 Poster: A snowHead
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The french team are training here atm, have been since the glacier opened on 6th. In fact they have almost exclusive use of it, no public access until 27th. They train here regularly but this year there are more here. It makes you appreciate what an enormous setup they have. There must be about 20 FFS minibuses around plus vans from Salomon, Rossignol, Dynastar, Head, etc. Yesterday as I was having a pint a convoy, 3 Clément Noël vans, emblazoned with his name drove past. The top guys are in Chalet Mounier (4*, Michelin 1* restaurant), others are in Chamois Lodge which is nice and others still in a new large chalet. All of them opened early especially. My balcony overlooks the garage at the rear of Chalet Mounier where they store their skis. A couple of years ago as they left I couldn't believe the enormous quantity they had. I believe they're not all here though, others such as Pinturault are in Val d'Isere.
Great publicity for the resort and the hotels. Regular press briefings, etc. Chalet Mounier even published who was in each room.
Makes you realise too what an achievement it is for any Brit to get anywhere near the big boys given their meagre resource.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Totally agree with that last point!
Apparently conditions are amazing on the glacier at the moment - one of my son’s friend’s Dads is a coach for the women’s team and he reckons best conditions for at least 10 years (plus super quiet as the Italian team and others would normally be there now but are staying home...).
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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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@offpisteskiing, From photos and videos I've seen yes, best since 2013 apparently. If it's not too busy on Saturday, first day it's open to the public, I might pop up.
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| offpisteskiing wrote: |
Apparently conditions are amazing on the glacier at the moment - one of my son’s friend’s Dads is a coach for the women’s team and he reckons best conditions for at least 10 years |
soggy, I heard, or rather going from rock hard to soggy very quickly
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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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Warming up this week certainly. Week before last there was 55cm of new snow during the week.
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