 Poster: A snowHead
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Montgenvre, Alpe d'Huez, la Clusaz, Bessans and Courchevel suffer from lack of snow after early opening last weekend.
Val Thorens and Val d'Isere closed by high winds.
Val d'Isere and Courchevel worried by lack of snow.
Serre Chevalier have opened runs in Monetier.
Tignes is open but the village (val claret, no snow at le Lac) runs are brown but conditions look ok elsewhere with even a few cm of fresh on upper slopes.
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Sat 29-11-14 11:47; edited 3 times in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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and most haven't even opened them yet....
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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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Sounds like you like Daily Mail headlines 
Val D did officially open this morning, although most of the skiing is currently up the Glacier and in fairness, the lifts do sometimes close due to winds, nothing new there.
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And Monetier is not usually open for another two weeks.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| trainee snowboard jedi wrote: |
Sounds like you like Daily Mail headlines
Val D did officially open this morning, although most of the skiing is currently up the Glacier and in fairness, the lifts do sometimes close due to winds, nothing new there. |
Val d'Isere, samedi 29 Novembre: infos neige 0% des pistes ouvertes
far too many idiots have joined this forum recently.
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weather forecast for the next seven days is still warm, so only the higher slopes will keep snow. The weather does feel six weeks late this year.
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@chrisb, the summer was at least 6 weeks late in the Alps, so that is probably not surprising.
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@davidof, I agree with your post about lack of snow everywhere, but what has that got to do with your title of this thread. I thought I was going to read something about the resorts and how they will only allow pre booked ski pass holders go on the mountain during high season periods if we do not get more snow. They have done this before. But all I have read is about snow conditions and the weather?
'French ski resorts shut their doors'. Please can you expand on what you ment. 
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I would suggest that as val d isere and val thorens are both French resorts and that they are closed due to high winds and that to be closed they will shut their lift doors... the threads title means exactly what it says. Your imagination can run wild at the title, ... but in essence it means what it says ..
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You say the title should say "closed" the lifts instead of "shut" .. Do you close lifts ? Or do you shut them 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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@limegreen1, Do not understand what you mean
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@Hells Bells, still have not had any frost on the car in Newcastle yet either, and my daily trip to Bishop has had an October foggy feel. I blame myself for putting the winter tyres on the car 
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You know it makes sense.
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Nor do I !! Anyways I'm off out for a ski ...... Oh , .... no I'm not as its windy out and they've shut/ closed/ turned off the lifts/resort although I'm not in val d isere or val thorens
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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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do not be surprised if what I predict about the ski pass holders does not come true
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no, I won't be surprised if that does not come true.  Not in the least.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| limegreen1 wrote: |
| Do you close lifts ? Or do you shut them down ... |
I didn't know ski lifts have doors, per the thread title...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@davidof, are you wondering why you bothered? 
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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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gondolas have doors
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I got a lift from the bottom end of val thorens to the top , but that was a "lift" in a car ...... The car had doors
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I've been keeping an eye on the Dollies for obvious reasons ( out there early Jan). The wind is in the South and stuck there, the minute that it spins East or NE, all will be well. 
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| davidof wrote: |
| trainee snowboard jedi wrote: |
Sounds like you like Daily Mail headlines
Val D did officially open this morning, although most of the skiing is currently up the Glacier and in fairness, the lifts do sometimes close due to winds, nothing new there. |
Val d'Isere, samedi 29 Novembre: infos neige 0% des pistes ouvertes
far too many idiots have joined this forum recently. |
Touchy
On the positive side there is 30cm at 2500m (60cm in Tignes) and depending on what forecast you believe, it is due to snow next week (let's hope). My point is that the lifts can often close due to wind, so it's a non story.
Anyway, I guess my response is based on the barrage of negative threads (and was tongue in cheek hence the smiley, so no need to be abusive) that seem to be springing up - why don't we focus on positive stories, rather then negative. eg Onnem posting his pictures from Valtournenche, Aosta valley yesterday - looks like there's snow there, let's all jump on a plane 
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| trainee snowboard jedi wrote: |
| why don't we focus on positive stories, rather then negative. |
Because we are British, not ***** Californians.
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2Alpes opened yesterday but was frankly rather pants, unfortunately. Skiable (more or less) down to 2600 but the snow has deteriorated to the extent that it's hard in the morning and sugary later on. Temperature was 6°C by early afternoon, which isn't helping, conditions overcast and flat light.
Still, this means I have more time to do useful stuff like get on with selling the car. BMW X5 anyone?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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why don't we focus on positive stories, rather then negative
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I don't want either "positive" or "negative" stories. Sensible ones which tell it like it is are much more helpful - as in @Lizzard's post above.
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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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| pam w wrote: |
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why don't we focus on positive stories, rather then negative
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I don't want either "positive" or "negative" stories. Sensible ones which tell it like it is are much more helpful - as in @Lizzard's post above. |
I'll 2nd that, but I guess I see hers as a positive story as it demonstrates at least some skiing is possible even in challenging conditions
But that's just perspectve, you are right in what you say.
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| pam w wrote: |
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why don't we focus on positive stories, rather then negative
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I don't want either "positive" or "negative" stories. Sensible ones which tell it like it is are much more helpful - as in @Lizzard's post above. |
But the title of the thread was a bit misleading, about resorts shutting their doors when most aren't even scheduled to open anyway.
That's a rather negative spin on a neutral story. Not exactly "tell it like it is", is it?
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You know it makes sense.
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1400m of vertical in Tignes this morning and only very short queues.
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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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Poster: A snowHead
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Keep 'um coming.....
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Everyday on the Tignes snow report thread. I tell it like it is - which may not please those trying to sell something but I do get lots of personal positive feedback.
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