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Cold. windy and not much new snow since breakfast time. Unfortunately I seem to be having the once a season cold at the moment, so I did not get to enjoy the 22/30 cm of fresh today. The team that left me in peace report there was some nice patches of snow off piste, but a lot was quite heavy thanks to being wind blown (no surprises there then). The winds up on Grattalu and higher were quite brutal, most of the day there was that strange ethereal half light, with some sunny patches. The vis dropped about 1430 and a very few flocons have gone floating past the window.

The pressure charts are still a mess, so the only surefire thing about the forecast for the next few days is the forecast is going to change. Tomorrow morning will be cold with glimpses of the sun through a veil of high cloud. This will thicken in the afternoon and the light levels will drop. Light snow showers will start around midnight and the wind will pick up early on Wednesday morning, but it should improve after lunch and the sun should make an appearance, it will still be cold. Thursday will start cloudy with a gusty wind, there may be a hint of sun in the morning but most forecast are showing that snow will start for the afternoon and it will be quite heavy for a while. Friday looks odds on for a day of fast moving heavy snow showers with the odd sunny spell.
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@chocksaway, hope you are feeling better soon!
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Now let me say this very slowly:

D O N T T R Y S K I I N G T H E G O R G E S D E M A L P A S S E T

Radio Val just tweeted that 30 people have been rescued from there today by helicopter (buy shares in SAF!!). This is after the 3 Swedes (who were following the advice of a mate who did a season last year) and the 3 'Congres Napoloeans'. We shall await the detail - but that's a hell of a group.

Back on skis! Yes it was a beautiful if cold morning so I did a couple of hours without getting cold. Just a piste cruise over to the Solaise and back. The thin cloud appeared just after lunch and is getting ever thicker. Now there is quite a lot of stuff going on on Trolles:



On Thursday we have the Womens Giant Slalom European Cup Race with 1st run at 10am and the second at 1pm. Then on Friday 1st there we have Men and Womens Parallel Slalom, which will begin on the Lognan Piste with qualifying in the morning and then the head to heads start at 1600 on the floodlit course above the kids ski school areas at the bottom of Trolles.

OK the cloud is going to get thicker and thicker and mid-late evening the light snow will start. It will get heavier after midnight and the wind will pick up as well. The moderate to heavy snow will continue until about breakfast time when it will start to ease off. So with wind and new snow there will be pisteurs running round with explosives from day break so expect a progressive start to the morning. The wind will preclude the opening of the higher lifts. The snow will ease and the winds will drop and just after lunch we will be treated to a few sunny periods (hopefully), but as the cloud breaks the air temperature will drop, another barkingly cold afternoon. Thursday will start with the sun straining through high cloud but this will soon give way to more cloud and snow in the afternoon, there will be a strong wind at altitude. Friday - hang on to your hats its going to be a wild winter's day. Timings are a bit imprecise but very snowy, very windy, but not too cold (out of the wind). The snow will continue until daybreak on Saturday, might be an early start for the transfer buses!
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chocksaway, any more news about those trapped in Gorges de Malpasset?
And "Congres Napoleans"? Explain?
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@Jonpim, According to the pisteurs website 39 people were rescued without incident, seemingly one group set off down, followed by another, so it must be safe and the next lot followed! The problem is (for other readers I know you know!) from the entry at Col Pers you can easily get back to Pont St Charles so there are lots of tracks, but they should all be heading left, take one right turn to many and you end up in the Gorge - hopefully not literally.

Have a look at the Val Pisteurs FB, they are quite an amusing bunch

Earlier this month there was a Congres Des Napoleans in Val. As far as I could work out it was a Captains of Industry thing, with skiing by day and meetings by night, Ministers of State visiting (not unlike your week wink ). 3 of the delegates got stuck, presumably full of their own self importance but with no clue about navigation.
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PS Its just started snowing and the wind is howling!
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Fantastic two weeks in Tignes. Take me back!

