 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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Very nice 
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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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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Good pix.
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Fairplay, reassuring to see people getting out there.
Can I ask what 'névé' means when describing snow? I know it just means 'snow' in Italian, but I've seen it a lot in ski touring posts - does it have a specific meaning?
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@element, névé in this context is snow that has completey transformed into a homogenous mass of very dense 'perma-snow'
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...or 'not-so-perma-snow' for the lower stuff which will melt at some point in the next few weeks...
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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@offpisteskiing, thanks!
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Thanks for sharing.
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Carla May
Carla May
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Amazing, hope to see it one day!
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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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| offpisteskiing wrote: |
| ...or 'not-so-perma-snow' for the lower stuff which will melt at some point in the next few weeks... |
When I was touring in Gran Paradiso, my French guide called it "rotten snow." You can just about ski it if you ski very gingerly in a straight line, but the moment you apply and pressure to the skis, eg start a turn, you sink right through the snow to solid ground. That meant we were up to our waists in slush puppy 
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@offpisteskiing, great pics 
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You know it makes sense.
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| Chamcham wrote: |
| offpisteskiing wrote: |
| ...or 'not-so-perma-snow' for the lower stuff which will melt at some point in the next few weeks... |
When I was touring in Gran Paradiso, my French guide called it "rotten snow." You can just about ski it if you ski very gingerly in a straight line, but the moment you apply and pressure to the skis, eg start a turn, you sink right through the snow to solid ground. That meant we were up to our waists in slush puppy |
That is not névé then but isothermal snow. Névé is basically just uber-transformed spring snow and is generally great to ski as long as you hang on for the top to soften as what is underneath is generally bomber rather than rotten...
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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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@offpisteskiing, Confusing, all these different types of snow. No wonder British Rail got it wrong!
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Poster: A snowHead
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@Chamcham,
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Stunning pictures.
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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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neve is when my guide friend would say "now we must be quiet with the edges". nice pictures.
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