 Poster: A snowHead
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I've looked a various snow report sites over the years but have really found a reliable/accurate one. so i'm hoping someone will provide me a link to a good site!
thanks guys 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@gazzaredcruiser, I've been doing the same over the years and have come to the conclusion that there is no answer to this question. As I understand it there are 3 super-computers around the world that do medium/long term forecasts and they all pump out slightly different outcomes depending on the modelling used. All the forecast apps including the ones on smartphones use one of these to predict snow, rain, wind etc.
This year I have found Bergfex to be extremely accurate, even a week out. I think it uses the ECM.
Other years though it's been more like a tourist office wishful thinking app, always predicting 5 days of snow followed by sunshine in advance of key ski holiday weeks only to never verify.
So you have to take them all with a pinch of salt and make your own mind up. A bit like price comparison websites.
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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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Here
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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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Yr.no
Also find the iski apps reliable
At the end of the day irs mountain weather. So unpredictable.
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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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Thanks @Bodeswell, and i understand exaactly what you're saying. But even trying to find out an accurate report on what's actually fallen in resort is tricky! for example........On The Snow currently say it hasn't snowed in Kitzbuhel since 30th Jan when i know for a fact it's snowed for the last two days!
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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Webcams. Roofs in particular. Watch for a week after a snowfall, see how fast they clear.
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@Orange200, yeah i do do that, just seems pants that you can't get an honest snow fall appraisal. Obviously forecasts are a crystal ball!
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@gazzaredcruiser,
For current snow conditions the Snowheads Snow Reports forum is the best/most honest I've come across. For weather forecast I tend to trust those on official resort websites, but only for today & tomorrow - I never trust mountain forecast more than 24 hours ahead unless there is a high pressure area stuck up above, leading to stable conditions (and often an extended snow drought).
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Get everything I need to know right here on SH thanks to Noza mainly and others of course
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@gazzaredcruiser, www.snoweye.com gives almost real-time footage of 5000 plus ski resorts globally.
what you see is what there is!
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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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SnowHeads.
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thanks one and all
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You know it makes sense.
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I tend to use both snowforecast.com and j2ski.com in the lead up to a trip
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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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I tend to use the weather sites for the country that I'm in, on the basis that they have the base data, which everyone else just re-renders into their own graphics. So, for France that's MetéoFrance and Switzerland MeteoSwiss (yes, English spelling) and then you put the postcode of where you're staying in. Both have apps downloadable from the respective stores. The MeteoSwiss animated forecast I've found pretty reliable, and I think both apps let you turn on push notifications for a chosen postcode.
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Poster: A snowHead
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powder alerts on wepowder.com are fantastic. not resort by resort but gives the wide meteorological picture for the alps with accurate storm predictions.
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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 no particular order
Bergfex
SnowHeads
Webcams
Re Webcams, expanding on the post by @Orange200 above, find the lowest webcam in the area which covers a piste and check it regularly so you get familiar with what it says about conditions.
For instance this one for La Crusc/Santa Croce, Alta Badia (the bottom is at 1324m and the lowest point in the local area)
https://live.altabadia.org/cam007/foto/altabadia007_d01.jpg
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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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@agw,
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In no particular order
Bergfex
SnowHeads
Webcams
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