What’s up with the Toviere restaurant being shut? It was an excellent spot for a coffee on the terrace.
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PS Its just started snowing and the wind is howling!


Just walked back from pigs tail. Fairly benign wind and maybe 1cm since 9pm?
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Moderate to occasionally heavy snow in Lavachet now. Blowing around a fair bit too.

Might be a day to rest the old knees.
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Moderate to occasionally heavy snow in Lavachet now. Blowing around a fair bit too.

Might be a day to rest the old knees.


It's deffo better lower down. Brev decent, and mate in St Foy says good there.
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I was out with an off piste adventure with New Gen, so the morning was always going to be difficult. It was quite snowy, the wind was blowing but there were tantalising glimpses of the sun, proving the cloud was not to thick. So the first run was down Familial and then after a fair wait for the bubble (everybody was heading down there) we did a version of the lower part of Super Spatule. The snow then had a final fling as we had early lunch and as we went up Chaudannes, the clouds started to break so when we came down vepier there was enough light to enjoy the untracked snow - not light but manageable:



The weather continued to improve which allowed us to be first down Trois Murs, different snow in places but heh first tracks are first tracks - made it had work on the traverse though..... And finally with not a cloud in the sky we did the Lavachet Wall - big smiles all round:



Hard to believe it was the same day.

Work is ongoing for the ladies Europa Cup GS tomorrow on Trolles. Might be worth noting though that they were spraying water on it today (rather than injecting) from a contraption on the back of a piste basher, which may lead to some nasty surprises in forthcoming days when the lycra louts have left!

@Tordi, Indeed a mystery, I will continue to ask........

Ok its complicated and messy and its changed! But the best guess is that the skies are going to cloud over by midnight and there will be some snow showers and gusty winds, The snow will ease off by breakfast time and should stop by mid morning when sunny periods may well develop. The avalanche risk rises to 4 tomorrow, so real care will be needed off piste. It will then cloud over through the afternoon and snow will start sometime between mid afternoon and Happy Hour (although one forecast suggests later). This will be quite heavy snow and will continue through Friday which will also be windy, but the winds are coming from the south east, so the air will be warmer by a good 7 or 8 degrees. The trend on the avalanche forecast is up, whether it is a top end four or a five we will have to let the experts decide tomorrow; it will be a complicated picture. The snow will stop on Saturday morning at sometime, maybe it will be dark, maybe it wont, in which case the roads will be chaotic. The rest of Saturday looks quite benign with lower winds and sunny periods. But it all goes snowy again after dark on Saturday for a day of snow showers on Sunday
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It did indeed start snowing at around midnight as @chocksaway, suggested. Still snowing lightly at the moment. Looks like my neighbour was brushing about 3" of snow off his car. Not heard any avalanche control yet today so probably not too much fresh snow up on the hill. Just need the viz to improve.
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It was there, it went and it came back again! The light that is. The snow stopped as the lifts opened and a milky sun made its appearance. There was a few cm of fresh snow on the groomed pistes - everyone's a hero! By midday the light was quite good and there were some great pockets of off piste light and fluffy stuff.

Todays pic is of the Europa Cup Ladies GS, there is a racer in their somewhere:



By mid way into the afternoon the cloud started to thicken and it is now quite gloomy, the snow will start within the hour. Next door Monsieur Le Maire has had his court case delayed, the hearing will now be in June. He is charged with abusing an official (Gendarme) after a lively night out in Colmar last October. Seems like the Maires of the E-K like to keep the courts busy!

OK, tonight is going to be wild, the snow will arrive soon and it will be heavy. The wind will start to blow in the early hours and continue through tomorrow as will the snow. The air temperature will be warmer than today, so all in all a toxic mix for avalanches. The official risk for Tignes and VDI is 4 tomorrow, but 5, yes 5, for Ste Foy and the surrounding areas. There could be road closures as large powder avalanches are expected. The senior forecaster at Bourg has done the forecast today and he is saying, basically, no off piste or touring tomorrow, I'm not going to argue. So tomorrow morning will be a slow start, if there s one at all. The pisteurs will have to make sure the roads are safe before starting on the pistes, expect road closures and generally things to happen at a very slow pace.

