 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I'm not too worried, take an extra layer and face mask.
Snow should be in very good nick..!!
I'd be more concerned with will there be more snow..!
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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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im sure our northern posters arnt bothered by that.. thats balmy spring morning to them
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Sounds pretty similar to temperatures last January ????????
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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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CANV CANVINGTON, Just had a 6hr power cut. No problems.
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Timberwolf, Yes - pretty close. Very cold and no-one staying on the glacier, but only going for the view today and straight down. Any exposed skin is very cold immediately. Since you ask I had on:
fleece/neoprene leggings + fleece leggings + heavy duty Millet ski trousers
Silk long sleeved shirt, cotton polo neck, fleece polo neck, windproof shirt, fleece polo neck, very thick fleece polo neck + fleece gilet + North Face jacket.
Double fleece hat, 3 pairs of gloves, goggles......
Oh yes and I tried the Morrisons air activated heated insoles, which seem to work OK!!! 
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It was pretty cold for PG and me on the Bellecote glacier in La Plagne today. Easily -20, and probably colder, and a high altitude wind that picked up while we were on the top chairlift. I can't remember being that cold before; even had white spots appearing on my nose, so it was time to leave after admiring the view and taking a few photos.
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Charlotte,
You must really feel the cold to have to have all that lot on...!! 
If its still cold next week I will take a merino base to add to my microfleece, polartec 300 mid and hard shell...
I will take a neck gaiter and /or mask for the face
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JT,
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If its still cold next week I will take a merino base to add to my microfleece, polartec 300 mid and hard shell...
I will take a neck gaiter and /or mask for the face
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Standard kit for January skiing IMV
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As Rob says it was bitterly cold at Les Arcs and La Plagne today, although I was reasonably comfortable most of the time, having taken precautions similar to easiski's! I do need a larger pair of gloves though, one that can accommodate both inner gloves and an air space. My feet were much warmer than usual, having given up on ski socks (too tight a fit) and using just a normal pair of lambswool ankle socks. Otherwise lots of layers, not tightly fitting, and the crucial woollen neck gaiter, that combined with a helmet and goggles meant my face could be entirely covered when needed...
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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If its that cold I suspect a few cases of frostbite will be visible in the valley soon..
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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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-15 to -20 whilst a bit chilly is tolerable. If you go to the Banff area thats the kind of temps you can expect normally with the odd -30 to -40 every now and then.
Don't know if its the difference in humidity but -15 in Banff doesn't feel that cold and one base layer and ski suit was enough to keep you warm (for all our party). Once it hit -25/30 than face mask and extra layers were necessary.
Due to risk of frost bite slopes/lifts get closed when temps reach -35/40 as much for lifties sake as anything else.
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The coldest temperature recorded in Switzerland last night was -35C in La Brévine - known as the "Siberia of Switzerland", according to this report from SwissInfo.
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You know it makes sense.
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Here's a skier who has just completed a record-breaking trek to the South Pole in temperatures as low as -50C.
Maybe Wolfgang Melchior, this intrepid Austrian, has some serious insulation tips for us!
Report from BBC News.
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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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JT, Yes - I really do, but of course I was teaching and that's more like standing outside than skiing.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Just returned from Zermatt and some days last week where very cold where the temperatures during the day dipped to -33 degrees, but with wind chill ,people and snowforecast.com where saying wind chill to about -49 degree.
They shut the Klein lift a few days not due to wind but just due to the temperatures.
But an excellent time was still had
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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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Yes, a 16°C rise in temperature over the last 24 hours in Bourg! 40cms of fresh snow, took a while to dig the drive out this morning!
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PG,
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40cms of fresh snow, took a while to dig the drive out this morning!
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I bet the hill is shut while that pile stabilises 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| PG wrote: |
| 40cms of fresh snow |
So the GFS forecast was spot on! Typical that it should snow as I leave, but hopefully back next weekend to take advantage of improved snow conditions 
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Still snowing, rain below around 1100m at the moment. snowbunny, I was surprised at how much of the domain was open when I got up there this morning. Far more than on the La Plagne side as it happens.
Absolutely great skiing, although I've got to go up without an expensive camera next time. Almost no visibility at times, unpisted runs all over, bumps you simply couldn't see even as you hit them. I saw some spectacular face plants! (Yet to fall over this season - maybe I'm being too careful after last Feb's mishap).
rob@rar.org.uk, I reckon there will be another 10/15 cms come tomorrow morning. It started snowing pretty hard around 2pm and there is still the occasional shower.
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PG,
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Absolutely great skiing, although I've got to go up without an expensive camera next time. Almost no visibility at times, unpisted runs all over, bumps you simply couldn't see even as you hit them. I saw some spectacular face plants! (Yet to fall over this season - maybe I'm being too careful after last Feb's mishap).
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You were most fortunate to be able to take advantage of the conditions. Poor rob@rar.org.uk, had to go home, and read about it ! If you are not falling over, my personal view is that you are at greater risk of injury, since you are not engaging with the slope, to the best of your capability. Then again, I know nowt, and I have never seen you ski 
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It was -22C in Canazei (Dolomites) on Thursday, I had 2 pairs of thermals, a poloneck jumper, face mask....in fact I could barely move for layers and I was still shivering by the time I got off a chair lift! It was -16C at 4.30 p.m down in the village when we came down, copious amounts of Vino Caldo were required to get the circulation going again 
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PG,
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Absolutely great skiing, although I've got to go up without an expensive camera next time. Almost no visibility at times, unpisted runs all over, bumps you simply couldn't see even as you hit them. I saw some spectacular face plants! (Yet to fall over this season - maybe I'm being too careful after last Feb's mishap).
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You were most fortunate to be able to take advantage of the conditions. Poor rob@rar.org.uk, had to go home, and read about it ! If you are not falling over, my personal view is that you are at greater risk of injury, since you are not engaging with the slope, to the best of your capability. Then again, I know nowt, and I have never seen you ski |
I took your advice and faceplanted a couple of times today. Trouble is I was attempting to disengage from the slope at the time Took me a while to find my ski after the first triple piked somersault.
(A few more centimetres of light snow down in Bourg this evening... it all adds up!)
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I can vouch for how fricking cold it was, I got frostbite in my big toe in Laax. Woo! Numb for five days.
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FAQ
Please ignore everything I say, since I what I know about skiing could be entered onto a postage stamp. Perhaps a 2nd sport is calling you....err gymnastics 