 Poster: A snowHead
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I was planning to go to Val D'Isere but the conditions are not to my liking at the moment. Saas-Fee, Andermatt and Zermatt seem to have the best snow depth at the moment but I wonder if the glaciers at the top skew the figures. Any thoughts on the best bet for this particular week?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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If I was going to be placing bets, I would have thought Val d'Isere / Tignes would be your best bet for snow on 4 jan at this moment in time
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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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Ditto Peanuthead's comment - Tignes is one of Europe's bankers for decent snow. If conditions are 'not to your liking' in Espace Killy, chances are they'd not be elsewhere too.
Anyway, as conditions are still being described as good at the moment, aren't you being a little picky chraya? Not to mention that there's about 20cm of snow forecast in the next couple of days and the longer term outlook is unsettled - which means snow  .
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WTF do you mean? What sort of skiing are you after, powder, backcountry, freestyle, touring, ski ballet, cross country , piste, race training or are you a beginner looking for a bunny slope? As far as I know the piste are in good shape in Val. I doubt anywhere in the alps has great off piste at the moment. I also know many resorts in Austria have great piste conditions with decent base. What conditions are like in 2.5 weeks from now is a total guess. One decent storm rolling could transform a whole set of resorts depending what direction the weather is coming from. If you want a snow condition guarantee try Milton Keynes
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Looks like there will be plenty of snow before the 4th January, meteo.fr are currently forecasting at least 4 days of bad weather across France from Christmas Day. That should mean plenty of snow at the higher altitiude resorts.
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waynos,
This made me spray coffee over my desk.
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WTF do you mean?
This made me spray coffee over my desk.
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Me too 
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snow forecast currently showing nearly 50cm on xmas day. Things will change no doubt but looking a good bet at the moment, which is excellent for me as I'm off there 4th jan. Yipee 
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Val D'Isere is showing a 75cm base at the top. I've skied it with twice that amount and the conditions were only OK. The off piste is looking very bad as the new snow will cover a very weak layer.
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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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In fairness, chraya, it's gonna be similar or worse everywhere else in the Alps for off-piste. The best case scenario now would appear to be big dump of heavy moist snow, and currently best bet for that in next 2 weeks looks like in France
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chraya, I was out in the Espace Killy last week. Conditions on piste were generally great with only a few of the lower runs a bit scraped off, and there was a good base on all the runs down to about 1800 m. Given the good top up forecast over the coming week, it will be super in the first week of January.
I guess the issue of the avalanche risk off-piste will probably be pretty much the same all over the Alps as I think everywhere has had the same prolonged spell of dry sunny weather?
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