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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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So good to have the thread up and running. We have already booked for Val Claret 7th Jan, but may try and sneak over beforehand if we are blessed with early snow. Thank you @chocksaway, for kicking off the season. May the snow gods shine on everyone.
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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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@chocksaway, fab...snowing in Val disere. ...I know it won't last but who cares
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Whoop whoop!
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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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Cheers chocks! We'd biked up past the Almes lift works in July & wondered what they were up to.
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And the obsessive camera watching starts. Got the first nice snow falls this morning, it always warms my heart.. 
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@chocksaway,
Well done!
Retirement is imminent. Will be at the PSB if it happens and will hang around in Tignes, I expect, until the New Year. Expect to be there for several weeks towards the end of the season as well.
Coming on my own for much of it. So ski buddies welcome!!
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Good to see the new start for 2016/2017
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Clearly been snowing on the GM this weekend. Not sure it is much but needed for the October opening. Hopefully looking not so bare once the clouds clear. A hint of winter!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Already booked for 25th Oct. Hope there is a bit more snow.
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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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Looks like there been a dump on Le Grande Motte!
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The GM looking an absolute picture today
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You know it makes sense.
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Oh god, I'm looking in here already. I usually hold out until October 
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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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Poster: A snowHead
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View of Tignes today, woke up at the right time!! 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Great shot. Is the glacier the bit in the centre of the photo, or the larger snow covered area at the top centre of the photo?
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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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Glacier is the one in the centre.
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centre, The Grand Casse is above and to the right of the Motte. On my original the lifts are visible, as is Val D'Isere, but I couldn't quite get the Pissailles glacier as the plane banked a bit!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Out of idle curiosity looked at the webcams today. I was surprised how short the new chair Le Lac is, I was expecting it to go higher than Almes poma did.
The glacier looked OK though for the time of year.
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| stevew wrote: |
Out of idle curiosity looked at the webcams today. I was surprised how short the new chair Le Lac is, I was expecting it to go higher than Almes poma did.
The glacier looked OK though for the time of year. |
Looks like its exactly the same start and finish. As long as it is open as late as the old millenoux drags so i can get back to the bec rouge after a cheeky loop apres 
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@Timg60, Are you a Bec Rouge winter resident?
Yes the start and finish are in pretty much the same places as the old Almes drag.
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| Tigski wrote: |
@Timg60, Are you a Bec Rouge winter resident?
Yes the start and finish are in pretty much the same places as the old Almes drag. |
Unfortunately not. My Uncle has a place there and I try and borrow it for a couple of weeks each season. If not I try and rent there if I can find something. Like the ski in ski out and the fact it is lovely and quiet.
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Like the ski in ski out and the fact it is lovely and quiet
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@Tigski, Time we had a mass expat party in Les Jardins de Bec Rouge then!
The e mails from the resort are now starting to arrive thick and fast including most of the ents programme for the Winter - things will clearly be added and may change:
27 Nov 16 - a week long Sporting Values Conference, where it would appear that Pippa Middleton will be appearing. Given that the most glamorous celeb I have seen in Tignes is James May, things seem to be looking up
3,4 Dec 16. Just in time for the PSB we have the Christmas Fair with all sorts of jollification.
24, 25 Dec 16. Santa visiting and lots of kids entertainment.
31 Dec 16. Party and Fireworks on the SnowFront in Le Lac - same participants as last year.
3 Jan 17. Indoor Athletics meet starts in Tignespace.
4-7 Mar 17. SFR Freestyle Competition in the halfppe in Val Claret.
3-6 April 17. Franco Folies. Concerts around the resort.
There is also going to be a 'cultural season' dates and artistes to be confirmed. Also Pride week seems to be on the agenda but with last years dates!!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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@chocksaway,
Cos I was mucked around by my company only just retired. Over for the PSB and booked with TCC for 2 weeks thereafter. Can poss stay with them in another chalet for Xmas week. But need somewhere for New Year week. Any ideas or contacts.
Any help appreciated.
Probably back for last month or so of season.
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@Mark1863, You could try the Lavachet Lodge - they are quite flexible, after that Chalet Chardons in Brev (and their associated chalets) have allsorts going on.
