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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Webcams look glorious again this morning. This time next week I will be there 
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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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Summer has arrived  spring conditions from the outset followed by an early finish as things got very soft. Snow melting rapidly off the roofs and a very serious avalanche risk (4). Hopefully it will freeze tonight ahead of some spring skiing in the morning and a pleasant lunch........
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Spent the weekend just past in the EK, all I can say is wow. Stunning conditions, powder at all levels Sat after a dump on Friday night, very warm yesterday but snow lovely up high and turning slushy at resort level. Still masses of snow at all levels, avalanches going off everywhere you look tho so please be careful if you are going/there just now. Of my 6 ski holidays/weekends this season the conditions this time were the best of all! on the 13/14th April!
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And summer continues - but for how long......
Hard pistes this morning which soon softened to slush lower down. Up on the glacier there was some great spring skiing and also a lot of work going on to dig out the 'summer lifts', more of the glacier has been pisted to serve the lifts - a bit more room for us all when the valley is slushy.
Popped to Bourg for the last shop this season - it was 0 degs in the bowels of the carpark and 23 degs in Super U car park in Bourg this afty, confused car!
Looks like a lot of weather arriving from Thursday night with temps dropping rapidly from Friday (0 deg isotherm drops from above 3400 to around 1400) - so we might be in for a weekend of clouds and great snow (highish up obviously).
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I would just like to say that I had a fantastic day in Le Fornet on Sunday, superb conditions for the time of year. This after another glorious day in Ste Foy on Saturday skiing powder on the penultimate day of the season. A wonderful way to finish off the season.
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Another spring day with a whole variety of conditions. Face de Bellvarde was at its easiest at 10 this morning with softening snow but so many people that it was like the wacky races (medal medal medal). We skied mostly in Fornet - every run was different and a pleasant lunch in the sun at Les Cascades.
The main story was the number of enormous avalanches around the area - Santons looked like a battle field and you didn't have to stand and stare long before you saw one. The whole slope above the last narrow pitch on Face (before the piste widens down the last couple of pitches into VDI) had gone at some stage - don't know whether it was natural or induced but the debris was down the centre of the piste half way to the Peau de Vache Restaurant (formerly Le Tannerie). The slope had been closed - but unbelievably people were still ducking under the ropes at 1530!!
Bulletin writing just been interrupted - the pisteurs are doing a lot of blasting on the Lavachet Wall above Trolles - huge amounts of snow coming down onto the piste - the bashers will have a lot to do tonight 
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Another fantastic day spent cruising the pistes of the Solaise and a very lazy coffee at L'Ouillette. Blue skies throughout. The Marmottes are now out in force catching up on lost time I imagine........ 
However, tomorrow will be a different story starting with rain changing to snow through the day - the forecast expects 30-50cm of snow over Fri night/Saturday - here's hoping the zero degree isotherm gets on the quick bus to Bourg!
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I'm gonna be out in Tignes for a few days next week (skiing tue-fri), if anyone fancies meeting up for a bit of a ski and/or beer then give me a shout - i'll be mainly skiing with my gf most of the time (it's our 10th anniversary of being together- any excuse she says for me to suggest a ski trip!ha), but i'm a fair bit more adventurous than she is so she is happy for me to go and have a blast on my own for a few hours.
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Sounds like it's been a warm week so far, good to see that a large amount of snow is forecast come tomorrow night! Can't wait to get out there, haven't been to Tignes in ages.
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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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chocksaway, thanks for the update!
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You know it makes sense.
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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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stewart woodward, How is Mrs Woodwards tan coming along?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| thefatcontroller wrote: |
| stewart woodward, How is Mrs Woodwards tan coming along? |
The deck chairs are covered in snow this morning and need digging out
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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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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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At the airport waiting for departure. Looks brill haha.
Those poor marmots must be starving by now wondering when it's ever going to end!
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Summer Skiing tuition? I have a couple renting our place in Tignes fro 2 weeks at the start of July. They are looking for some ski tuition (they are intermediate skiers they say). I beleive ESF can offer some tuition. Any one know any more user friendly folk around then?
Captain Snowy
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Captain Snowy,
Snoworks are running race carve weeks in July if your 'intermediates' are speed junkies www.snoworks.co.uk
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Captain Snowy, Just spoken to two of the TDC guys - they will be working in the summer (I would suggest e mailing early to get on the schedule)
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Just got back yesterday from a 5 day trip. 4 days a blue bird and last day was foggy. I can not believe the way the pistes held up in such warm temps. We will deffo be Back for an April in the future.
Cheers
Smag
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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Factor 10 and the Scott Crusades!
Much better than yesterday as the pisteurs were able to open a lot of the slopes on time - we only had about a foot over night. So it was fresh tracks on piste, in powder for the first hour or so before some rapid consolidation - though there were a few pitches on north facing slopes that lasted a bit longer -didn't go far off piste due to the high avi risk (4).
Val's Club de Sport were having a fancy dress day - so lots of vicars, nuns, monks and a pope (do Prada do red ski boots?) around OK orange
More precipitation due tonight and tomorrow but with the 0 deg isotherm marching back up the hill I wouldn't like to speculate as to what it may bring.
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You know it makes sense.
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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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Dabber, in October it will be the glacier, at the end of November other runs in resort start to open, subject to snow and snow making e,g. Doiuble M
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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any recommendations on accommodation for a 3-4 night break mid next week?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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monotokpoint, mountain sun have some great all in packages ATM
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Have tried mountain sun a few times in the past 24hrs, but no response. I'm guessing they are full 
Alpaka looks good. Are they quite central?
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Just looked a little harder and seems like they are perfectly placed - I'll give them a call. Thanks 
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Hi there,
Thinking about a trip out this weekend. I see that the forecast is good (some snow) but are the pistes holding out well during the day?
Thanks.
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Came down Palafour today at 1400 which is normally a slushfest - it was a bit soft but absolutely skiable
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After a couple of runs enough folk had passed to allow almost a normal descent - even just off the side was virtually un-skiable (although I suspect many blogs/tweets/farcebook posts will suggest otherwise (Gas Board doesn't work Saturdays!)). After an Italian coffee at the Jam Bar the light improved and we tried to get higher but as the day warmed up (relatively) it meant the deep snow was in the same condition - the sun has made brief appearances followed by heavy showers. More of the same tonight so by Monday/Tuesday the pistes will be in superb condition when the heaviest precipitation passes. Avi risk now 4 so take care out there!
Thanks!