 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi
First post. Hello all.
Me and my wife have just spent an amazing month (January) in Avoriaz. I’m a rubbish skier, she’s pretty good.
Anyway... any questions about what to do, where to go etc then I’ll try my best to give you a heads up as I got a lot of info from this site before we went so payback is due.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Welcome to  , and to another fan!
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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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Watching this thread - currently on the drive to Morzine, having just left the Eurotunnel!
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Have you got chains? @FiFi_Trixibell,
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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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Fantastic offer - thanks! I'm planning on a weekend in Morzine at the start of March - where's good (and not too expensive) to eat? Any recommendations?
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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| Nadenoodlee wrote: |
| Have you got chains? @FiFi_Trixibell, |
Yes! We’ve got winter tyres and then self tightening Thule chains ready to go. Doing a stopover in Dole tonight though so we’ll pick our window in the morning to drive the last stretch up the mountain
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@FiFi_Trixibell, given the perfectly fine state of the roads in Chamonix this morning, I doubt you’ll need chains, nor that there will be enough snow on the roads to make them useful. (Chains need enough snow). And with winter tyres even with enough snow you probably wouldn’t need chains anyway.
I did three seasons in Morzine and used chains twice... but that was in the 90s and the snow was different.
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I made it up to Morzine last night without chains, although it was touch ang go and lots were stopping and putting them on. The roads are much better today.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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| under a new name wrote: |
| @FiFi_Trixibell, given the perfectly fine state of the roads in Chamonix this morning, I doubt you’ll need chains, nor that there will be enough snow on the roads to make them useful. (Chains need enough snow). And with winter tyres even with enough snow you probably wouldn’t need chains anyway. |
Ahh ok, that’s good to know. Just looked at the forescast and saw more snow is falling tonight and through tomorrow. We’ll just play it by ear and if turns out we don’t need the chains great, we still have better tyres to help us out too
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| Notthebestskier wrote: |
| Anyway... any questions about what to do, where to go etc then I’ll try my best to give you a heads up as I got a lot of info from this site before we went so payback is due. |
What would be your single best recommendations from your time there?
So - maybe best place to eat and best section to ski?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I did 5 winters in Morzine with no chains @under a new name, and used chains yesterday in a 4WD with winter tyres as the police demanded it! First time ever! There has been a ton of snow - pylons down, the lot. Probably most useful for overtaking people without winter tyres who are ‘having a go’ up one of the hills into town.
Food- Hideout is still the tastiest in town! We also had great food at Pointe de Nyon which is now run by the guys from O’Chalet. Their apres party on Thursday was pretty good too!
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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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@Nadenoodlee, you were unlucky re the police. It wasn’t that bad, at least, not in Chamonix valley.
Had a fab dinner in Hideout last Friday. If you don’t have a huge appetite, the staff are lying. One main course is quite enough! The fishcakes were to die for.
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But the broccoli @under a new name, ! Oh it’s all so good.
Yep the snow was the best/ worst I’ve seen for a long, long time. Took us 6hours to get back to ZH instead of usual 3.5
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You know it makes sense.
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@Nadenoodlee, UK registered car?
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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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Absolutely not @zzz, we still have a 74. We were just stuck behind morons.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Notthebestskier wrote: |
Hi
First post. Hello all.
Me and my wife have just spent an amazing month (January) in Avoriaz. I’m a rubbish skier, she’s pretty good.
Anyway... any questions about what to do, where to go etc then I’ll try my best to give you a heads up as I got a lot of info from this site before we went so payback is due. |
I just wanted to say hi and what a lovely theme for a first post:)
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