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Arriving tomorrow, and thankful for the new snow today - seems to be a bit more forecast too?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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how much snow are we talking? Crystal saying over a metre fell last night up the mountain...! 
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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 doubt a metre came down last night. Tour ops will exaggerate....a good gauge is to look at rooftops on webcams. Looks about 10 or 20 cm at resort level. Did you see the webcams yesterday???? There is no base to ski on into the town..... Maybe there is????...Ski tech's having a good year this year I suspect.
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@abbosphere, Crystal are talking unmitigated rubbish.
@bluenatic, Can't imagine it's enough to make the Diable runs to town or the Vallee Blanche skiable, as there was no base at all yesterday and it rained for the best part of the day before it turned to snow overnight.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| bluenatic wrote: |
http://www.peteblandsports.co.uk/trolleyed/2/70/94/ I race in Inov 8 Mudclaw's, see the link, they have quite an aggressive tread on them...great for Lake District Fell Running and Racing. They've done a good job for me on this race for the past 2 years. The second half of this race is much harder than the 1st and isn't quite on compact snow, you drop down the Mont De Lans side of the town to the forest, then its a tough climb up through the trees, which last year was calf level untouched snow,..this is all done at night time in the dark...heavy going on the legs.
Are you doing the race next week?..... entries are still available for the short and long course. It looks like they have added a medium length race this year to.
Route details and course profile here http://www.les2alpes.com/fr/les-2-alpes-night-snow-trail-parcours-et-profils.html
Entry details here http://www.les2alpes.com/fr/les-2-alpes-night-snow-trail.html Personally I don't think the short race is worth doing and wrecking your quads for skiing.....the long race is. |
I'd love to do it, but I'm not going to Les Deux Alpes at all, but to Flaine, and the following week. Otherwise, yeah! I've been meaning to buy a pair of the Mudclaws for muddy trail races in the UK, good to see they cope with snow as well. Just off out to try out my DIY shoes (albeit not on snow)!
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Nice dump last night. About 20cm in resort and perhaps 40 or so further up. Visibility wasnt great though but I had a good 3 or 4 hours playing. 1st time my fatter skis have been out.
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Sorry mate....commercial interests aside (crystal & pano bar). 1 meter??? I still doubt.
If Facebook says it .... It must be true????
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I specifically said ''according to Panobar'', didn't say it was gospel! It did rain fairly heavily at resort level from early morning until it turned to snow around 6/7pm, so there should have been fairly significant accumulations.
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Hey up @Claude B, @Lizzard, well I'm now safe and sound back in blighty.
But a quick question before I consider next year.
How often do they close the mountain through wind?
Spoke to people in the airport and they were OK.
On a plus side, nielsens gave us a piece of paper saying the mountain was closed so we might be able to claim off the insurance......... I would have preferred to have ski though.
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They were giving refunds at the lift pass office yesterday, 50% of the value of the 2 days missed, or 2 days skiing at L2A another time, if you had your receipt.
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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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@kiteman69, I've not known that many days in about 35 weeks here. In a normal snow year Pied Moutet would be open and being lower not as badly effected by wind.
Yesterday was superb, all the new snow and sunshine too. It was very cold though about -11C without wind chill. Pretty busy too with the start of a new week and a lot of locals coming up from Grenoble.
A bit more snow overnight but pretty poor light for most of the day. I managed a few hours though, its snowing in resort now with more forecast tonight.
View from my balcony Saturday morning https://flic.kr/p/qQq85f
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Does anyone know how much actually fell at the top? Also, what condition is La Grave currently in?
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You know it makes sense.
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@boardiac, 50cm or so on Friday night, another 10 perhaps Sunday night and its been snowing all day today. Haven't been to LG, the liaison wasn't open last week don't know if it is now.
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How often do they close the mountain through wind?
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How long is a piece of string? Lift closures depend on both the strength and (as important) direction of the wind in question. It's the weather, innit.
@omicron, those refunds won't apply to passes bought through TOs and sold at a lower rate than the public price - TO customers need to go through their insurance. Anyone who bought a pass at the ticket office should go and claim their refunds though.
Bad news today - Alpe du Grand Serre is no longer part of the Galaxie system - boo and thrice boo.  But still worth paying 20€ for a day pass.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| boardiac wrote: |
| Also, what condition is La Grave currently in? |
Not 100% but I think it is only skiable down to the Mid point. I don't think the bottom half is in good nick at the moment.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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thanks, bluenatic and Claude B
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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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They will not open the link up for quite a while yet as they need a lot more snow to fill the holes in on the glacier.