Just had another e mail from Tignes Development - like a lot of resorts Christmas is not looking popular this year because of the dates but NY is. So it appears there are a lot of bargains for Christmas.
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You know it makes sense.
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The Lodge is fill. In there two weeks prior to Christmas. But then have to move out. Good idea about the Chardons
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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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A few brave souls made it for the first day of the season this morning, looked a bit moist in the air!
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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 had heard the rumour re the Alpaka. I will be moving from Taos to the Alpaka at the end of the PSB
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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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@chocksaway, brings a sense of nostalgia to me. Note to self ... make sure I go to Tignes this year before the Alpaca closes .. please hold me to account on this.
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Shame about the Alpaca, we had some amazing nights there over the years, particularly when they had the ginormous dog you used to fall over at the front door!
Sadly times move on and in the last few years there have been times when we were the only bodies in the bar. No idea what the hotel itself is like, we had friends stay there a few years back and they raved about the 6 course evening meals.
Oddly, next January we are staying in a chalet along from the Church, so probably the closest we have ever been to the Alpaca. Will no doubt pop in for a beer or two.
I know it's new, but does anyone know if the Taos has a decent bar, or is it a bit more Montana like?
Edit..... looked at the drinks PDF, don't think I will be drinking there, 12.5 euro for a rum & coke...... 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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http://www.remontees-mecaniques.net/bdd/reportage-tkd-des-almes-montagner-65.html
Shame to lose the Almes Poma. Seems it had an unusual phased start and very fast line speeds prior to the regulations limiting surface lifts to 3.8m\s, from the mid 1990s. Presumeably after the advent of snowboarding?
Shame they can't reinstall it somewhere else. It's a relatively modern lift with plenty of life left in it so presumably it has been sold on ?
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Lots of race training going on this morning in glorious conditions, limites amount of pistes though. As ever at this time of year there is a battle between the warm air over the Med and colder air to the north going on. However, it does look like it is going to cool down this week with showers towards the end of the week, which if all goes to plan might land as snowy slush down to Le Lac. This will soon disappear though but it will be good news up on the glacier, allowing them to open a bit more.
@Peter S, I guess so - it seems to be a policy of 'one in -one out' with the Vanoise National Park authority. Looking at the date (1991) I suspect it was built for the Albertville Olympics, I think there was some sort of malarkey going on up there.
@stevew, I'll try!!
@nelly0168, The bar in the Taos is nice, but you have spotted the flaw! It is pricy but the views out of the window over the Sassiere are great. Last season it did not seem that busy and I don't think I would ever call it buzzing. But as you say there are plenty of cheaper bars with atmosphere within a couple of hundred metres of the Church - Alpaka/Loop/Jam Bar and planty more within 7 or 8 minutes walk.
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| nelly0168 wrote: |
Shame about the Alpaca, we had some amazing nights there over the years, particularly when they had the ginormous dog you used to fall over at the front door!
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That enormous dog was an Irish Wolfhound called Oscar....it was the size of a Shetland pony.
It's a while since I was there, but it's always a shame to see a place with such character (and memories), being demolished.
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@Old Fartbag, What I can't remember is whether Oscar came before or after Max - both Irish Wolfhounds and both as daft as a brush! I must ask Jill.
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| chocksaway wrote: |
| @Old Fartbag, What I can't remember is whether Oscar came before or after Max - both Irish Wolfhounds and both as daft as a brush! I must ask Jill. |
I can't answer that, but I can tell you that it was Oscar that met us at the door in Jan 2009. 
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| chocksaway wrote: |
| @Old Fartbag, What I can't remember is whether Oscar came before or after Max - both Irish Wolfhounds and both as daft as a brush! I must ask Jill. |
Max, then Max AND Oscar, then just Oscar.
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FAQ
Also expect people to get lost around Val Claret as a much needed pure beginner area has been fashioned out of the hillside with a dedicated 'magic carpet'. So hopefully, it will be a lot easier for the ski schools when compared to teaching under the Bollin chairlift which can get a bit like the wacky races.
. Hopefully all will turn out OK.