The snow will continue and eventually it will ease off early on Saturday. Hopefully we will then see some sunny periods but at some stage it will cloud over again and snow will start (sometime between lunch and dinner). Sunday looks like being snowy all day, with a stiff breeze and much colder, before Monday which looks like a nice day.

It is now snowing (1640), if there was ever a night to drink on the forecast........
If you do go out - stay safe, stay very safe.
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On the strength of this forecast we have bailed early rather than depart fri am
Now sitting in a bar in hotel in Chambery with a large Pelforth brune
The drive down was interesting in snowfall and white roads but no chains needed however by morning they will be a must!
Thanks Chocks great help as ever!
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Seen piccies on FB of a car on it's roof on the dam. Be careful folks. Big warnings of avalanche 5 tomorrow.
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So maybe not quite as bad, the snow lightened off and stopped for a while in the wee hours, but then more arrived before daybreak, 16cm in Lac and 30 up in the clouds on the GM. It was a slow start, it was poor light and it was warm, really quite warm. But off the sides of Palafour (the first lift to open) the snow was great, sure you couldn't see a thing but that's what techniques for. The snow was not powder but nor was it porridge, the liftie on the Chardonnet drag seemed surprised by the amount of snow on my kit (somewhere between waist and knee). After Chaudannes opened we did a couple of laps down to Brev, by the side there was some great pitches and the vis was a bit better. As the only place today was between the trees we went down to La Daille, but by then the snow was settling in the heat and becoming hard work. As the temperature was zero at the top of the Tov and its not going to be a cold night then you will have to go very high to have any chance of light and fluffy tomorrow (and at a guess it will be windblown).

The snow has just started to fall a bit more heavily, this will continue to around midnight, the intensity will ebb and flow a bit. After that it will clear up a bit, and most forecasts are suggesting it will stop by 4ish. If it does continue it will be light, but the morning should be cloudy with the odd sunny spell. The cloud will thicken and very light snow may start just after lunch with a snowline somewhere above Bourg. As it gets dark the snow intensity may pick up a bit, so the late arrivals may well need snowchains or snow tyres for the last few mikes. The main roads are currently awash into Lac, so not that much to clear. I expect the early birds will need chains tomorrow, any delays depends on how many cavalier Parisens there are. There is not much agreement on Sunday, get certainly, a bit colder and probably light snow on and off, but this is by no means certain. Monday looks like being a nice day after a cold night. Plenty of sun and a few fluffy clouds, a day to enjoy the new snow. Tuesday looks similar with maybe a chance of a snow shower early doors.

For tomorrows time travellers, with the avalanche risk receding its the new snow that's going to affect the roads but with 28000 vehicles arriving and 23000 leaving the roads should not be that bad. But if you plan an early getaway or a late arrival you will need chains or snow tyres for the last yards. There may well be the odd jam down the valley at peak times (especially before the tunnels) but once on the main route past Moutiers it should be plain sailing. For the air travellers, a lot may depend on how quick they sort out the chaos of today, aircraft and crews in the right place etc, That's just a lottery! But the weather is much better, although there is a chance of a light snow shower anywhere south of Newcastle (but MAN excluded). Over here, Geneva is fine, Lyon has a slim chance of fog, no real worries with 2 runways, Grenoble has a slim chance of fog, but with the visibility current forecast, it should be all right. Now Chambery is forecasting a reasonable chance of mist/fog which would preclude an approach, but only till around 0800hrs CET. If it does form then expect the odd delay on the ground as they wait ofr the wind to pick up and blow it all away.


