 Poster: A snowHead
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In Switzerland apparently, near Sion. Anybody been? Snow reliable? Worth a visit? Tell me EVERYTHING you know........ 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Never heard of it and I live in Switz. I assume you don't mean Laax?
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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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No, it's near Sion as he said. One of our local stations has a tie in deal for discounts but I don't know Nax personally, a couple of lifts, half a dozen runs, around 20km of slopes I'd guess but there's any number of stations like that in Switzerland.
Sansman, where in Switzerland?
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zurich
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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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I don't know why I didn't just PM ise.....!
Found some info on myswitzerland.com: 35km of piste apparently, half-a-dozen lifts, tops out at 2640m. Could be worth a day trip...?
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ise, I'm researching options for my much anticipated easter ski w/end. Will be staying somewhere due south of Montreux: portes du soleil and verbier both within driving distance, but would rather avoid the hordes if poss. Obviously where we go will depend on the snow conditions at the time, which resort has got what open etc.
Do you know of any websites that give a one-stop rundown of conditions across the region? So far I have found myswitzerland.com and bestofsnow.ch to be fairly useful. The idea is to log on and decide where we go on the day.
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myswitzerland.com is about the best around really, or the best I've come across.
In that area I'd recommend Leysin or Ovronnaz, both are pretty close. Also Anzere near Sion, anything in Val d'Annivers or Super St. Bernard.
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I actually learnt to ski in Anzere. Mid-March it was, very sunny, skiing in a T-shirt, jumpers for goalposts.... decent view from the top as I recall. Might be fun to go back and see what's changed. From memory it was all reds and one black, which made progressing off the nursery slope a bit of an adventure!
I think Leysin, Ovronnaz & Anzere are all south-facing, so they may be struggling for snow come easter. We shall see.....
Val d'Annivers - is that St Luc, Grimentz etc?
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Val d'Annivers - is that St Luc, Grimentz etc? |
Yes, and Zinal of course.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Cheers for the recommendation ise, we spent a day in Ovronnaz. A nice little area, with some good and varied terrain. As it was Good Friday it was fairly busy, but could've been worse - I suppose the long twisty drive up from the valley puts a lot of punters off. Having said that there was only one lift bottleneck, and that was for the long drag up to Tsantonnaire at the very top. I imagine the place is very quiet most of the time.
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