Poster: A snowHead
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Were the recent dumps to good to be true....I see on the weather websites a mean looking HIGH hovering over Scandinavia and if it doesn't move soon will it cause a snow drought?? Don't know enough about this so maybe the more knowledgeable snowheads will help.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Looks like this high sitting over Scandinavia will be pushed away by Tuesday....according to the BBC weather. Don't know if this will change the waether in the Alpine region though.
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the 6 day outlook doesnt look good. Clear skies with that high sitting over the Alps.
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Louis, as Diarmuid, says, its forecast to move south as well resulting in little chance of any lows coming in off the atlantic getting down to the Alps so I'd certainly say its bad news in terms of snowfall for the next four or five days at least - weather for skiing will be great though - staying bright and sunny and cold enough to keep the snow in good nick.
I've been watching the GFS forecasts avidly for my trip on 28th Jan and to be honest though they go out much further, its not worth looking past about four or five days as the situation is changing with almost every run.
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I wish I was going away next week - the conditions look fantastic.
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Not a sign that the HIGH wants to move -- please go away-- we want a fresh dump for some new powder !!
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Louis, to be honest having had my last two trips spoilt by too much snow I am fairly happy for the weeks forecast. Decent base, cold enough to stay that way and with snow making each night things could be far worse!
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Louis, to be honest having had my last two trips spoilt by too much snow I am fairly happy for the weeks forecast. Decent base, cold enough to stay that way and with snow making each night things could be far worse! |
Can a holiday be spoilt by too much snow ? OK I guess if you are not mobile then it's possible, however if you are, then there is always a small/lower/tree lined/less dangerous resort near by that you can ski after a big dump.
Give me a day of sub zero temps + tons of snow falling in favour of running up and down concrete pistes that havent seen snow in weeks.
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I kind of agree with micksup, my last trip to Lech was messed up with the Flexen Pass closed and we couldn't get to the hotel. Also another year we found the lifts in Saas Fee shut for more than 2 days due to bad weather. Also I recall on the Snow Patrol series on recently three episodes affected as lift were shut due to bad weather during heavy snow. While we all dream on Snowy nights and Blue Sky during the day the fact remains that this is rare.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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The first two times I went skiing (mid 90's) in the alps we had nightly snowfall with clear blue skies...this I thought was the norm until a few years back when it didnt snow once on our holiday (or for weeks before it)...icy conditions etc and didnt enjoy. Since then I realise how lucky we were and now just hope for the big dump a few days before we arrive in resort then have clear week..
Here's hoping for the 28th Jan
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You know it makes sense.
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My first whole weeks skiing was at AdH - in Jan last year. We had 2 days of heavy snow then the rest of the week was clear - fantastic
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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The gods threw everything they could at us on our first ever ski trip-to Flaine. I dislocated my thunb and tore the ligaments on the dry slope 2 weeks before, still didn't top me-got the plaster took off, and bought a thermoplastic splint and a larger pair of glovs. ON the holiday itself, we had rain, hail, sleet, blizzards, avalanches , thunder, lightning (my 5yr old headed for the lap of the closest French nanny each morning), followed by a final day of glorious sunshine. What siking trips are made of, total uncertainty.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Well the 6 day weather map on snowforecast.com shows a bit of snow due - perhaps there may be snow in the Alps towards the end of next week? (This was on a request for Saalbach, Austria)
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