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@chocksaway, Did the temperature suddenly rise today? The webcams are now showing very wet looking roads, which I guess is good news for our transfer on Sunday but not what the forecast was suggesting. Am I right in thinking we could get some nice sunny days next week? We are all very excited.
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@Ajn12345, Yes, but it was forecast to be fair, hence the risk 5 in the avalanche bulletins. And yes, currently next week looks good (all could change) with quite benign weather, ahead of the plague of frogs arriving next weekend with almost 100% certainty.
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@Ajn12345, Yes, but it was forecast to be fair, hence the risk 5 in the avalanche bulletins. And yes, currently next week looks good (all could change) with quite benign weather, ahead of the plague of frogs arriving next weekend with almost 100% certainty.
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Got into VC at 22:30 (4x4 winter tyres) no chains needed and the flying Golf I followed up coped really well and seemed to be having a lot of fun. Less well-equipped folk were stopping too late to chain up. Good luck tomorrow if you’re on a transfer.
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Fantastic two weeks in Tignes. Take me back!

What’s up with the Toviere restaurant being shut? It was an excellent spot for a coffee on the terrace.

Is it still shut? It was open the first half of week beginning 5th Jan and giving off an awesome smell of waffles, but when we arranged to meet there for lunch later in the week it was shut.
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@Ajn12345, Yes, but it was forecast to be fair, hence the risk 5 in the avalanche bulletins. And yes, currently next week looks good (all could change) with quite benign weather, ahead of the plague of frogs arriving next weekend with almost 100% certainty.
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Oh what a day - well morning. After a couple of heavy snow showers after dark last night, the sky cleared and it was much cold. Result - fab snow throughout, there was almost a clear blue sky as well, ahead of the forecast cloud. So breakfast was taken with undue haste, whilst all those heading to Geneva were delayed because of the fog they forgot to forecast!! So at 0900 precisely it was up Palafour for 3 runs whilst the laggard emerged - the pistes had a couple of inches of fresh on top of perfect pisting - "all the heroes". With a full team we then set off round Palet for some off piste - about 20cm of light and fluffy stuff and there were fresh tracks for all. Lap after lap after lap. Past the altiport and down to the Funi we then climbed up towards the Grande Motte (cable car going to and fro today for testing) and then through the secret stashes around Genepy. just cable after cable of freshtracks. By now the cloud was thickening and the sun was vanishing, so we risked another go and were rewarded with a last gasp of the sun, perfect. As the light inexorably failed we did a quick lap of the Grand Huit pimples before a late lunch. It started snowing lightly at about 3 and it is distinctly grizzly now -

This light snow will continue more or less all night and it will feel cold. There is a bit of disagreement over tomorrow morning, most forecasts are suggesting light snow all day and a couple of degrees colder than today, there is a chance of a sunny spell, if there is treat it as a bonus and a temporary event. After a very cold night, Monday looks like being bright and sunny, maybe the odd cloud, the temperatures will become reasonable during the day, but it wont seem like it at 9 o' clock in the shade. Tuesday will again start cold but it will soon warm up under wall to wall sunshine. Wednesday will also be gorgeous, and spring like, temperatures after mid morning may well climb above zero, early spring temperatures may well predominate for some time.

The roads tomorrow should be pretty clear as there wont be that much snow, but it will be cold so any snow on untreated roads may settle, chains may be required on quieter roads. For the fliers all the UK airports look reasonable, thee is a chance of a sleet shower in Scotland, so maybe the odd bit of deicing up there. Over here: Geneva is promising that any light snow will be done by first arrivals, if so no snags, if its late then maybe the odd delay. Grenoble has intermittent snow showers until lunchtime, so maybe the odd sweep of the runway and some deicing if its thick enough and not surprisingly is the same at Lyon. Early at Chambery could be tricky as showers of snow bring the cloudbase below limits, so a bit of hanging around in the air or on the ground. From mid morning just light snow showers now and again, so later would be better!
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@chocksaway, Many thanks for all your info - we are flying to Grenoble so fingers crossed it’s not too bad there. If we get the aforementioned sunshine Monday onwards we will be very happy people.
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A very grey and damp morning, and that's just in the flat as the washing dries as Good Old Ben and his bus take the mates away. The sun has been peeping through a bit but we seem to be back sat in cloud.

