 Poster: A snowHead
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Never been to the same resort twice, so haven't built up enough familiarity to have a favourite, but in reverse chrono order as far back as I can remember here's my fave from various resorts...
Valmeinier: Grand Choulet. Black. Bumpy. Slushy. Hell. Brilliant.
Valloire: Combe Orciere. Blue.
Morzine/Les Gets: Chamoissiere. Red.
Zermatt: ALL OF THEM, impossible to pick a winner.
Cervinia: Ventina (apart from the bit where I lost my girlfriend and had to go the police hut to report her missing - don't ask). Brown.
Nevis: the one under the Warren T-Bar. Black.
La Ros: Fontaine Froide. Red.
La Thuile: "Number 2", named as such for a very good reason. Black.
Sauze d'Oulx: none spring to mind. RUBBISH.
Verbier: Le Lac De Veaux. Black (only cos it was my first ever one and I was proud of myself).
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paulio,
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La Thuile: "Number 2", named as such for a very good reason. Black.
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On one particularly icy day I suffered both an involuntary number 1 and number 2 on number 3 
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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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Maybe I mean 3. I can't distinguish between the two in my memory.
Which is the one where you sail nonchanlently past the 'experts only' sign along a nice red-gradient bit with a view to the right thinking 'experts only my arse" and then round a right-hander and get presented with what looks like a vertical cliff face, by which point it's too far to turn back and the turtle head pops out.
That one.
A day-1 beginner in our group decided it was a good idea to go down there, before she could even reliably snowplough. Happy days.
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Top to bottom at Glencoe by virtually any of the pistes is good but I will go spring run to plateau to left of the chair (No idea what it is called)
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I prefer Etive Glades, round the back of the knobble of 'The Wall', stay high above the trainer tow, keep well above the plateau & get the black to the carpark, avoiding the cliffs. The higher you stay, the steeper it gets. Steep for much longer than the Flypaper.
I have a photo from the top:
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/neil2829/Glencoe12thJanuary2008?authkey=Gv1sRgCPqftd3C7bXVNw#5156122217464182978
It's really busy, as you can see.
Approx following the line of the chairlift housing on the far right in this photo:
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/neil2829/Glencoe12thJanuary2008?authkey=Gv1sRgCPqftd3C7bXVNw#5176210709300309330
Haven't a photo of the cliffs but they can be seen on the Haggis Trap website. Please don't try skiing off them.
The problem is that it takes at least 45mins to get back up the mountain again.
And of course the variable snow. It doesn't look like this for 4-5months unfortunately. Hope there is plenty (& the lifts are running) this year.
Haven't had the equipment/buddies to head past the cliffs to the (in)famous Creag Dhu Chute yet.
Neil
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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queen bodecia, They're GREAT, those blacks down into La Thuile. Do them.
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paulio, I don't like scary black runs. I could just about stomach the black runs in Kitzbuhel (with the exception of Direttisma, horrid!), but I stayed clear of the four in Courmayeur. I'm out to enjoy myself, not scare myself.
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The one I'm thinking about will make you laugh out loud I promise.
It's "ghost train" fear, rather than real fear, innit.
You can always slide down on your bum if you don't fancy it, like ~50% of the people did when I was on it last. 
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paulio, I quite agree, and I realise the only reason I have huge difficulty skiing down steep/icy/bumpy runs is because my legs are shaking too much to function correctly. That and I'm just too old for bumps, bruises and broken limbs. I really would do anything to avoid falling over, it hurts too much.
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The one I'm thinking about will make you laugh out loud I promise.
It's "ghost train" fear, rather than real fear, innit.
You can always slide down on your bum if you don't fancy it, like ~50% of the people did when I was on it last. |
Like when i was in mayrhofen saying 'That Harakiri will be a piece of wee wee' went on the chairlift that goes above it and it was icy as you like and saw a guy go A over T then slide a long way with 1 ski left at the top..... So i thoughtfully declined to go down it in bad snow, but i will one day.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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You may be waiting a while for good snow on the Harikiri, just slides off, along with pebbles and boarders
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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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At the risk of appearing to be a wuss, I really enjoyed:-
Marvel, Green, Morillon
Jam Park (blue/red I think), Morillon again
I enjoyed them so much as it was the first time I'd been able to ski all day with my sons, on pistes we could all manage AND have fun on!
I can't remember the name of it, but there is a good red in La Tania, that takes you to the gondola station. That was good too
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There's to many to name to give a favourite as other of said but a few memorable ones:
I'll second the 4 o'clock run in Breckenridge fora top to bottom blast to finish the day but hang a right onto Sawmill to head back to the bottom of peak 9 for some beer!
Another vote for Breckenridge is Mineshaft, memorable as it was the fist double diamond I ever did with bumps and powder everywhere.
Red 27 into Red 26 into black 21 in Katschberg, usually quite so great for a blast. Only problems are the 3 T-Bars to get back to the top.
I could go on and on and on....
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You know it makes sense.
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Klosters-Davos, the run from Totalp to Wolfgang. Black. Have to get a train back to town, but its SO worth it for the amazing views. Also, incidently, the route a bloodwagon takes down if you injure yourself on Parsenn. Discovered this after a morning off piste when my ski pal knocked herself out and broke her shoulderblade.
Zermatt, for fun, the blues down the side of the chair at Riffelalp, purely for the joy of Weiss Gluhwein at the Igloo bar. Loooovely.
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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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whistler.
peak to creek.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Maybe I mean 3. I can't distinguish between the two in my memory.
Which is the one where you sail nonchanlently past the 'experts only' sign along a nice red-gradient bit with a view to the right thinking 'experts only my arse" and then round a right-hander and get presented with what looks like a vertical cliff face, by which point it's too far to turn back and the turtle head pops out.
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Ah you describe it so well. Happy times.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Dave Murry
Whistler.
Preferably at the end of the day when there's no one around, ducking under the closed rope at the top just after the race camp had packed up and gone home. definitely my favourite bit of piste skiing from my season the other year!
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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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For a fantastic pair of pistes - La Plagne Kamikaze and Hari Kiri. Both reds. Both wonderful.
For a rarity Mont de la Guerre (Red) in La Plagne. it is being improved over the next two years so it may become less of a rarity but also some of the fun will be taken away  You have to be very lucky or a seasonaire to see this piste at its superb best.
See - Monday, August 17, 2009 | Mont de la Guerre, Verdons and snowfront of Champagny http://www.perso-laplagne.fr/News.htm
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Chaaaarge!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Planards-Chamonix
Due to having a 60+ dad, 30 something sister and bro-in-law, 30 something brother and sis-in-law and 4 year old nephew all having fun together! All different ablities loving the same hill covered in snow at the same time!
Who rides piste anyhow? 
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