie or sleep. Cant believe i've hurt myself this bad and not even on snow let alone in france!
i really wanna go up tomorrow and at least try. will report then
solstice21, will look out for you from next week
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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snowangel, cool....Orange coat and cream or black sals. Big hair and glasses (in the evening)!
Oh, and get well soon!!!!
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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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Booked some flights for easter week 4th April to Turin - I'm coming back serre che!! woo hoo
Whats the tail end of the season usually like in serre che? Flicked thro' last years report and it looked awesome late April! Fingers crossed eh!
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Mattmulkeen, end of season last year was epic, it can be the other way around thought.
still i got married on the 1st april 3 years ago and we couldn't do our vows outside as it was snowing 2 ft of pow, but it was nice to snowboard on our wedding day, with 3/4 of our guests in tow!
it is also nice a quiet. fingers crossed for you.
Met boardbiker on thursday, bit of an epic night really!
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Looking at the forecast and talking to my guide mate, who is ski touring across to Nice next week from just outside Briancon, looks likes the Southren Alps is in for some serious "weather".............I was asked if I wanted to tag along but couldn't make it, and am I glad looking at the charts!
Batten down the hatches me thinks...............
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Weathercam, i've been watching it too, i have everything crossed as i still cant snowboard due to injury to derrier! Am hoping for the new snow to soften the landings.
will keep you posted, hoping it starts tomorrow
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hooray hooray hooray 18th jan and its snowing! Which means with any luck tomorrow it wont be rock solid with the new snow! I'd post a pic of how bad my bruising is but it might be considered unsuitable!
Not the hugest amount of snow yet but its started and tomorrow there will be pics, if i can only manage 1 run tomorrow i'm going up! YAY
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I can't tell you how excited I am getting with our visit starting 31st only 2 weeks away and the long range forecast (yes healthy pinch of salt etc) showing almost constant snow between now and then - at the moment I think if you add it all up they are forecasting almost a metre between now and then - if we got half of that I would be super happy - as long as the pistes are tip top and theres some fresh pow to be found somewhere off piste I'd be really pleased (as would the rest of the group after last years disaster in morzine!)
keeping my fingers crossed too snowangel - look forward to regular reports over the next couple of weeks!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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snowangel., enjoy. Very envious.
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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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Helen Beaumont, 
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19/01/09
snowing again this morning, it didn't snow over night down here but that doesn't mean it didn't snow up top as it was very very cloudy last night.
so am up and ready to go, will report later
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You know it makes sense.
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Kim, waddya know (if anything!) about the Chalet Berwyn in Briancon? being offered a good price, but concerned about distance from piste - don't know if ski bus is in effect in that area!
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carled, thought you were giving Serre Chevalier a miss. 
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Poster: A snowHead
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carled, never heard of it, will do a search and find out and come back to you.
snow report and pics later. awesome day today
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Helen Beaumont, ha... who knows. I posted a cheeky message on the chaletsdirect board about it being time that people that didn't have their expensive chalets booked out by now should be considering offering us a huge discount for taking on their obviously unrentable hovels.
Jenny from Chalet Berwyn in Briancon bit and offered me a good price. Currently negotiating with my group about whether we want to go back again. I must say that the imminent snow-fest there is making it look more tempting with 6 weeks to go... Just not sure about location of chalet and how easy it is to get about, so checking that with her.
The proximity of Montgenevre and Puy for day trips also makes it a tempting prospect... we'll see... we've not ruled it out yet! Let's face it, the lift pass is pretty reasonable and if you know the area as we do, you can get about without too much drama involving drag lifts.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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carled, Chalet Berwyn is about 2-3miles outside of Briancon towards Gap, so not on the ski bus, you would need to dirve to the slopes. However, the owners are great and so is the food.
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carled, never heard of it, will do a search and find out and come back to you.
snow report and pics later. awesome day today |
Thanks sweetie - you're an angel! (ha, see what I did there... )
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| carled, Chalet Berwyn is about 2-3miles outside of Briancon towards Gap, so not on the ski bus, you would need to dirve to the slopes. However, the owners are great and so is the food. |
Aha. You know them then? Jenny seems nice in emails. We're probably going to take her up on her offer of her having a week off and us taking over the catering for ourselves if we go for it. Seems a nice chalet - just concerned, like I say, about location. I know that they offer a transfer to pistes option for fully catered guests, just talking to them about bolting on that package to our self-catering week!
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carled, no bbut Mel from Eurekaski does, I was chatting to her on Skype just now and asked her.
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| Helen Beaumont wrote: |
| carled, no bbut Mel from Eurekaski does, I was chatting to her on Skype just now and asked her. |
Ah, good ol' Mel. She doesn't come on here anymore, does she? Nice lady. I still owe her a beer.
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oooh. nice piccies... snow! How was the derriere today?
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how was teh snow snowangel? the forecast seemed to suggest quite a high snow level - was it snowing down to resort? certainly looks good - thanks for the piccies, kept my juices flowing in anticipation - 12 days to go!!
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