 Poster: A snowHead
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@zzz, so should I pull a sicky tomorrow?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I think Friday will be better. I'm away from this evening though. Shep working tomorrow but free on Friday.
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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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@zzz, our car's in the garage and being returned Friday so we need to hang around home to collect it...but the weekend looks fun...maybe I can persuade Shep into a road trip
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How are the roads looking in the resort? Always used to be well cleared but I'll be driving in on Saturday and I haven't received my snow chains yet 
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Roads are good - snow is falling faster than they are clearing so it's not totally clear but winter tyres are fine
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Thanks! @Nadenoodlee, Has anyone done any digging to see how the off piste areas look? I would assume that with the warm temperatures, rain and strong winds that there is going to be a pretty unstable base with lots of fresh stuff on top for the weekend? Slab city.. 
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There is a chance that I will be driving from Samoens to Morzine next Wed or Thu to meet a friend for a days skiing. He is not yet sure of the best place to meet as he nor I have been there before but could anybody help regards to parking, is it free, is there plenty?, etc.
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Hi @Basil, Here's a handy link from Morznet: http://www.morznet.com/parking
Depending on where you want to ski there are going to be different recommendations, for instance the Prodains lift to Avoriaz is a good spot to park at if you want to hit that side. Free parking is relatively limited in Morzine, you might get away with it in the Carrefour car park, but you might get towed. Otherwise the parking doesn't look too expensive and underground/covered parking is always worth the extra pennies when you're changing out of your boots on the tailgate of the car and accidentally stepping in the puddles in your socks.
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Avoriaz actually open! Most pistes holding up well but a few starting to mogal already. Still snowing and vis very poor up high but fine bowls and below. Coffee and (as ever dry) fruit cake time under Les Combes time. (via SMS)
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@steven0123, Thanks, very handy. Do you get a ticket then pay on return with cash/card?.
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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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Lovely morning on MC, after an abortive trip to Praz de Lys. Road closed and a gendarme at the bridge.
We must have passed at least eight snow ploughs of various types between our chalet and the perrieres roundabout, more than in the whole of Sussex probably. The sun has now come out and all looks stunning.
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Last edited by So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much  on Wed 13-01-16 15:31; edited 1 time in total
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You know it makes sense.
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Basil - I've always found that parking at the Ardent bubble works well for accessing the heart of PdS. Slightly longer drive, but you park at the base of the bubble itself. Or if you want to maximise ski time you'll drive right past Les Gets from Samoens.
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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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@simo1234, Thanks, I see what you mean about Ardent but I am meeting somebody in Morzine and expect only to ski the Morzine-Les Gets area as it's a day trip.
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Poster: A snowHead
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@Basil, Park in Les Gets Perrieres car park - huge and free.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Good idea @nadenoodlee, its probably only about 20 minutes on ski and lifts from there to the top of the Pleney bubble, and the OP will save themselves about 15 mins ( at my driving speed) travel between Les Gets and Morzine, and the Perrieres is down at the Samoens end of the town
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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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@Nadenoodlee, Thanks, I seem to remember that one from a recce we made to Les Gets a few years ago and will keep it in mind but I will be meeting somebody in Morzine.
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I'm interested to know if they have fired up the snow cannons? We are coming out to Morzine on Saturday. Is there a possibility that the Pleney lower slopes will be open? - Thanks
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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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Pretty nice conditions around the Panthiaz/Braitaz and Torgon today.
It got ridiculously cold and awful visibility at the top of the Tronchy around lunchtime to I started to head back to La Chapelle. As soon as I got back down to Torgon the clouds cleared and the sun came out (and it felt about 10 degrees warmer  )
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| nfh1958 wrote: |
| I'm interested to know if they have fired up the snow cannons? We are coming out to Morzine on Saturday. Is there a possibility that the Pleney lower slopes will be open? - Thanks |
There is plenty of snow on pleney return slopes about 25cm fell in village.
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@Basil, then pay up and park at Pleney is like 12€ 
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Just seen from Morzine Source Magazine on FB that there's been a big avalanche up at Avoriaz this afternoon - many pisteurs and instructors helping with the search. Six injured - one heli'd off. They think they've got everyone out now.
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| nfh1958 wrote: |
| I'm interested to know if they have fired up the snow cannons? We are coming out to Morzine on Saturday. Is there a possibility that the Pleney lower slopes will be open? - Thanks |
Snow cannons all came on just before 4pm. lots of people returning to morzine by Piste b, though officially closed presumably due to having to jump a stream at one point. Amazing powder today, though i spent nearly twenty mintues looking for one of my skies when the bindings released early in a gully with metre deep snow. Shop i bought them at had set the DIN to low. Really need to work on my off piste technique anyway. Great day and more snow to come later this week.
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Excellent news! Looks like we timed our week right!
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Excellent day today. Snow cannons were on in Nyon sector this morning. Skies cleared this afternoon and temperature dropping like a stone. Snow cannons on in Les Gets this evening.
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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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Hey snowheads
Just a quick question for those who are out there at the moment. I'm flying over tomorrow on a work trip and skiing Friday, Saturday and Sunday. There are a few decent skiers going so I'm trying to decide on skis to bring.
I've seen that quite a lot has come down and not everything is open yet with more snow to come. So.... Should i take powder skis (atlas) or every day skis (cochise)? My heart's saying the powder skis!
Thanks
J
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Hi all. We are thinking of booking avoriaz. Flying out either a week on Sat/sun (24th) or the weekend after. After a bad start to season, Will the snow that has fallen be ok in a week or 2 (hopefully with more a ow falling before we arrive) or are there still rocks and mounds showing on piste. We'll prob just stick to cruisy blues and occasional red but will want to go all over (morzine and other areas, not just avoriaz). Or should I be looking at other resorts. Been looking at alp d'heur (??) And la cluset. Again, org had good snow fall this week but hoping its enough. Thanks for any advice
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You know it makes sense.
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Looks like there was an avalanche today in Avoriaz that ran onto a piste and caught some skiers out:
http://www.powpowpow.org/avalanche-in-avoriaz/
Luckily no one was injured but I've never heard of this happening before (avalanche onto an open piste).
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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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Looks to be the very top of the bleue du lac. Cliffs above.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@kesone1,
The powder is light and fluffy. It doesn't matter what skis you are on, as long as you have the correct technique.
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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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| zzz wrote: |
@kesone1,
The powder is light and fluffy. It doesn't matter what skis you are on, as long as you have the correct technique. |
Hope your technique is rock solid to make statements like that
Far more fun on the proper skis for the conditions. So if you've got powder skis now is definitely the time to use them!
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Yep! Just wanted to check how it really was out there. They are packed. J
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| kesone1 wrote: |
| Yep! Just wanted to check how it really was out there. They are packed. J |
Don't know about PdS but this was nearby Bruson today
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It's awesome I'm seeing waist deep pictures all over my FB feed today!!
Sadly I'm in the UK waist deep in house moving boxes
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@BobinCH, your technique doesn't look too bad but that ski suit? 
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@zzz, errr, I remember a certain guide uniform from 1989 ... Not sure I'd be making any fashion related comments no matter how often you skied powder on 203 GS skinnies 
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Had an amazing, untracked, thigh-deep powder afternoon on Morclan in Chatel yesterday, when the chair opened at 1pm.
Now snowing heavily at 600m in Lausanne, it's turned white outside in the time it took to write a couple of emails.
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White and around 3-4 cms in Geneva - started around 8:50 our side of the lake (rive gauche).
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