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Wheres all the snow gone 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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ok I guess it's not even December yet, but Mont Chery was looking so nice and white before. . . . 
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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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Don't panic - temp and snowline due to drop over the weekend. Plenty of time yet!
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davejsy, it was nice and white and I can confirm the snow was very tasty.
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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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Hey, Snowmonkey! Good to see you back here. How's the nipper?
zzz - stop tauntin 
Leedslips - as if I've got any, well, anything...
...as long as we post, the topic stays alive...
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| PhillipStanton wrote: |
...as long as we post, the topic stays alive... |
This thread is the 7th most viewed topic on Snowheads.
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zzz, did you make the airport on time?
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PhillipStanton, sorry, can't help myself.
David Murdoch, I did thanks, despite your short(?) cut 
What a difference a week makes. Last week skiing powder under sunny skies in Les Gets. This week skiing a combination of ice and porridge in a white out in Avoriaz. Still, I won't complain. The pistes were surprisingly ok in Avoriaz, a little firm on the Arare and Haut Forts area but quite soft on the junior downhill in Linderets. These are the only two pistes open at the mo. Pretty good cover for the time of year. The off piste, unskiable.
a bientot
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I looked at the web cams earlier zzz and the conditions looked pretty miserable. So I'm not quite as jealous as I otherwise might be...
...I remain, of course, jealous
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| PhillipStanton wrote: |
I looked at the web cams earlier zzz and the conditions looked pretty miserable. So I'm not quite as jealous as I otherwise might be...
...I remain, of course, jealous |
But not quite as jealous as me
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davejsy, it was nice and white and I can confirm the snow was very tasty. 
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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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zzz, PhillipStanton, Sorry guys but had a cracking morning in the sunshine - hard packed empty pistes..........see you out there next Sunday maybe as I am back to blighty to visti the parents this week. Mr Snow and Trek will be looking for some ski mates this week!
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You know it makes sense.
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snowandtrek - inside I'm crying
Not out again until ski test weekend - although I'm in Tignes next weekend on the Atomic boot camp thingamejig...
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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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| waterskibabe wrote: |
What a hard life you guys have!!
Think of the "normal people" stuck behind some desk... |
waterskibabe - I am a "normal people" though * - I work in London; I do my hour on the tube each way every day like a trooper; I'm stuck behind a desk most of the day and I spend far too much money in Pret.
I just happen to be absolutely ruthless about how I book my leave and booking flights early to make it affordable.
snowandtrek is normal too. Well, nearly. I'm a bit suspicious about zzz though.
* E&OE
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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PhillipStanton, yeah, and have you seen his ski boots? Very fishy.
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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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| David Murdoch wrote: |
| PhillipStanton, yeah, and have you seen his ski boots? Very fishy. |
He wears ski boots? I've only ever seen him ski in high heels...
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David Murdoch, PhillipStanton, sorry chaps, havn't the time to rise to the bait, too busy skiing.  . Finding it a bit difficult though in these stilletos!
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zzz, hmmm, tru randonee boots. Not nearly so hard work on your ankles. Anyway, aren't your feet considerably bigger than your wife's? She'll be far from delighted to find her fave high heels stretched out of all proportion by your size 9s.
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David Murdoch,
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Cross link to the wiki thread - just in case anyone misses it...
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Just back from a couple of hours charging around empty pistes in Avoriaz. The only bits open are the Arare and Bleu du lac area where the base is holding up well although rather hard at the mo, and the blue(sorry don't know the name) in Linderets. The snow on this piste is a little softer due, I think, to it's slightly lower height and sunnier aspect. It looked as if they have pisted the Chavanette area as well so this may open soon. If anyone's looking for a cheeky weekend skiing then they could do worse than come here; actually with second thoughts, it's crap go somewhere else.
Rather worryingly though, it seems Avoriaz have finished snowmaking for the mo because their resevoir is dry!
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| zzz wrote: |
| Rather worryingly though, it seems Avoriaz have finished snowmaking for the mo because their resevoir is dry! |
If this is true, it's more than "Rather worrying", surely?
I don't know the details of Avoriaz's water storage, but it must amount to several (hundred?) thousand litres. I assume the reservoirs fill with snow melt & summer rain- so is last season + a dry summer and autumn to blame?
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Hmmm... Didn't seem like a dry summer to me! From where i was sheltered in Les Rhodos it seemed like it pissed it down pretty much every day! So i wouldn't have thought that was the reason. zzz, Is the "dry reservoir hypothesis" gospel or gossip? Will be seeing you all in... 50.5 hours!
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ice_pie, It did p i s s down until August and since then we've had very little rain. The Dranse has been a gentle stream for the last couple of months and the large resevoir in Avoriaz is so dry it has a digger parked in the middle of it!! I heard the story from a mate of mine who is an ESF instructor in Avoriaz so fairly sound I think. Anyway I hope it won't matter as we've some more snow on the way.
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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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zzz, snow? in Morzine? Isn't Morzine too low for snow...?
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You know it makes sense.
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Talking of Webcams is it not time Morzine got some decent webcams? Phil you're King of Morzine can you pass a decree?
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| I don't know the details of Avoriaz's water storage, but it must amount to several (hundred?) thousand litres. |
Les Saisies, which is a small resort, has just built a new reservoir which will hold 59,000 square metres. Can't think how many litres that is, but lots! However, it won't be filled with rain and snow melt. It is near the top of the mountain, and will be filled with water pumped up from lower down. Seems odd, on the face of it, but apparently it is more efficient that way so the cannons can be gravity fed. I suppose they can choose cheap electricity times to pump. Avoriaz must have pretty big storage - the whole artificial snow business is so expensive, it's a good thing it looks as though there's plenty of the real thing around.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Just to make you all weep had a cracking morning in Avoriaz. 50cm+ of fresh and there were about max. 20 people up there. Loads of fresh tracks and kept going till thelegs could go no more..........
If you are thinking of a Pre-Xmas Ski look no further!!!
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snowandtrek, I am weeping .... but I'm also heading out tomorrow. Happy days!
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| snowandtrek wrote: |
| ...max. 20 people up there |
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snowandtrek, it sounds awesome! How busy is it towards the end of Jan? We head out on the 21st...
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That looks very positive snowandtrek.
It certainly looks like a cracking day on the web cams. If only last season had started so well!
ski-finder - the end of January is a lovely time to be on the slopes.
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Coming out 15th March this year which is later than usual - i know this is a very daft question - but in a 'normal' year what are conditions like at this time and are slopes busy in Les Gets/Morzine ?
Thanks
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ropetow, I've been out there very end of March a few times and conditions have ranged from good to unbelievable! 4 years ago (I think that's when it was) I don't think I've ever seen so much snow fall in one night!
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Looks like good snow coming lower down for PDS area....hopefully.
Are conditions below 1800m pretty average ie little / no snow?
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