 Poster: A snowHead
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Montgenevre has gone from 72% open slopes to down to 44% today. It is showing as a "very high risk of avalanche". I know nothing about these things so wanted to ask how normal this is and how long is it likely to be this way? There was a big dump forecast for the weekend but that's now disappeared.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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In terms of risk to people on piste, it will settle down pretty quickly once the snow stops. Due to the work of the pisteurs, avalanche blasting etc
Off piste it depends on a lot of variables. Best to look at the local avalanche bulletin
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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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Nearby Serre Chevalier is in the middle of a snow dump. My apartment garden was bare yesterday, and the snow is now approaching the top of the fence. Webcams in Monty here http://www.montgenevre.com/en/hiver/webcams.html m suggests it is snowing there too. They are probably closed due to either wind, or until made safe by pisteurs. It doesn't usually take long for them to get everything back up and running, and for avalanche risk to start to fall again.
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It's been snowing solidly for 24 hours here in Monty, so avi risk today is 5- both Chalvet and Gondrans bowls are closed, so only the lower lifts/runs are in use today.
No piste bashing is taking place today, but they'll get back to it early tomorrow. I suspect that there will be more runs open next week than there were this week- e.g. only one blue run in Chalvet, Pharo, was open this week.
PS There was a guy trying to clear the snow off the ice rink earlier, but he gave up due to the drifting snow. 
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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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Brilliant - thanks for your answers. Glad to hear its all quite transitional then. Hells that sounds pretty impressive on the snow front - makes the rapidly receeding approx. 1" amount here in Gloucestershire look a bit weak!! Those webcam images look a bit grim but I'm sure it will cheer up soon  . Ref the snow rink guy, you have to feel for the people out in all weathers keeping things up together for us punters - sometimes though a man's got to know his limitations.
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