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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 have to say whilst I've never been overly worried by long drops I don't think theres enough money in the world to bribe me to do that Ferrata, of course I'm pretty heavy so I'd guess the bridge there would be doing a fair bit of bouncing if I were walking across it, so perhaps its just as well that I can't be persuaded to do it 
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D G Orf, Just watching that makes me feel queasy. 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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but it has to be done !!
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| Chris Brookes wrote: |
| but it has to be done !! |
Not by me, it doesn't. 
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Lovely, lovely area though! I can see why you are on page 172 of your thread
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Yeah sorry about that, my fault for starting it I guess 
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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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No great surprise for anyone I guess Chris, the Wixi/Fallboden lifts have always attracted queues during busy times, the run down the Lauberhorn to Wixi is in direct sun from mid morning onwards which means the route attracts a lot of people, it makes sense that with more people going up from Arven towards Eigergletscher teh Wixi would attract a still larger number of people
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You know it makes sense.
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Chris Brookes, I heard a rumour about this last year, good to see it's definitely going to happen. It's going to make the runs down to Wixi busier at times though. Let's hope they can get some new runs in as well.
I did think Tschuggen would have been next though.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Tschuggen will be a long time in being replaced, at one point it looked as if it would be done due to teh old piste crossing over the path of the lift, but they moved the piste instead.
I suspect it will also be some time before we see additional new runs, in fact since I started skiing in the area in the early 1970's I can only think of one really new run (Gummi Nord) though several have been lengthened or had their paths altered, several have also been removed, telegraph field going to Inner Wengen, teh cut through below the bumps lift that led down to teh Telegraphfield/Racetrack junction, teh seccond split of the Blue piste to Brandegg, the Black Run down the old Mannlichen racetrack (vanished when they made the red a really wide motorway), the high route into Wengen that ran above the railway line (before my time but my parents told me about it), the drag lift on the Brunner slopes (Not economic), and the lift up plumb pudding (below Wengeneralp station) destroyed by hurricane force winds and never rebuilt (again before my time), plus a fair number of other routes
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Poster: A snowHead
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I know it's only September, and I'm not going to be there until at least January, but I'm excited to see that there is snow forecast tomorrow night at the higher levels in the region I'll have to check the Kleine Scheidegg webcam on Saturday morning..
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Chris Brookes, Great sight - am ready for winter in the mountains.
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D G Orf, Happy Birthday!
stevehaskew, yes it'll melt, but still good to see 
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Ronald, thankyou
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D G Orf. Happy Birthday !!
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D G Orf, Happy Birthday!
Hope you can make it out to Wengen this season!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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David....are you popping out this winter ??
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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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As for visiting the region this year, I hope so but will have to wait and see if I have any money, work has been very bad so far this year 
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| D G Orf wrote: |
| As for visiting the region this year, I hope so but will have to wait and see if I have any money, work has been very bad so far this year |
sorry to hear
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You know it makes sense.
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Such is life, it's the risk of being self employed, the up side is I don't ever have to get anyones approval for a holiday and I can turn down work I don't like 
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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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| D G Orf wrote: |
| Such is life, it's the risk of being self employed, the up side is I don't ever have to get anyones approval for a holiday and I can turn down work I don't like |
very true..
Its been awhile since you have been out to Wengen...you need to make it you mission this season !!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Snowline must be around 1900m
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Next will be the traffic lights 
They had 7cms of snow yesterday in Murren........not long to go !!
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Awesome! Here's to a great season.
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It will be intresting to see if this snow lasts till the season starts or if as is more normal it melts after a few days to a week, still very early to have this much snow at that altitude
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D G Orf, Still it all helps to chill the ground prior to more snow falling. 
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Coldest winter in 1,000 years on its way
Forecasters say this winter could be the coldest Europe has seen in the last 1,000 years.
The change is reportedly connected with the speed of the Gulf Stream, which has shrunk in half in just the last couple of years. Polish scientists say that it means the stream will not be able to compensate for the cold from the Arctic winds. According to them, when the stream is completely stopped, a new Ice Age will begin in Europe
http://rt.com/prime-time/2010-10-04/coldest-winter-emergency-measures.html
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FAQ
Which still leaves them no worse than a grade 2/3 scramble, but psychs you out a bit when you've got used to having a cable.
