 Poster: A snowHead
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I've double checked and can't see a LG thread for this season, which is hardly surprising as apart from one week when HaggisTrap was there after I was caught in my slide conditions have not been that good.
Yesterday I skied in Serre whilst the group I'm away with next week and the guide scored a cracking day skiing untracked all day.
Plan was made that I'd come over this morning, and I double checked with Per this morning if that was still on.
He advised me that he was off to do the commission run as conditions had changed dramatically from yesterday with a lot of overnight wind, more snow and warmer temps with increased humidity, and dire viz.
Here in Serre we'd had around 5cm though there was a probably a lot more that had fallen but with the non freezing temps snow had compacted.
Drive over the Col was a tad gnarly with very slippery wet snow on the road, and zero viz, which had me thinking about turning back as was it really worth it?
08:40 Arrived in LG and already there was a line or people waiting for the lift to open. I slowly got ready bumping into my guide friends wife who was more excited than me at the prospect of skiing up there in zero viz.
45 mins later they made an announcement that the second part of the lift, P2 to P3 would not be opening.
Then another twenty mins later we get a text from Per saying the lift would not be opening at all today and he'd meet us in the Castillian.
When he arrived he said that it was a "first" in the history of the commission run, which is when ten guides go up on a very early lift and split into two groups and ski Vallons and Chancel and then report back and a decision is made as to whether to open the lift.
His group had started to ski the Vallons route and the first guide was suddenly swallowed up in a huge slab avalanche. He pulled his ABS and was ok loosing both poles and one ski which was found later.
After that they decided that they could not open the lift at all as conditions were changing all the time and lower down would be just as bad.
The worry for tomorrow is a very strong wind from the South that will also cause more issues with the snow pack.
That said just looked at a couple of forecasts and wind speed does not look too bad.
I'm now on standby for tomorrow awaiting instructions later tonight / first thing in the morning as to what we'll be doing.
In the meantime weather not too bad now in Serre and have had texts saying great snow, but bad viz though now much brighter.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Weathercam Looks like they made the exact right call in La Grave, in all probability preventing serious injuries and/or deaths. I love the way they do things there (e.g. morning ava briefing ,etc), Good on them.
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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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Had a text earlier from Per the guide as I'm sitting here in Serre and rest of the group in the Edelweiss.
"Will ski the lift if it opens I think, driving down to take a look. If not touring in Lautaret"
So sitting here with two empty bags, ABS and Touring ready to pack depending on the call 
Don't seem to have the wind that they were concerned about, well at least on this side of the Col.
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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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Only opening to p2 this am due to wind at top. Fingers crossed for later....
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So Waited for text from Per to say lift waz opening then driving over col wind was crazy then get a call from Per saying lift is closed now waiting for them at the col, touring not going to be much fun, might have to be the guide and show them Serre slack country that's if top lifts in Serre are open which currently they are showing as open.
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Monetier couloirs long traverse and hike up from the 2 man chair was awesome. Was with Pelle Lang and he said it was the first time they had been in condition this season.
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