In other news the Grande Motte Cable Car is forecast to open today once the pisteurs have finished securing the area Very Happy Very Happy
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@GeorgeVII, snowHead snowHead snowHead I've now got a vision in my head of you with a great big orange bouffon hair do. Shame the small one left this morning, I'm sure he could have sorted it.

Seemingly, we had 12cm I the village and 20 on high yesterday and its not stopped yet. The morning bright patch turned out just to be a suckers gap, so after turning Chez Chocks into Widow Twanky's laundry I popped out for a skin up Chaudannes after lunch in preparation for a quiet day out on Tuesday. There was lots of snow about off the sides of the piste, what's new and what's old, I'm really not sure.

It will stop snowing shortly and the sky will progressively clear, the mercury will drop and by early tomorrow it will be very cold but the sun will be out. But by lunchtime it will be pleasant with light winds and temperatures in the villages just below freezing. A little bit of high cloud may form in the afternoon, nothing to worry about though. Another cold night will be followed by another sunny day on Tuesday, but it will be 2 or 3 degrees warmer - an early spring day. Wednesday - repeat Tuesday! On Thursday there will probably be a lot more cloud around, a hint of sun early and maybe snow around night fall - not so sure yet. Wrap up warm for the morning and then delayer, bit like the dance of the seven veils!
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snowing all day. perfect conditions. Pity it has to stop as one blue bird day will kill the resort. but the motorway nuts have to have something to do I suppose. plenty to hike for through the week though.
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snowing all day. perfect conditions. Pity it has to stop as one blue bird day will kill the resort. but the motorway nuts have to have something to do I suppose. plenty to hike for through the week though.


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Oh what a day! With the cold last night and the new snow there was some fabulous skiing to be had to day. The sky was blue, it started to warm quite quickly and there was little breeze. A few high clouds have now arrived but nothing to spoil the fun! It wasn't too tricky to find fresh lines today as the cloud and vis had constrained the adventurous yesterday. So it was a mixture of the Plaet sector, down the airport, an early lunch in La Daille after famililal. Oh and Triffolet piste is now open - and very pretty it was too in the trees. The Grand Motte Cable Car was also open late morning, so we nearly had a full house of EK lifts open, just the 3000 drag to go. After lunch we did a couple of runs and then the North Face of the Borsat, possibly the best snow this season, light fluffy and full of general gorgeousness. The tracks (in the shade far right) speak volumes:



Apart from one slight aberration, I decided to go round a bump rather than get airborne over it!

Tonight will be cold, but not as cold as last night and any cloud will disappear around midnight. (There is a weather system heading west of the Massif Central on its way to Los Pirineos). And tomorrow will be wall to wall sunshine, the temps will soon rise and it will feel like spring in the villages. There will still be light stuff around in the morning but expect a rapid consolidation of the snow after lunch especially on shady slopes. There may also be some avalanche activity on sunny slopes triggered by the heat (we did see some small ones in the La Daille gorge). Wednesday will be the same if a couple of degrees warmer. Thursday will probably start with sunny periods and then the cloud will thicken through the day with snow showers starting sometime between afternoon tea and the fish course (timings are a bit uncertain). Friday - not so sure a mix of sunny periods with longer periods in cloud perhaps.
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Nice tracks!!
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chocksaway, surely you have Tiffin between afternoon tea and the fish course Toofy Grin

(Great pic, and your La Plagne fans continue to adore your postings)
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@chocksaway, as you like to throw in the occasional line from a song here's one for you.

"Some days you're the Louisville Slugger, some days you're the ball".

