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Only kidding 
I bet all the restaurants and bars up the mountain are praying for some sunshine and settled conditions.
Their takings must take a massive dive when we have storm after storm hitting the alps.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| hedley wrote: |
Only kidding
I bet all the restaurants and bars up the mountain are praying for some sunshine and settled conditions.
Their takings must take a massive dive when we have storm after storm hitting the alps. |
or is everyone holed up in the restaurants and cafes?
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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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Bars & restaurants in resort though are rubbing their hands.
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Realistically all the money is made in the peak weeks - I reckon resorts are very happy to see storms in January if it sets them up for the rest of the season
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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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When we had our Restaurant in Avoriaz, 90% of the revenue was from evenings.
The weather did not really play much part in the grand scheme of things.
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In Cervinia when all the lifts where closed and the town was packed to the rafters with people wandering around looking for things to occupy their time, the cafe's and restaurants still closed mid day for a couple of hours. Obviously didn't need the extra revenue.
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I would imagine this would vary very much on resort and location.
Up the mountain establishments must rely on good weather and sunny terraces can hugely increase capacity and takings.
Blue sky day vs White out day must be a massive difference.??
A lost day or reduced takings due to weather is a lost day. Once its gone, its gone, you are just playing catch up for the rest of the week/month or however you collate your figures.
You could argue it averages out over the course of a season, but on a week by week basis the last couple of weeks would have surely been difficult for some.
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Or couldn’t get staff?
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| Gyro wrote: |
| In Cervinia when all the lifts where closed and the town was packed to the rafters with people wandering around looking for things to occupy their time, the cafe's and restaurants still closed mid day for a couple of hours. Obviously didn't need the extra revenue. |
The French have no word for entrepreneur. Clearly the Italians don't either.
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I keep looking at webcams for obertauern (going feb half term) with a growing sinking feeling. Doesn’t look great.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| bambionskiis wrote: |
| I keep looking at webcams for obertauern (going feb half term) with a growing sinking feeling. Doesn’t look great. |
190cm at he bottom, 250cm at the top and in mid January. What is it you are looking for?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| Dave of the Marmottes wrote: |
The French have no word for entrepreneur. Clearly the Italians don't either. |
Let’s hope that’s irony for the sale of the education system.
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@Frosty the Snowman, Visibility maybe? Its not great up there! Ange
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You know it makes sense.
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| Frosty the Snowman wrote: |
| bambionskiis wrote: |
| I keep looking at webcams for obertauern (going feb half term) with a growing sinking feeling. Doesn’t look great. |
190cm at he bottom, 250cm at the top and in mid January. What is it you are looking for? |
A game of golf?
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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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I still remember a mate in a sandwich shop Les Arcs turning round and shouting back loudly, "What's French for mayonnaise?"
He became known as Mayo 
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Poster: A snowHead
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@Scarpa,
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Frosty the Snowman wrote: |
| bambionskiis wrote: |
| I keep looking at webcams for obertauern (going feb half term) with a growing sinking feeling. Doesn’t look great. |
190cm at he bottom, 250cm at the top and in mid January. What is it you are looking for? |
I was referring to visibility. Having been stuck in quite a bad snowstorm in Finland on a very quiet run and never wanting to experience it again it’s something that concerns me. Not saying that sort of scenario would be the case there, but I just prefer being able to see other skiiers in the same run as me is all. Depth of snow there is definately not an issue.
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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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| Dave of the Marmottes wrote: |
| Gyro wrote: |
| In Cervinia when all the lifts where closed and the town was packed to the rafters with people wandering around looking for things to occupy their time, the cafe's and restaurants still closed mid day for a couple of hours. Obviously didn't need the extra revenue. |
The French have no word for entrepreneur. Clearly the Italians don't either. |
The French to have a word for it, it’s Entrepreneur....it’s a French word...sorry, couldn’t resist.
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The weather continues.......I wonder if 2018/19 season could set a record for the least number of bluebird days in the alps.
Still think the on mountain restaurants will be considerably down this year.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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"The French have no word for entrepreneur. "
"I still remember a mate in a sandwich shop Les Arcs turning round and shouting back loudly, "What's French for mayonnaise?""
The Brexit vote is hereby explained...
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@emwmarine, @Orange200, @Fingersfreddy, What's that wooshing sound? Oh yes, the sound of a (old) joke going completely over your heads.
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@emwmarine, @Fingersfreddy, @Orange200, “The problem with the French is that they don’t have a word for entrepreneur.” was a comment reputedly made by George W Bush to Tony Blair!
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