 Poster: A snowHead
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snowangel., as I recall it rained very hard on Christmas eve, but we were still skiing fresh snow on Christmas morning.
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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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Hells Bells, I was driving to Grenoble via Le mure due to lauteret closed! The rain forecast for this week (if it comes) will cover whole mountain at 2500m hence if it doesn't snow again before 11tg it may well be very icy. I have everything crossed for snow thurs and fri
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well so far this morning it is still snowing very small flakes but it is the warmest its been in weeks at -1. It dumped approx 15cm last night and the only reason i know is due to trying to get some light into the kitchen through the velux, there is approx 15 on the roof! Dam quad isn't working either so its a by hand snow clearing morning to come, but right now its too early and to miserable to do anything other than go back to bed and enjoy the last week of my holiday! 
keeo everything crossed for no rain!
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it raineth!  but its making the snow nice and sticky so i think it will do the mountain some good and stick well. not sure how high up its raining as the mountain is covered in cloud.
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| snowangel. wrote: |
| it raineth! but its making the snow nice and sticky so i think it will do the mountain some good and stick well. not sure how high up its raining as the mountain is covered in cloud. |
please take the raineth away!
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I didn't want to ruin the party when rain was mentioned earlier but SnowAngel is right, in that it's good for the resort at this stage in the season - will provide a good solid base for future snow falls - though you should have seen how it rained this year end of March into April - but at least up top it was snow.
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Hells Bells, from my front room i can see all the way to 2300m, ,there is not one single flake of snow on any of the trees anywhere insite. and it has been raining for 3 days. make your own mind up but i dont think i'll bother on saturday, i dont like riding ice
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snowangel., my post about the webcams is two days old, it was definitely snowing when I posted, but sadly accept it is raining now.
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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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good news everyone, i took a walk with the dog this morning up the Briance, where the rattrack has passed it was perfect piste! I cant see it worth doing the off piste but we will see. roll on tomorrow,
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Meteo France has snow forecast for wed, thu and fri next week 
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You know it makes sense.
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Well it was ok. Off piste was impossible but the puts were ok bit hard but thank god for fake snow. Best pistes were them with fake. Snow. Still going up tomorrow. Photos when I have some Internet connection
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sunday 12/12
very very hard the pistes today, icier and harder than yesterday consequently didn't have as much fun, which was a shame. I did however take the new tsd Vallons. Nice and quick, bit dangerous the arrival with the arrival of the cucumel chair opposite, be carefull in feb! The worst thing about this new tsd is the amount of people in the vallons of the cucumel, heart breaking. Even worse to realise just what we have lost and how long it will take to walk to do la balme and the old black to the cucumel. I personally think we have lost a lot more than we have gained. If you find when you come here you agree or have anything about the station you want to tell them about, come to the caisse and ask for a comments form and tell them, if enough people say the same things they do listen. A nice little teleski would be kind of cool!
couple of photo's later
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Poster: A snowHead
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after spending a very cold 20mins trying to find a missing ski in waist deep there last year, maybe being put off by a hike is good.. but seriously be interesting how much impact is caused because it looks a fair old hike now. Fingers crossed for good snow in jan so we can have a shufty
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When you see it infront of you it's a huge hike yes you'll earn your turns if you've got any energy left. I've got to have a back X-ray as walking up hills causes me massive pain so I doubt I'll be getting there this year. Oh well. Dam cold this am they should have made lots of snow. Roll on Friday for the dump!
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I can't see the logic of giving up a potential free ride / off piste area so easily in these "commercial" times - what's the betting we'll see 10Euro for a tow behind a rat track / snow mobile etc for access to the ridge.
In terms of skinning that's only a 10 - 15 min at most I would have thought as it's not even a mile and only 100ms vertical - this could be good 
Actually just thought might even be able to get away with just walking up on the skis in touring mode but with no skins!
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You'll change your mind when you see it. How long would it take you to hile The cucumel? I réckon even the fittest it would take half hour (I'm not in the category!) so the other side I reckon is a good hour give or take a bit. Certainly isn't a nice Sunday stroll! However I must try it one day! Would need to be sure the snow was good though I'd be so gutted after all that effort!
The lift itself is very quick and comfy and the view is great and you don't have to do that horrid cat track to get to the cucumel lift anymore so there are posatives! 
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snowangel., Take a look at http://connect.garmin.com/activity/26950496 view player and you'll see the sort of pace, distance & elevation one can do - much steeper climb and did just over a km in 28mins - on my own I aim to do 450ms vertical per hour on a reasonable gradient - unlike hiking skinning is faster than walking - so 15mins av walking pace for a mile (1,600ms) - take into account the slight gradient (100ms if I've read the map right) and distance = 1.2km hence 15mins
I've skinned from Les Bez to Cucumelle in around three & half hours that's around 1200ms vertical through some awkward terrain & route finding above Frejus
This is another one up from just below Lauteret http://connect.garmin.com/activity/27253456
All fun stuff 
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Crazy man!
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Great photos, you have just made my day
2 weeks on Saturday yipeeeee
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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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fishslice, Im affadi i dont but have a gréât holiday
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Loving the pix snowangel., . I guess these are from the new TSD...
Weathercam, you must be mighty fit!
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You know it makes sense.
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snowangel., you still go by the "new snow on new moon"? Serre Chevalier looks very nice in your pics... keep em coming
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shoogly, yes still do, everything is guided by the moon.! much to cold to go up today and windy this afternoon. start work tomorrow but might get up an hour or two on sat.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Thanks for this HB, counting down the days till the 1st of Jan
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5 cm this am At around 10 now And still snowing!
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5 cm this am At around 10 now And still snowing!
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Thanks snowangel., bring it on!! From what I see on the radar on meteox it should be petering out around now, but if the current pattern continues, there's another band about an hour away and then another one two or three hours behind that.
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not snowing now, finished at around 15cm which is 1/3 of what they got in Gap, will people please stop stealing our weather!
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Hells Bells
Thanks for the video link, we are in Monetier on the 19th for Xmas snow looks good and the forecast is pretty good as well.
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Robert Hardy, enjoy it. I'm sad not to be going out for Christmas and New Year. So sad that I've already booked the time off work for next year.
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been snowing all day not very heavy but snow is snow about 5 cm in all
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no rain in site yet, just snow! lovely jubbly! fingers crossed it stays that way.
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FAQ
Might have to watch out for you too then as you are out at same time. We'll be in Monetier. You can listen out for my diluted Glaswegian accent 
Jeudi 16 -16°C / -5°C
Vendredi 17 -14°C / -4°C
