Poster: A snowHead
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Hi has anyone been to these areas in the last week or so? I would be very interested to know the conditions.
I was considering booking a WSSA summer course on 3rd week of August but I'm concerned about the heatwave. Weather forecasts show the glacier staying above freezing overnight for a few days running. WSSAs last Vlog was 15th July when conditions were still good..... their lack of Vlogs since is not encouraging. The webcams also don't look great.
Any actual news from the area would be good.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Its a Glacier in Summer. If you care about the conditions, its probably not worth bothering?!?
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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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I'm already booked in for the last week of August, if the heat continues I think I'll pack my Preachers so I can surf the slush
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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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@jorball, thanks for the post, nice to know snow is still good, like you say fingers crossed for the next few weeks.
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@jorball, thanks for the post - very encouraging. I had seen the one from 15th but had wondered why there were no more. Also I’ve looked on the Plateau Rosa webcams and haven’t seen any skiers and it’s difficult to tell the snow cover.... it seems difficilult to get confirmation of the actual conditions. Do they snow canon the glacier?
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Just been looking at your FB page - I see that’s clearly a better place for up to date info. (than the website / Youtube) Looks great there!
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no snow cannons on the glacier - doesn't need it (and i think it's generally not done on glaciers). After the winter season the Glacier is mega healthy and the snow is honestly fantastic - better than we were expecting even! It's hard to express it without sounding like a lie/sell but check out the instagram feed - gives a really good feel for the conditions and we'll keep the weekly blogs coming and get the youtube page updated so they appear on there too!
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