 Poster: A snowHead
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....look, I know the lawn needs cutting, the kids are fretting, the sun is shining and the picnic things are actually being used, but some of us want to sit in front of a computer screen obsessing about what we're not doing, namely sliding on snow. Everyone seems to go off line suddenly, around now.
I certainly am trying to get up enough enthusiasm to get back on the bike in some kind of serious way (flunked it this morning and had to make a thousand pancakes for the kids...) and getting back on the climbing wall... BUT DON"T ALL OF YOU LOT DISAPPEAR and don't stop talking about skiing.....start planning, keep talking about kit, continue to go an about technique....please
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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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moffatross,
exactly....once the Alps dry up everyone b******s off the site.....
re your links excellent - more of this please....
Chile
Argentina
Patagonia
NZ
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valais2, I am looking at new boots and New Year bookings.
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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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blahblahblah, excellent .... keep it going and keep it on the site .... let your thoughts hang out for all to see ....
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moffatross, spot on, and i'm somewhat bemused to be away when conditions are so good up in the West.
Ps. you know, I reckon I rode a t bar with you on one of my 2 days in Glencoe this season, but I've guessed wrong before about who folk on here atually are 
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valais2, when do the resorts in the counties listed open?
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clarky999, dramatic licence - of course there's plenty although the lifts have stopped in lots of places - next month there will be zermatt, saas (although they may close to preserve stuff), stelvio etc....but the main places have an end to all the pisteur contracts of course,...
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Just booked some flights to Zurich for a long weekend beginning on 11th December, sneaky pre-xmas jaunt. Looks like we will head for Engleberg as there should be snow there, and the girls can spend a day window shopping in Lucerne . . . . 
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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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Just booked Ischgl for next year and I'm VERY excited! Only 8 months to wait now....
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Been in the fridge 4 times this last week will probably hit the dry slope next week and week after then back to the fridge all being well ( though may get the monthly pass for June So will be skiing all year ( need the practice and def need to improve fitness ).
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You know it makes sense.
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speed098, that's the ticket....
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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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checking travel for BB and PBBWU
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Poster: A snowHead
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glasgowcyclops, wt r u tlkn ubt
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Sssh, I'm watching motoGP...
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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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On my MTB, thoughts about skiing on back burner for next few months otherwise I get depressed thinking its another 7 months 
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Went to the fridge last night, Jnr has been this morning!
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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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queen bodecia, I would be too if I hadn't got rid od my Sky TV in a moment of money saving madness and went with BT which is cr*p! 
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| valais2 wrote: |
| glasgowcyclops, wt r u tlkn ubt |
Checking in advance if I can get travel to and from the Pre bash in Innsbruck then VCE back. IE KLM is great back to Glasgow but 4x the price for a single.
I always have a meeting in London at that time So I could go on the Wednesday evening. Free train down to London (travel miles or company paying) etc etc etc.
PS it is raining here and My wife and mother in law are discussing knitting. So I'm on my new mac book "farting around" TM.
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Markymark29, MotoGP is only on BT, it's not on Sky...
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valais2, I've got an idea for a trip staying in refuges on La Meije, so as to be the first group on the snow in the morning. Also, for climbing Mont Blanc, starting at sea level in Nice. I'll post more details as the ideas develop 
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queen bodecia, its not on mine, I can only get about 10 channels!
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Markymark29, it's on BT Sport, free to BT broadband customers, Sky and Virgin customers have to pay extra.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Made it out on the mountain bike today. First time since getting back three weeks ago from Val Thorens.
Booked up for Xmas week to go back there.............................229 days to go 
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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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Uh. Solden, where the sky was blue today and the snow was cold:
Obviously not wasting the stuff by skiing on it. Good luck with washing the caravan or whatever it was.
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You know it makes sense.
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Alps not dried up just yet. Beautiful skiing to be had in ValTho today, on and off piste. After a week of snow the crowds and clouds have gone.
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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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I'm in Canada, the flat bit.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Anyone got any tips on fitness stuff to do rather than actually skiing? Also on the fridges castle ford doesn't seem to have any advanced inter / advanced courses? Any lures or good fridge courses up't'north? Bumps carving and jumps ideally
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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steph, ....not sure I want to know this ... Not when I'm in the uk right now ....
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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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| Levi215 wrote: |
| Anyone got any tips on fitness stuff to do rather than actually skiing? Also on the fridges castle ford doesn't seem to have any advanced inter / advanced courses? Any lures or good fridge courses up't'north? Bumps carving and jumps ideally |
There is a thread on here re warren Smith courses at CFe
and also for ski X at CFe
http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=108666
Ski Rossendale has coaching with Dave Fuller on Friday nights think it starts around 7-7:30pm for 90 min and costs £10 including slope fees.
They may be doing something similar on Wednesday evening but best to phone them and check.
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Good thread valais2. I'll just post a ski pic every week through the summer in random places to keep things fresh, starting now...
Hut to Hut with MountainAddict & Co, Austria March 2014
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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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| Levi215 wrote: |
| Anyone got any tips on fitness stuff to do rather than actually skiing? |
Yes! Ditch the car whenever you can and ride a bike that's a bit on the small side for you. Let the tyres go down and ride it at least 5 times a week carrying a full backpack - great for strong thighs! Got me (a hut to hut virgin) through a gruelling (but hugely enjoyable!) 5 days of touring, climbing over 1,000 metres daily - two days with about 40 kick turns per couloir per day! Experienced tourers (not those on my trip I hasten to add) scoffed at my fitness plan, but it worked!
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Jude1, excellent....
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I was just in Are for their closing weekend, now prepping for a road trip touring in Norway, before competing in Rijksgransen. I'll have 6 weeks of holidays off snow after that, then the season starts in Chile.
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Chamcham, Good luck with the Meije it looks a tough climb. I will be tackling some much easier stuff in the Vanoise and the Dolomites. Is it GR5 from Nice to Mont Blanc?
Jude1, Perhaps I should let the tyres down on my bike. But that seems a bit extreme
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| Levi215 wrote: |
| Anyone got any tips on fitness stuff to do rather than actually skiing? |
Spinning! I love it, it's addictive.
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FAQ
Finished it last weekend for Feb next year. Just the 10 months in between to get through now 
All at prices less than this years trip 
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