 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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On my daily ride up to the top of the col, it was stupidly hot, tarmac was melting in places , I saw a huge truck with lots of chairs from grand vans on the back of it coming down.
Coming back down was interesting with the state of melting tarmac in places, have had to remove bits of tar from the underside of the downtube of the bike
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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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Interesting pics @Zorrac, thanks for posting.
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@Jude1, Thank you for the kind comment
Have been walking and cycling quite a bit, so a few more photos and observations about some ski run changes
Sunday morning was probably not one of the best times to ride up the col, all the local imprezza drivers seem to turn it into a sort of race track, along with various big bikes it was interesting. .......some go up and down multiple times, the stink of very hot brakes was rather evident at times.
Did the sept freres walk, which goes up from les carroz, along les sommards, then up to marvel via Le Chalet des Tronchets. then back along les sommards. Its very easy.
Le Chalet des Tronchets is a restaurant you can get to via some easy off piste in the winter, superb views from the chalet
The easy off piste (with the Clufts family tiny little chalet in the middle)
From here you could see various things happening to the runs as the view is excellent
They are installing some more snow making at the top of combe, just down from the telecabin up to the start of the red zorta, see earth moving things below
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The views are brilliant by the way....here is a panorama from outside the Clufts chalet
A few other things they seem to have done to runs
The top of the black under gron seems to have been smoothed de stoned/rocked?
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the same with the red to the far left of gron lift
and finally lots of mad parascending persons from their jumping off point to the right of gron (manager of Chalet de jouvance has gone and smashed his arm to bits doing this , hopefully he will be better soon)
finally if you want to see the lower part of combe in the summer and one last panorama
panorama (which is the one they use for the winter website, with people skiing down in the foreground)
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Lovely photos and thanks for the updates. I'll be in Flaine in about 10 days time and I'll post any changes in the Flaine bowl.
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@Zorrac, thanks for all the summer pics. We'll be on our way to check it out for ourselves on Saturday, our first summer trip to Les Carroz. Can't wait!
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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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les carroz is currently very pleasant, and rather quiet, (except for diggers etc) even though the tourist office is open as its all saints and there are a few shops open etc. Rather pleasant walk this afternoon in warm sun with autumn colours everywhere
The lift company are remodelling the beginner area with the free drags lifts, the Figaro drag is currently dismantled and they are chewing up the whole piste above les arielles, with rather large trucks and diggers. Even in the dark as i am watching them!
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@ian999, An interesting article. I wonder how L'Arete can be made wider as it is already the width of the ridge at the top? It will certainly be good if it is.
@Zorrac, What do you think they are doing on the piste next to Figaro lift? Will they be putting the drag back in?
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You know it makes sense.
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@snowymum, They are just now removing the figaro drag lift base, and the hut, there are earth banks all around the area now (including in front of les arielles terrace) and they have flattened a very large area, maybe a moving carpet is going in? One of the drags in the beginners area opposite belle pistes has gone as well, can't see the other one from where we are. There is huge amounts of earth moving going on.........will need to ask what is happening
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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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@Zorrac, I have read somewhere that they are putting in a magic carpet in the beginners area - near belle pistes.
Hopefully they are doing the same in place of the Figaro as that was hard for our friends whose kids were beginners last year.
I also saw a Les Carroz tweet about a new snowpark - above the molliets area I think - although I quite liked that area as it was.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Its a new beginners area, at the bottom of the page, using the link below
Figaro was too difficult for beginners, i put my little lad under my arm and carried him up the drag!, it was easier than any other way
I think there may also be sledging / tubing as the banks of earth are huge. They have done the same thing on the area opposite belle pistes
see here
http://winter.lescarroz.com/our-mountain-2/brand-new-on-the-slopes.html
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@snowymum, I wondered the same thing. The first 40 metres or so generally causes problems when busy. I think there may have been some scope to widen it to the right? Otherwise I look forward to finding out in early Jan.
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