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Snowing again in Auris.
MF forecasting freezing level 2000 to 2400m.
Feels cold at the moment with the wind.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Raining heavily now in resort 1600m. 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Any L2A updates?
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After a mad two weeks of Christmas holidays things a lot quieter now. Pistes have generally held up well with snow making on daily now the temperatures are cold.
The wind has been a problem up high for the last few days.
Hopefully some snow this week around Tuesday evening.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| Alpinebear wrote: |
After a mad two weeks of Christmas holidays things a lot quieter now. Pistes have generally held up well with snow making on daily now the temperatures are cold.
Hopefully some snow this week around Tuesday evening. |
Good to hear, I am heading out with family on the 26th Jan so hoping for a few top ups before then.
On the scrounge for a bit of advice if anyone can help. We are a group of 12 - 6 adults and 6 children under 11. The youngest is going to be nearly 4 but we would quite like to lunch as a family as much as we can. I have skiied ADH before but I was a student - frites for lunch and cooking dinner so I am clueless when it comes to restaurants in the area.
Does anyone have any recommendations for lunch spots? (up the hill or or round the base)
If on the hill then we would potentially need to be able to get the little one down easily either heavily supervised by an adult or on a lift.
We will probably only try and do this a few days so any suggestions for lunch spots elsewhere are very welcome too
Cheers for any suggestions 
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There is a self service restaurant at the top of the Signal lift. There is a lovely blue run called Marcels farm from there back down to the centre.
Some friends had lunch at the top of DMC1 a couple of days ago with their kids and they enjoyed the big portions!
If over in Vaujany there is a lovely pizza restaurant called Alpette.
Off topic but look at buying your ski passes in advance(7 days in advance) as it's cheaper than buying them on the day.
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| Alpinebear wrote: |
There is a self service restaurant at the top of the Signal lift. There is a lovely blue run called Marcels farm from there back down to the centre.
Some friends had lunch at the top of DMC1 a couple of days ago with their kids and they enjoyed the big portions!
If over in Vaujany there is a lovely pizza restaurant called Alpette.
Off topic but look at buying your ski passes in advance(7 days in advance) as it's cheaper than buying them on the day. |
Thanks for that, really useful. Coincidentally we were just looking at passes this morning and are definitely planning to get them in advance.
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Also any old ski passes you have(with a number 01 1614) you should be able to reload them online or at the ski pass office.
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On the mountain both restaurants at Alpette above Vaujany, La Grange (I think this is Alpinebear’s pizza place) and Passoud’s are really nice and easily accessible for non-skiers. Also in the Vaujany area, P’tit Truc and Vaujaniate are near the top of the Montfrais gondola. In Alpe d’Huez proper the Chantebise at the mid station of the DMC is just around the corner from the lift, and if they fancy a walk there is a path from Bergers to La Cabane which is halfway down Olympique, which when combined with Clocher de Macle, Lievre Blanc and a short schuss along the Boulevard des Marmottes is my favourite run. There are also the delights of Folie Douce at the top of Marmotte 1, which has the best toilets on the mountain even if the whole thing is not to your taste!
Good luck with your trip, I hope it goes well.
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| Petere wrote: |
On the mountain both restaurants at Alpette above Vaujany, La Grange (I think this is Alpinebear’s pizza place) and Passoud’s are really nice and easily accessible for non-skiers. Also in the Vaujany area, P’tit Truc and Vaujaniate are near the top of the Montfrais gondola. In Alpe d’Huez proper the Chantebise at the mid station of the DMC is just around the corner from the lift, and if they fancy a walk there is a path from Bergers to La Cabane which is halfway down Olympique, which when combined with Clocher de Macle, Lievre Blanc and a short schuss along the Boulevard des Marmottes is my favourite run. There are also the delights of Folie Douce at the top of Marmotte 1, which has the best toilets on the mountain even if the whole thing is not to your taste!
Good luck with your trip, I hope it goes well. |
Thanks! I have made a pretty detailed list of places now so will probably spend the first morning scoping the suggestions in the thread out.
