 Poster: A snowHead
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@Garethr, myself and Snow Penguin will be there for the weekend of 11-13th November. Let us know if you fancy meeting up.
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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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Great to see the Sunnegga webcam showing good snowfall last night - its been a few years since I've seen Trifti covered in early Nov.
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@Garethr, great! Hope to see you there and thanks for the info 're ski testing!
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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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Any boots on the ground SnowHeads got an update on Zermatt - SnowForecast showing snowfall last night and all through today...any evidence of that in resort?
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@Run28, would be able to report tomorrow only - can't wait 
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@mooney058, thanks - predicted snowfall tonight looks impressive!
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@Run28, webcams show plenty of snow on roofs in Zermatt town.
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@5RED, Spotted that, starting to look very festive...need that mid base layer built.
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Boy cervinia kaking a pounding. Wonder if that's them set up for the season snow wise now?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@scotspikey, looking good for Cervinia - 35cm at base and 135cm at summit.
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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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Now reporting 70cm at base, 210 cm at summit!
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Wow - must have thumped it down last night. Is that the fresh snowfall or the added levels?
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You know it makes sense.
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Added to the levels. Its still thumping it down now. The webcams look awesome.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I want to go now.... Cant wait till march, it will be gone by then 😂😂
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Poster: A snowHead
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71 days for me. I'm not counting. After the stress the lack of snow caused me for a good 2 months before we went to Passo Tonale last year, to see this amount of snow falling is amazing. Even with a heavy warm spell between now and then, being 2000m plus should mean that its all good already.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Runs down to Furgg open today. Very nice to see.
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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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From the Schwarzee webcam they were hammering the runs with the cannons for the past few weeks. That last storm must have been the icing on the cake to get it kicked off. Wonder when they will debate on opening Rothorn....snow level up there is looking good.
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And lovely snow
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Nice day here
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@Gämsbock, is that a live shot? Piste conditions must be exceptional?
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@Run28, yes taken at 10:30 this morning. Conditions are indeed excellent 
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Those Furggsattel runs would be perfect - guessing on the angle that's on the chairlift up to there...not jealous at all...
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Just in from a fab day...runs open: the Furggsattel glacier runs; the run down to Furgg; the top glacier runs via the cable car (top glacier drags not open for some reason), the slopes from Testa Grigia, plus Ventina on the Italian side (awesome, but big queue for cable car back up). Zermatt is picture postcard perfect, draped in the foot or so of snow that fell over the last 2 days. It's chilly and the snow cannons are working. The snow is perfect and we have been playing in the powder off the side, though it is rather windblown in places.
Off to the SchaeferStube tonight...last night of honeymoon, so we are dining in style.
Tomorrow is our last day. Have put our flight back to late so we can enjoy skiing until 2pm and make up for the lost time in the slopes earlier on in the week when the wind and weather closed the lifts.
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Sounds fantastic, thanks for the update. Very jealous I must say!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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As@Gämsbock, said - a beatifil day and sqeaky snow
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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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As@Gämsbock, said - a beatifil day and sqeaky snow
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The pistes are now open down to Plan Maison on the Cervinia side. And in the Valtournenche sector they are open down to Salette. This really is a great start to the season.
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You know it makes sense.
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The size of crevasses on top to the direction of Cervinia next to piste 7 - it is huge and there are ski tracks next to it 😳
Have to confess though - altitude, first day of the season and lots of skiing made my head spin
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| mooney058 wrote: |
The size of crevasses on top to the direction of Cervinia next to piste 7 - it is huge and there are ski tracks next to it 😳
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I haven't been over that side this winter so I don't know if that is a new one. There was a big crevasse just to skier's right off number 7 piste from previous years - we might be talking about the same one. You got a good view of it coming up lift F from Laghi Ciami Bianche. Yet, as you say, people still skied "over" it. In the lift up to Klein Matterhorn from Trockener Steg they actually had a picture of what a large part of the glacier looked like in the summer with all the exposed crevasses that are covered in snow in the winter and a notice telling people not to go there.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Anyone care to hazard a guess on general resort roll out opening? Interested to know if the general consensus out there is that an earlier opening than normal is possible considering the conditions?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Zermatt Bergbahnen Instagram account have kindly answered my question....turns out its 11 days (26th November)
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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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What's a normal opening date for Zermatt? Things do look good that way.
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Its usually around that time to the best of my knowledge. Can see they are furiously getting the pistes compacted on Rothorn which is always a great sign.
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| Toadman wrote: |
| What's a normal opening date for Zermatt? Things do look good that way. |
Getting the pistes open is not generally a problem for Zermatt. Being high and a lot of it being north facing with good quality snow making sees to that. The bigger question is the quality of the skiing.
The high glacier is open all year round. The runs from Furggsattel to Trockener Steg are scheduled to open mid-October but need at least one good storm to do so. This year the storm turned up just at the right time and so those pistes opened on schedule. They actually opened on time last year as the early snow was good but it was followed by the December drought.
The bonus this year has been the runs down to Furgg opening so early. It is quite hard to open much else because the workers won't be there until late this month to man all the facilities.
As noted the rest of resort is due to open late November and looks certain to do so. Often the first opening does not include the runs down to town (not that they are much cop). But even they might open straight away this year because the snow is so good. Last year they got them open just in time for Christmas - much to the relief of the apres ski bars!
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have a beautiful picture from last weekend in Zermatt but no idea of how to post it here 
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I might be jumping the gun slightly....but next week is looking quite spectacular in both Zermatt & Cervinia snow wise.
PRAY FOR SNOW! 
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Yes! The snow looks to be great next week. I'm doing the snow dance as I write this
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Schwarzsee down to Furi now open as welll.
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Does anybody know if Saas Fee or any resorts with easy access from Zermatt are open this week?
Somebody we know is on the second week of a BASI level 2 course in Zermatt but the lifts in Zermatt have been closed since Sunday due to high winds so no snow time for the last 3 days which is not ideal. Nothing seems to be planned if the lifts are closed again tomorrow so thought it was worth seeing if anybody has any suggestions.
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FAQ
and they have a really nice range of freeride ski's available to test 
