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a little worried that 70% of lifts and slopes seem to have been closed all this week. Any reason for it? The wind isn't to bad today 30km/h which doesn't seem strong enough to stop lifts opening. Worried as we are going on 28th December!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Is it as much as 70% all week? Certainly much less than that in Les Arcs. This week and last week some pistes and lifts remain closed simply because there are so few people in the resort that it's not necessary to open up everything, and early in the season its a good idea to hold back some slopes to keep the snow in good condition for the much busier weeks of Christmas and New Year.
As for the weather, they have reported a wind gust of 153kph in the Three Valleys this morning, and the forecast is for a strong storm coming in later in the day. It's prudent to close the link lifts early enough to make sure that people don't get stuck in the wrong valley when the wind gets to a level where lifts have to be closed down.
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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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@donnashim, was the supposed to have actually fully opened yet?
or was it a partial opening over the weekend of the 14/15th with full opening weekend of the 21/22nd?
A lot of resorts will protect the pistes until the Christmas peak week.
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Ah makes sense - maybe the resorts aren't fully open yet 
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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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| donnashim wrote: |
| Ah makes sense - maybe the resorts aren't fully open yet |
Everything will be opening up very soon, although it will take a bit of time, especially on the upper slopes, after this weekend's storm. By New Year week everything will be open.
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| donnashim wrote: |
| The wind isn't to bad today 30km/h which doesn't seem strong enough to stop lifts opening. Worried as we are going on 28th December! |
Don't know where you get 30km/h wind from - it's at least twice that today. I've just come off the hill and the only non surface lift still running in Courchevel is the La Tania gondola. This level of wind is exceptional though and 8 days is a long time in the Alps. The forecast next week is for much colder temps and a fair bit of snow. I would think the 28th is an excellent time to arrive.
BTW, tomorrow is the first scheduled day of "full" opening - they always save certain slopes for Xmas week, especially if they're low on snow. Although the base level is pretty good, there's no reserves because it's been too warm to run the cannons the last week or so. That should all change next week.
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Raining hard in the 3Vs today.
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| rob@rar wrote: |
| Is it as much as 70% all week? Certainly much less than that in Les Arcs. This week and last week some pistes and lifts remain closed simply because there are so few people in the resort that it's not necessary to open up everything, and early in the season its a good idea to hold back some slopes to keep the snow in good condition for the much busier weeks of Christmas and New Year. |
Resorts are more likely to keep runs / lifts closed when it's not busy to save money!
Also some resorts have particular runs and areas which need quite a bit of snow before they can be opened. E.g. really rocky, craggy areas with deep rocky crevasses that need to get filled in with snow.
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Lifts closed in VT yesterday afternoon and all VT lifts were closed today sadly. Missed final days of skiing. Lots of snow today!
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