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On the road up I could see the clouds rolling in fast and now the snow has arrived. I'll have a look at the forecast when I get into work.
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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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Forecast is around 15cm today. Very cold with -10 at 1900m, windchill -20.
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Snowing healthily I as leave work and head back down to Bourg. Nice to see the white stuff again.
Still amazes me that people drive to resort and don't bother with snow tyres or chains.
Last edited by So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much  on Wed 9-01-19 17:26; edited 1 time in total
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You know it makes sense.
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Been snowing all day across the area, though "a little nippy" as soon as you got up anywhere above the main Alpe d'Huez bowl.
'Fun' mix of fresh snow and rocky, icy pistes...and minimal visibility.
Trying to decide if I should take my brand new powder skis out tomorrow and risk some base/edge strikes or stick with my battered old slalom skis that won't be right for the conditions but are more repair than original base...
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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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Arriving on Saturday. Worth bringing fatter skis for next week or should I stick with my one ski quiver?
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Poster: A snowHead
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Can you wait last minute as the forecast for next week keeps changing?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I'm planning to pack my ski bag on Friday night! Which forecast do you trust as a local?
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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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Been a bit of fresh snow today but so far this week a pure piste ski has been order of the day, and stopped snowing now in Oz...
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From Saturday night Météo France showing snow but meteociel not showing much.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Alpinebear I was hoping to buy passes in advance for our group February trip but the link just times out on the ADH website? Any ideas?
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@lewisb22 based on today I'd probably leave the piste skis at home of you can only bring one pair - unless there's a LOT of fresh snow in the forecast when you're packing.
I decided not to christen my new skis today so on my piste skis, and while there was still some nice, fresh, 3-4" powder on the red under the Fontfroide chair (Auris side) at 10:30 most accessible stuff was both quickly tracked out and nasty (not much depth so usually skining through to the rough ice base). If you're going back country a guide might be able to fund you something fun but don't bank on finding anything piste accessible that's nice and/or not tracked.
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@lewisb22, meteociel now agreeing with meteofrance that there will be snow falls on sunday and monday
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@Alpinebear, no it still times out, I’ve been trying for the last few days?
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| feefee wrote: |
| @Alpinebear, no it still times out, I’ve been trying for the last few days? |
at what point? I got to putting a pass in my basket
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Maybe I need a proper computer, I’ve only got an iPad?
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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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@davidof, @Alpinebear, I’ll try at work on Monday, are they posted or do we collect them? We arrive on 2 feb?
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If you have old ski passes with 01-1614 you can enter the numbers when you add the name of the skier. You can then pass directly to the lifts.
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You know it makes sense.
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Any updates on conditions? How much snow came down in the last 24 hours?
Has the ice softened any or is it soft snow on a hard pack base?
What is open off the top of Pic Blanc?
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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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Can't comment on the last couple of days but on Friday it was mostly ice, with the only soft snow being dragged on by the bashers overnight/scraped off by skiers by lunchtime.
Skiing back in to Oz for the last time on Friday afternoon seemed to be more icy than ever, bascially ice from mid station down - though some of that could be down to my edges being more buggered than ever.
Pic Blanc was open most of last week, only closing for high winds at the start of the week. Was closed to foot passengers Thurs/Fri due to the wind pushing effective temp. down to -20 something.
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Poster: A snowHead
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@Alpinebear, finally managed to get them booked, thank you for your help.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Snowing since about 11am. Nothing too heavy but it's snowing 
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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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Any updates for ADH this week?
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No snow but pistes are still great fun. Sure a bit polished in places but the sunshine is glorious.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@palumbex, great thank you
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Snowing today, started off light but getting heavier
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Still falling, not as heavy but all fresh snow is welcome
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Snowing
Forecast is for the snow level to briefly rise to 1000-1300m this afternoon then back down to 300-500m.
More snow showers tomorrow
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Forecast pretty accurate so far. Snow a lot heavier now.
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@Alpinebear, yay thank you, this time next week we will be there
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