I was in LG a couple of weeks ago and was pretty obvious.
Even with well over a meter that they had a couple of days ago they need more before they open the link up as you do get a massive Muppet factor of people coming over not realising the potential issues of ducking under the rope to score some fresh tracks, and then following tracks that could lead them into massive dodo.
I'm not too sure if the glacier TBar is even working yet though most skiing from the La Grave side tend to know the score better and what's involved in skiing on the glacier.
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I'm not too sure if the glacier TBar is even working yet
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It isn't.
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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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Decent morning and early afternoon with a bit of sunshine until light snow and poor vis won though about 2.30. Diable Black back to resort is now open but it's not very pleasant, one run was enough. Pretty bare in places and snow was heavy going. Played around off piste this morning back down to resort and that was much more pleasant although well tracked
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Gorgeous sunny day but very cold up high, kept the snow nice though. Pied Moutet opened today I believe but I missed it  Went up to 3200m and there wasn't a sign saying liaison was closed and t bar to 3600 was open, maybe you can get across.
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@Lizzard, Thanks. Wouldn't have tried until later anyway. Not up today nursing a sore leg and leaving in the morning. Bright again but a fair bit of mist bubbling up from Venosc. Cold down here so will be very up there. PIC from yesterday
https://flic.kr/p/qTUAMV
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@Claude B, @Lizzard
I'm flying over to do a race (Trail/Fell running depending how you look at it) in Deux Alpes tomorrow night.....I'm just wondering if i can get some local knowledge re:conditions under foot off you guys. Its the 2nd half of the 20K race/route - map is here http://www.les2alpes.com/fr/les-2-alpes-night-snow-trail-parcours-et-profils.html and its at the bottom of the page. I can guage what conditions are like on the first half by web cam, its the second half, after you pass the mont de lans chair, drop down parallel to the Bons chair, up through the Molliere forrest and accross the Vallee Blanche side. Last year and the year before this bit was quite deep in snow, i'm hoping this year it will be different, hoping to get a better time. ....need to improve on 14th overall....i missed out on 2nd Veteran 40 by just under 2 mins.....Any info on conditions would be gratefully received.....Cheers
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We are en route! How's the weather looking today?
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As I sit in the Jandri express the weather is starting to become overcast as some snow on the way. Pistes are ok. T-bar on glacier was closed this morning.
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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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@bluenatic, Snow isn't deep on that section at the moment, but since we're currently forecast 37cm on Thursday this could well change.
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@bluenatic,  good luck!
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You know it makes sense.
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Snowing when I left tonight, hopefully a prelude before grander things!
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Fingers crossed for this week as we arrive on the 31st.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Great first day skiing yday with blue skies and relatively fresh dusting of snow. Much worse today VERY windy at the summit. Skied signal in probably the most challenging wind and snow conditions I've ever skied - surprised it was open. Valentin was much better though as fewer skiers out there and after the bare bits right at the top, was an enjoyable ski back to the resort. Skiing now in resort and hoping for a calmer day to ski the fresh snow tomorrow. Loving L2A as a resort though, a lot of scope and have had fun skiing morning with the better skiers on tougher slopes and then joining up for a cruise with the full group down the blues in the PM. Happy man!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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After two bluebird days, must be at least a metre of snow today on the mountain today - and still going with more forecast tomorrow... Pretty dreamy to glide through fresh powder on some fatter skies but by mid afternoon visibility made it challenging and if it wasn't my first week in a year I'd probably have hidden inside!
Anyone coming to the resort on Saturday is in for an absolute TREAT!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Any more recent updates? Going out there in a few short weeks. 
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Wall to wall sunshine forecast for the forseeable, which is a good thing for the February family punter clientele.
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@kiteman69, £120 for two days? The full tariff day pass is only 46€, result.
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snow conditions update please...
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I'm not back for a couple of weeks but reports from friends are good, there's been a lot of snow since I left just over 3 weeks ago Fair dump last weekend I believe.
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Lots more snow last weekend, splendid on piste conditions, though I am not alongside this policy of bashing absolutely everything as flat as a pancake all of the time. Link to La Grave now open.
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