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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Quite a simplistic summary of a WePowder article (http://wepowder.com/forum/topic/212343) that WePowder admit they haven't finished!
But given Unofficial regularly publish 'Snowiest Ski Resorts in the World' articles without mentioning the above - and including plenty of resorts with lower stats - you can't expect much more from them 
It is interesting though - but where you look in each country is more important than each country as a whole.
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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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Indeed it is, and it's not necessarily the snowiest parts which get most visitors. In France the Beaufortain gets (according to Meteo France) significantly more snow, at the same elevation /orientation, than the Tarentaise. But thankfully the crowds still flock to the Tarentaise. and I believe that Kitzbuhel doesn't rely on being the snowiest bit of Austria to attract hordes of visitors.
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If there's enough snow to pull the planks out I.m happy, don't get much in our little country.
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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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| Damuls claims to be the snowiest town in the world. |
Ha ha. Not even close.
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| Although it may come as no surprise, Switzerland appears to be the snow capital of Europe. Namely the mountains just west of Andermatt seem to be the snowiest places in the alps with about 2000mm of precipitation per year. That’s 20m of snow each year (if it was cold year around). |
Even bigger ha ha. Based on that criteria Wales would be No.1
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[quote="Mike Pow"]
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| ......mountains just west of Andermatt seem to be the snowiest places in the alps with about 2000mm of precipitation per year. That’s 20m of snow each year |
Not quite - 2000mm is just 2m!
On that error alone, I don't think this article has much credence
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@Red Leon, 1mm of precipitation is typically taken to reflect 10mm of snow...so the basic arithmetic is correct, even if the conclusion isn't.
Anyhoo, no matter what, you can't roll up the stats and make any meaningful country level decisions. Switzerland might well be the snowiest country but trying to get any downhill speed down Zürish Bahnhofstrasse is a fruitless pursuit.
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| under a new name wrote: |
| @Red Leon, 1mm of precipitation is typically taken to reflect 10mm of snow... |
Of course. My bad 
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The critical thing is the temperature. There are plenty of places in US / Canada that claim huge annual snowfalls, but it is how much of the snow that falls, that stays on the ground that is important. Places like Whistler gets loads of snow, but it generally lasts days, due to the low altitude. How many European resort villages are at 660m?
If the higher European resorts had even half of the US / Candanian 10-12m averages, they would have spectacular seasons.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| PowderAdict wrote: |
The critical thing is the temperature. There are plenty of places in US / Canada that claim huge annual snowfalls, but it is how much of the snow that falls, that stays on the ground that is important. Places like Whistler gets loads of snow, but it generally lasts days, due to the low altitude. How many European resort villages are at 660m?
If the higher European resorts had even half of the US / Candanian 10-12m averages, they would have spectacular seasons. |
Err, they do... And more.
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