 Poster: A snowHead
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Hello all,
I'd planned a powder/touring trip next weekend with da boiz, 2 days Verbier/ 2 days Cham. However reports from Chamonix right now suggest Snow Drought Round 2 has struck and this time it's might be terminal... I know it's a week away, but a reliable source tells me a 'snowmageddon' is required to bring things back from the brink.
I don't know Verbier, but my intentions in Chamonix were to show my mates some of the classic day tours and/or steeps. I'm now thinking of sacking it and staying in Verbier for the entirety.
How are conditions right now? And can anyone give me a run down on Verbier steep skiing?
Or should we forget it and bring the park skis?
Thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Check out the forecast for La Grave next week and the weekend 4th/ 5th are you sure Verbier is dry as it looks?
A big storm, and as ever 50km either way can make a drastic difference!
Edit: just looked at Verbier and that looks good as well!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I have no idea about Verbier conditions tbh.
Like I say, I don't know the place bar a single day piste bashing.
Where do the big boys ski? When is the Bec des Rosses generally in condition?
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Get on instagram. The Brit crew (and others) in Cham are putting down once in a lifetime lines atm. No powder, but LOTS of adventure
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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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@clarky999, I'm convinced no-ones had any fun on skis since I was last out 2 weeks ago, but feel free to prove me wrong!
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Hi,
Like most of the alps we all need snow. The pistes are ok off piste you would have to do some miles to find some good stuff to play in...
Snow is forecast for Mardi Gras but it may blow away,,,,,,(28/2)
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So, has anyone got any route suggestions? Point me in the right direction of blogs etc
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Well what are your ideas of the good 'classic' tours/steeps in Chamonix?
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@Fergus, if you
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, might be worth getting a guide.
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| Well what are your ideas of the good 'classic' tours/steeps in Chamonix? |
I was thinking about the NE couloir du Capucin off the col du Tacul, Gervasutti Couloir (Tour Ronde), Chevallier Couloir, Col des Cristaux or maybe even the Droites. Aiguille d'Argentiere is getting a lot of traffic at the moment so might be an option.
I'd consider a guide in Verbier but we'd rather not have to.
Also, yes forecast is looking promising 
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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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Mont Fort and Mont Gelé were skiing well yesterday after the 10cm of fresh on Friday. Snow depths off piste must be about 50cm shy of normal so need to be careful of rocks. Some pics in Verbier thread. Not seen any tracks on the Bec. If the promised snow arrives could be transformed by next weekend. We're looking at a La Grave trip...
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@Fergus, I am slightly surprised, although in fairness, and even being reasonably local I am slightly also surprised by how good conditions are, ...
that if you are a skilled enough mountaineer to be skiing such routes, that you can't make a reasonable inference based on available info as to snow...
Or am I being harsh? This is not intended as any sort of criticism. On reflection, it does seem that unless you are on the spot, it's actually really hard to establish how promising the snowpack might or might not be.
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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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@Fergus, I am slightly surprised, although in fairness, and even being reasonably local I am slightly also surprised by how good conditions are, ...
that if you are a skilled enough mountaineer to be skiing such routes, that you can't make a reasonable inference based on available info as to snow...
Or am I being harsh? This is not intended as any sort of criticism. On reflection, it does seem that unless you are on the spot, it's actually really hard to establish how promising the snowpack might or might not be. |
True, but I am aware that there hasn't been serious snowfall since I was last out a fortnight ago, and generally it's been quite a dry winter. (Yesterday looked like it was a good day, I'll give you that).
I am quite surprised at the kick-back above as I thought my finger was fairly on the pulse regarding conditions. While I know there will always be something to ski, I want to ski good snow hence my indecision of whether to stay in Verbier. Regardless, it's too early to make a decision.
My main intention of this thread was to find sources of information regarding Verbier ski-touring. BobinCH, I appreciate the updates. Keep them coming! A La Grave trip would be a dream, but not this time round!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Fergus, I thought I'd been clear that I wasn't intending as a kick back and I'm sorry if it came across cattiet than intended.
Your question has bedm stimulating a log of Sunday morning musing in my head as to just how difficult it is to guage conditions based on available info. For me and my client audience hard enough to guage piste conditions based on what one must assume are deliberately targeted reports.
Let alone judging likely skiability of well off pistes routes where the marginal degree of sketchiness can lead to wildly different outcomes.
Last edited by Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person on Mon 27-02-17 14:21; edited 1 time in total
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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My advice is to be very careful on the N/NE aspect slopes of 30+ degrees in Verbier at the mo. We were there ~2weeks ago on a guided week, and our group alone were involved in 4 slides in 3 days..... for all of them the official ava risk rating in the resort was only 3.
if u want more details of same, have a look at weathercams '.....9 lives' thread
http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=130216&highlight=
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