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Mont Chery today for a telemark lesson - so I didn't get very far, given that I can't ski:
- anything too steep
- anything bumpy (at all)
- anything too icy
- anything too slushy.
As you can imagine - Mont Chery at the end of March was an ideal place 
Yep. Ice, giving way to luuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrvvvveeeeely cashmierie soft stuff (for about 10 minutes), giving way to slush, slush and more slush.
Again, not a patch to be seen anywhere. Quite remarkable really as the village side of Mont Chery gets a lot of sun.
More telemarking tomorrow. This time in Avoriaz.
What doesn't kill you, etc...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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FlyingStantoni, Mont Chery 
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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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A small tour on telemarks today...
Parked at Ardent; Linderats; top of Arare; Fornet bowl; Swiss Wall (downloaded - no way on telemarks!); Grand Paradis; Crozets; Mossettes; Linderats; Super Morzine; Linderats and home.
Not as warm as yesterday - so only really slushy below around 1600m.
Again, good snow everywhere - even at the bottom of the Grand Paradis.
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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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We went over Verbier way at the end of last week, in fact the "Super Grand Saint Bernard" and the Hospice on the col. We got blown off the mountain by the winds! The video gives a good impression of the -10C and 70km/hr winds at 3000m. http://www.chaletgeorge.com/2009/03/22/hospice-du-grand-saint-bernard/ More snow due in the PDS from tonight and then cold with snow showers til Friday!
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Lou, it's not something I'd normally do out of choice!
We do tamer. Very well.
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BTW - it's raining outside my apartment. So we defo have precipitation. And I've had to break out the fan heater as it's turned chuffing cold. So there's hope...
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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FlyingStantoni, bumps no poles - hard innit?
"ridic speed" excellent!
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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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under a new name, in truth, easier than I thought it would be. It still doesn't mean that I did them well though!
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You know it makes sense.
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FlyingStantoni, cool! I found it incredibly harder than I imagined. Mind you, I had a minor epiphany on post rib injury and arm position at the weekend and when I'm sober enough to crystallise it I'll post.
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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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FlyingStantoni, smile like a crocodile?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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FlyingStantoni, There is Slalom training on thursday with BASS if you are interested. Got you text but been a bit busy!!! Training for my test technique in 10 days arrggghhh........
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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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Had a great 'rando' up to Lindarets from Ardent with the 'crook' hubby today. Great snow and fab weather. Making the most of the last of the sunshine for 10+days!!! Did it all wrong and got the gondola down - doctors orders (for the hubby that is)!!!
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Has the rain turned to snow yet, field operatives?
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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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er.....no rain (or snow) outside my window at all at the mo.
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| snowandtrek wrote: |
| FlyingStantoni, There is Slalom training on thursday with BASS if you are interested. Got you text but been a bit busy!!! Training for my test technique in 10 days arrggghhh........ |
No worries snowandtrek.
Maybe, possibly on Thursday. I've booked a mono-skiing lesson with Mike Hammond, but may be able to change.
Are the gates all day - or just the morning?
Test Technique? Are you planning on teaching?
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andyph, no precip in Geneva either...
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Cham-met says there will be snow tonight, so there will be snow.
Extreme optimism... to THE MAX!!!
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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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Snow outside our windows in Les Gets this morning..... road, roofs, car all white again and it looks about 3 inches sitting on the post box.
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| FlyingStantoni wrote: |
| I've booked a mono-skiing lesson with Mike Hammond |
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You know it makes sense.
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Same here - although probably only an inch or so on the balcony.
Enough to make things look pretty, but not much else.
I'm all for pretty though.
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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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The snow has now stopped, sky cleared - half an hour ago I could not see across to Mont Chery but now its all clear. Pretty is good enough for me too.
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| Pamski wrote: |
| The snow has now stopped, sky cleared - half an hour ago I could not see across to Mont Chery but now its all clear. Pretty is good enough for me too. |
Not for me, I'm not on snow for another week. I'm not listening... fingers in ears LA LA LA LA LA LA LA
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Proof, if ever there was, that you shouldn't judge a book by its cover.
The zero isotherm must have been sat just above 1000m for most of the night before dropping this morning. Hence the measly inch on the balcony was actually 4-6 inches on the ground at the top of Pleney.
Today was very mixed in terms of weather - a classic case of "if you don't like the weather then wait 10 minutes". It variously snowed, was overcast, was windy, was sunny, snowed and was windy, was sunny and snowed(!).
We stayed down low all day as visibility kept coming and going and, for what we were doing (training) it's better to have some vis. So, we ventured no further than the top of Pleney, the top of the Les Gets bowl and the Nyon Plateau.
Good snow everywhere we went and lots of freshies to be had. Although, in my perverse way, I much prefer the chopped up stuff.
It's currently snowing gently and looks to be set in for the night.
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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 had a lovely morning in the powder on Morzine/Les Gets side!! More snow due tonight - should make the Slalom training interesting tomorrow!
Is anyone else registered to do the Vetrans race on Saturday?
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La Grande Ourse have started doing mint flavoured whipped cream
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yuk. sounds like toothpaste. However, the Grand Marnier version would be tempting!
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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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| pam w wrote: |
| yuk. sounds like toothpaste. However, the Grand Marnier version would be tempting! |
More like an After Eight mint!
| snowandtrek wrote: |
Just had a lovely morning in the powder on Morzine/Les Gets side!! More snow due tonight - should make the Slalom training interesting tomorrow!
Is anyone else registered to do the Vetrans race on Saturday? |
Lucky you. I've been doing short turns all day. And more short turns. And more short turns.
Of course, if I could do them properly then we wouldn't have been doing all those short turns!
Vetrans race? Lummy! Maybe next season, once I've done some race training.
Can't join you tomorrow as I couldn't move my mono lesson with Mike H.
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Well, winter's back! Effing cold out there today. The apartment is noticeably colder - so much so that I've had to dig out the supplementary fan heater.
I was skiing around Morzine / Les Gets again today. Without wishing to send like a dreary bore that only has one phrase - good conditions everywhere. Although in some places the loose snow gave way to a (very) icy base. Particularly exciting on those few times when we hoooooooooooooooned.
Around 5-10cm of fresh stuff on the hill - not as much as I was expecting when I went to bed. But it's all good.
It's been snowing on and off all afternoon. It's snowing as I type.
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More snow...
Excellent everywhere.
Remarkably quiet slopes.
(Apologies - don't know what else to say. I do hope that conditions get worse - I could really do with having a bitch about ice, or something like that.)
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2 more sleeps for me and then 2 weeks of fun in the mountains
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FlyingStantoni, ditto, ditto, ditto, just nothing to complain about - and although the forecast had just clouds for today we seemed to be skiing in sun most of the time.
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Oh yes yes yes, was out this morning, conditions are purrrrfect. Snowed again last night and this aint the usual spring snow this is quality stuff and plenty of it, whats more there aint anyone up there it's sooooooo quiet.
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