Today I was definitely the ball. Started with the lurgy and cough that's been doing the rounds so not in the best frame of mind. Bit of a mix-up this morning didn't help that but the afternoon put the icing on the cake. Bit of lunch/refuel at the very reasonably priced La Cantina in Lavachet then a leisurely ski down to Le Breviere. Got there to find the Gondola out of action. (The only way out of there these days). It must have been stopped for a while as there were probably a few dozen people boot packing up the track to 1800.
Hey Ho. If you can't beat them, join them. My thermostat is currently broken so I was thoroughly warmed through after that little walk.

Of course 5 minutes later the gondola starts running (without passengers). And 10 minutes later it's up and running.

All rounded off by the Aguille Rouge chair throwing a wobbler as the masses started to escape from 'Brev.

The cash tills were probably ringing a little louder than usual down there whilst they had a captive audience wink
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Simply stunning day up here! Wonderful conditions on and off piste.

Good the GM cable car is back in action.

They could do with opening more of the covered parking up in Golf car park here in Val C. Half of it is shuttered off still.
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What a day! Fantastic snow and fantastic weather.

Pretty sure that there's a sizable French contingent in resort now. At lunchtime the restaurants were full and the pistes were empty. Bliss.
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A big day out - bit late posting but after today I really couldn't face cooking! Yes it was the New Gen extravaganza with Davide. The skies were blue, the temperatures were OK so we set off for a major day on skins. After using the Col de Ves chair we skinned off the back of towards the Palet Refuge, the first pitch was steep and deep, after a spot of disco knee at the top we were first in and produced these lines:



Skins on we climbed until we could see the Palet Refuge where our host and guide produced elevensies Italian style:



Now that's what I call a knife. We then skied down to Lac de Grattalu, skins on and then down again. And then it was time for a picnic before the final ascent of the day (450m) to Sachette. Unfortunately during the picnic I joined the barshaker club - the buckle on my boot and the lanyard on my ABS trigger conspired against me - yip the bag went off sat on the ground. Ahh well. Anyway we skinned up for another 1 hr 30 and into Sachette where we met the hordes but not before we did this:



After that we endured the horrors of the hard pack(ice) of the Sache piste before returning to Lac for a beer.

OK tomorrow will look pretty much like today, blue skies, sunshine and light winds, but also DANGER off piste. After the coldest January in 20 years the warming tomorrow is going to trigger a lot of avalanches especially from late morning on. The avalanche forecaster describes it as a highly unusual situation, unless you are very sure or are with a professional the advice would be stay on piste. Thursday is likely to be a cloudy day, thinner in the morning with a hint of sun perhaps, but thicker in the afternoon with light snow showers, it will feel colder. Friday will be OK, there will be quite a lot of high cloud, hopefully there will be enough light to make visibility OK, its going to be one of those I can see, I cant see days. Saturday will be benign with sunny periods and fluffy clouds from which hordes of aliens may descend.

Stay safe tomorrow, its beyond the comprehension of most......(including me!)


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@GeorgeVII, 12 until 2 definitely the quietest time during holidays.
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after the exertions of yesterday, it was a piste cruise today with some mates from home, from Brev to the Grande Motte where all the pistes are in great condition (didn't do Sache!). T'was another bluebird day, with just a hint of a breeze before adjourning for an Aspen Burger and then a gentle cruise home. I didn't see many people off piste, maybe a good job seeing the amount of avalanche activity.

Tomorrow will be a different day; there may be a hint of sun from behind a milky sky over breakfast but the cloud will thicken through the morning as a cold front approaches from the north west. Light snow will probably start after lunch and continue till around midnight, not much but 3 or 4 cm perhaps. Friday looks like being predominantly sunny, after a cold night, not a bad last day for some. Saturday will be snowy in the morning (not too heavy) but it will clear up for the mass arrival in the afternoon (hopefully), the snowline will be around Brev in the morning so onl the last few miles might be difficult. Sunday is probably going to be a mix of sunshine and snow showers with gusty winds followed by quite heavy snow on Monday (medium probability).
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Perhaps this has been answered, but why is the new 3000surface lift not open?


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