 Poster: A snowHead
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I've just had a email in from a tour operator:
"With a bumper start to the early ski season across the Alps, at XXXXXXXX we’re looking forward to a winter season to remember. With plenty of snow already; along with some beautiful bluebird days and an almost tangible buzz in the air, it's the ideal time to get a group of friends together and head out to the slopes.
Up to two metres of the white fluffy stuff has already fallen in resorts across Europe since the start of the month"
Anybody like to tell me where has had 2m of snow? Most if not all webcams I look at are green!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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" up to" is a very useful phrase don't you think? If you twist it to mean "no more than"
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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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It came, it fell, it melted.
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name and shame, please!
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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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Def not in Sierra Nevada webcams look very depressing and I am supposed to be there skiing next Wednesday and Thursday 
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Perhaps their definition of 'Europe' is a bit wider than ours - so they can include Buffalo 
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South west. Pretty much everywhere in that region above 2000m or so. It was a pretty big deal on all the snow forecasting/reporting sites a week or so ago as there were several MASSIVE storms!
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shock, horror, tour operator exaggerates snow conditions....
Its not the first time, best just to take it with a pinch of salt.
A few resorts have had over a metre, but like @davidof, says, a lot of it has melted.
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"With a bumper start to the early ski season across the Alps, at XXXXXXXX we’re looking forward to a winter season to remember. With plenty of snow already; along with some beautiful bluebird days and an almost tangible buzz in the air, it's the ideal time to get a group of friends together and head out to the slopes."
I’m loving their optimism 
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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.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Italy seems to be having the best of it. This is Cervinia:
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You know it makes sense.
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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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Sure that wasn't brown poo coming out of the Swiss French boarder as you walked over them?
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Poster: A snowHead
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@Mike Pow, 
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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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@clarky999, Thats why im only 2ft tall stood up!
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And 'up to 2 meters' actually means 'less than 2 meters'. Commonly found in marketing phrases everywhere.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| Tom Doc wrote: |
| And 'up to 2 meters' actually means 'less than 2 meters'. Commonly found in marketing phrases everywhere. |
Yes but add in phrases like "Bumper start" and "with plenty of snow already" that is realy pushing marketing spin on what is currently very poor conditions!
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| alex99 wrote: |
shock, horror, tour operator exaggerates snow conditions....
Its not the first time, best just to take it with a pinch of salt. |
Good way to help it melt.
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@Kenzie, I think Cervinia may need more than a pinch looking at those pics
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| Rob D wrote: |
| Tom Doc wrote: |
| And 'up to 2 meters' actually means 'less than 2 meters'. Commonly found in marketing phrases everywhere. |
Yes but add in phrases like "Bumper start" and "with plenty of snow already" that is realy pushing marketing spin on what is currently very poor conditions! |
There ARE good conditions. Just not over the whole Alps!
http://wepowder.com/report
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They obviously mean the Scandinavian alps?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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nice skis ! although I think you might be able to drive them just a bit better than i do.
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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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I was in the Canaries last week and there was snow on the top of the mountain in La Palma (at 2400m) and also lots of snow visible in the distant horizon on the mountain atop Tenerife. No ski lifts though
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Here's the webcams from Isola 2000 - they are going to receive another 40-90 cm's - snowline on 2200 is relatively high with clouds rolling in from Tunisia.
http://hiver.isola2000.com/webcam
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