 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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Beautiful.
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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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Very nice.
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awesome 
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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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@Idris, I always enjoy your first winter posts this time of year - please keep them coming
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How easy is it to drive across to Verbier from Chamonix in winter?
Is the route de la Forclaz kept open?
Our son is working there this season so looking for the quickest route to visit him.
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Most days it is fairly easy, only after snowfall can the forclaz be closed or difficult.
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Lovely photos! 
@skichampcouk, you probably know there are umpteen cols "de la Forclaz" so need caution if googling for info on opening.
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@Idris,
thanks for posting - whets the appetite
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Cracking photos, but did they get dressed in the dark?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@ansta1, when you're that good, you can let your skiing do the talking!
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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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I'm never going to be 'that good' so i have to resort to the options i have to criticise.
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You know it makes sense.
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Question of taste i guess. They look perfectly good to me although i can see how some might disagree.
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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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| pam w wrote: |
Lovely photos!
@skichampcouk, you probably know there are umpteen cols "de la Forclaz" so need caution if googling for info on opening. |
go to the road conditions link via the Chamonix websitr to be sure you are getting the right pass.
My sat nav (which uses RDS for traffic problems etc) decided the Col de Forclaz was closed a couple of seasons ago, and won't accept it's ever opened since. Keeps wanting me to go via Geneva to get from Chx to Martigny in August!
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Poster: A snowHead
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@brock, midgetbiker, Thanks.
@pam w, We'll probably only visit when the weather and forecast is good.
I think he'd rather be skiing on a powder day than have his parents visit.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Idris, nice pics. Last ones a keeper!
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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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| BobinCH wrote: |
| @Idris, nice pics. Last ones a keeper! |
I was Fu(king exhausted at that point!
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| Idris wrote: |
| BobinCH wrote: |
| @Idris, nice pics. Last ones a keeper! |
I was Fu(king exhausted at that point! |
Boot packing at 4000m in November. Chapeau!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Evening everybody. I'm checking in for another winter representing everybody's favorite British ski tour operator.
What a summer we've had in the Chamonix valley. Now winter has arrived, and this year it's going to be a good one!! Temperature is dropping and there's been flurries of snow in town all day
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Sub-zero temps, falling snow, must be time to check in for the season
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Two large avalanches at GM today started by piste security. The first photo is the GM glacier in the area of the point du vue piste, (photo Jean-Luc Lugan) the second is a Fatmap screen grab of the same area with the ski lines marked. Shows well how the piste guys keep us safe.
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Partial opening of GM and Les Houches this weekend, according to many gloating Geneva friends on Facebook (and by CdMB via email  ).
Very jealous – I've just got a session in a snowdome on Sunday. Why did I move away from the Alps again?!
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Good spot @fixx, it's only 15e at Les Houches but you will need to find the secret car park! 27e at GM bit only the Bochard open.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@Idris, great pics - that's got the season started very nicely!
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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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A few cheeky pow turns this morning in Les Houches
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You know it makes sense.
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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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Just spotted this.
@snowreportchx: LIFT UPDATE: 28/11 GM & Les Houches, 5/12 GM full opening, 12/12 all mountains open* snow conditions pending but we are looking good! #snow
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Poster: A snowHead
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@jbob, looks like it. Very exciting, we're up on the 11th...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@under a new name, I'm getting excited too.
In Geneva for Xmas but not in Chamonix until 4/1.
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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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Likewise I get there on 11th for a sneaky pre-xmas weekend & getting very excited!
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god I wish tomorrow would hurry and get here!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Just spotted this on the CdM site. Some useful stuff re shuttle at LH
"Snow report
Partial opening of ski domains November 28th - 29th, 2015:
Grands Montets
partial opening of the Grands Montets ski area for a couple of days, on November, Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th
(subject to the last technical ongoing operations on the area)
For the daily skiers, get a unique rate on a day pass 27€ (single price), ride your first lines on this mythical area.
Open lifts :
- Lognan cable car
- Plan Joran gondola
- Bochard gondola
- Marmottons chairlift
Open slopes :
- Bochard
- Marmottons
Area opens from 9 a.m
(Cash desks open 8.40 a.m – 4.40 p.m nonstop)
Area closing at 4.30 p.m
Les Houches
Partial opening of Les Houches – Saint-Gervais ski area for a couple of days, on November, Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th
For the daily skiers, get a unique rate on a day pass 15€ (single price)
Open lift :
- Maisonneuve chairlift
Open slope :
- Maisonneuve (black slope with a 600m drop)
Area opens from 9 a.m
(Cash desks open 8.50 a.m – 4 p.m nonstop)
Area closing at 4 p.m
Tips : Park at the Chavants carpark and get one of our shuttles :
With the complicity of Mont-Blanc Bus, we offer free shuttles ( 22pp max) who will rotate from 9 a.m until 4 p.m in between Chavants carpark & Maisonneuve carpark.
Last trip from Maisonneuve at 4.30 p.m.
Please note : the Grands Montets area will open definitely for the season the following Saturday, on December,5th 2015.
For the non-skiers the Montenvers – Mer de Glace train is open every day."
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Can anyone confirm, does the MBU only give you a 50% discount for Verbier up to 6 days over the whole season?
Also, GM tomorrow woopwoop
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@Fergus, looks that way , season pass allows 50% off , 6 days max from 1/12/15 to end of season
and you can only visit on one day in any week unto a max of 6 days in the season
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I think I read that the annual pass is six days, the season pass six days half price.
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| jbob wrote: |
| I think I read that the annual pass is six days, the season pass six days half price. |
AFAIK I get 6 days Free with my Annual, will have to look up the stuff I got with my pass.
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Skied les Houches this morning.
They had only pisted the Kandahar piste, the other 3 1/2 variants were an unpisted mess.
Down to the bottom was a similar sh(t show.
The worst bit is the shuttle, they were using SWB Renault Traffics equipped for disabled access.
In other words only 5 passengers per lap, only 2 vans or a lift capacity of 30 people per hour.
The alternative - drive up to Maison Neuf wasn't working either, by 10.30 they were parking down both sides of what is not much more than a single track road!
All in all a very poor showing by Les Houches, yesterday was much better 
Oh piste conditions was soft all the way through to ice due to very poor pisting and even worse snow canon management.
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FAQ
. But I will be there.
