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Hi All
I am off to Tignes (Le Lac) straight after Christmas - just been looking at Youtube footage of great snow last year on October 12th ! On the webcams today the place is completely bare and temperatures still 8 - 13oC below 3000Metres....................................Should I be worried ? 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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No.
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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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Oh and welcome to Snowheads 
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nicklloyd288, welcome.
As above. No. Not at all. Struggling to imagine excellent snow last year early season.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| under a new name wrote: |
| Struggling to imagine excellent snow last year early season. |
This time last year there was snow in Tignes village & it was cold.
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Did my SCGB refresher there the 1st week in December, it was fine 
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Actually starting to snow now on Grande Motte............
Maybe I will stop checking the webcam 'Every' day, but it just seems like so long to wait and so long ago since Alpe D'huez (Jan 2014) and Peisy-Vallandry ( March 2014)
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| nicklloyd288 wrote: |
Hi All
I am off to Tignes (Le Lac) straight after Christmas - just been looking at Youtube footage of great snow last year on October 12th ! On the webcams today the place is completely bare and temperatures still 8 - 13oC below 3000Metres....................................Should I be worried ? |
PM JB1970 he likes a worry about nothing.
Worry about the cost of beers, that will be more of an issue.
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Id get a refund and go on the dry ski slope for the week
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elbak89, but which dry slope? And which one has the best apres ski?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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John nike in Plymouth "100m of slick swift and exciting fun" can take your family there hotel around the corner "5mins up 11seconds down" 
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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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If you're worried about lack of snow this year then you should be glad it's tignes you're going to
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You know it makes sense.
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I checked 2011 snowfall didn't start snowing until end of december... id take my hiking stuff too
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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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Conditions in the first week of October are completely irrelevant in terms of what it might be like after Christmas. I'd recommend you stop looking at webcams until the beginning of December.
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Poster: A snowHead
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stewart woodward, yes... Last season was a classic early season start for most of France, wasn't it?
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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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No. The webcam might be become relevant to you sometime around December 12th, not October 12th.
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| rob@rar wrote: |
| . I'd recommend you stop looking at webcams until the beginning of December. |
Where's the fun in that
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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kitenski, it's only fun if it doesn't lead to paranoia 
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If the slopes are still bare by mid-December, then you can worry but I suspect you'll be fine.
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Anyone know if there Is anyway of getting cheaper lift passes here any secrets?
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Book early, book on lin look at Tignes main website for accom nd pass deals and Tignes 2014/15 thread for latest updates.
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chill out, will be fine 
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@ elbak89 ..... if youre staying in a chalet, you sometimes find that the company who owns the chalet ...... or chalet(s) if they own several will offer you an incentive such as a
discount on lift pass prices. For example, We went to La Plagne (Paradaski area) and the chalet we stayed in were offering a little bit off the full price of lift passes
when booking the chalet and tickets directly with them...also I myself got a FREE lift pass for being the lead booker / group organiser which was brilliant as it was also my birthday the 2nd day in :0)
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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.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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rob@rar, I'm not very good at remembering what conditions are like in detail unless I've actually skied in them. Past few years weekends have generally been too busy getting apartments ready for the season to exploit any early snow.
Certainly although at 1,100 in Chamonix we'd had an early with snow still in the garden but it was gone a few weeks later. We went up I think the week before Xmas and it felt like late April.
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under a new name, although we had amazing snow at the beginning of November, conditions gradually deteriorated during December. Although the higher resorts had decent piste conditions, I think some lower resorts (Morzine?) were close to postponing their opening? First three weeks of December (I skied Tignes, Meribel and Les Arcs) offered good piste conditions, but not much off-piste. By Christmas week conditions were getting poor, but fresh snow arrived on Christmas Day or Boxing Day, depending how far south you were. You're right that as well as being almost unbroken sunshine during December, we also had some warm days. Was great for an early season tan
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You know it makes sense.
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Should I be worried ?
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What's the point of worrying if you cannot do anything about it.
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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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| nicklloyd288 wrote: |
Hi All
I am off to Tignes (Le Lac) straight after Christmas - just been looking at Youtube footage of great snow last year on October 12th ! On the webcams today the place is completely bare and temperatures still 8 - 13oC below 3000Metres....................................Should I be worried ? |
The footage is on the Glacier.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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The footage is on the Glacier
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Yeah, that too.
I can't believe it though, a resort webcam that actually works as a decent webcam and has added value!! Amazing!!!
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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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I can't believe it though, a resort webcam that actually works as a decent webcam and has added value!! Amazing!!!
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The Tignes webcam view is the first button I push on my computer everyday, god I am sad!
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Pornhub for me.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| livetoski wrote: |
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I can't believe it though, a resort webcam that actually works as a decent webcam and has added value!! Amazing!!!
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The Tignes webcam view is the first button I push on my computer everyday, god I am sad! |
how did you feel when it was down for maintenance there for about a week
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Well it's opening this weekend so it can't be that bad!
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Looks like snow will fall on Grande Motte from Friday eve through to Monday if snow-forecast is to be believed
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Thanks, Stewart. 
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