 Poster: A snowHead
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(Seems a bit odd to be putting this in "The Piste", as that really did not enter into this trip at all - oK we did about 100m of piste on the first day at La Thuile, but that was very much plan B as, it being Easter Sunday, there was no room in the inn , or mountain hut, that night).
I've put up few piccies (you may need to play around with the sorting a bit, the natural order seems a bit random) from my last tour, culminating in getting to the top of the Gran Paradiso, the highest mountain entirely in Italy.
This one's about 3300m, with a nice view over the the Grand Motte in the background.
This is at the top - 4061m
So is this the highest a  sticker has been (while still on terra firma)? Unfortunately I didn't manage to decorate Our Lady with a sticker, as I'd left them back in my rucksack at home base (but of course that would have just been rank vandalism anyway  ).
And moderately exposed conditions too - this was the top of the path to get there
So I guess that's another one easiski'll never be doing either  .
As ever I seem to have forgotten to take many photos aof any actual skiing, but here's one to show that we did at least do some.
and here're a few tracks, at least some of which ar ours
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Hmmm nice, well until someone says different you have the record I think.
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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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Nice.
Someone left a few stickers on a few pylons in Snowbird, Alta, Solitude, Deer Valley and The Canyons in Jan/Feb this year, but I've no idea who did it...
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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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Wear The Fox Hat,
Someone suggested a ski pole with blue tack on the end was a good method of fixing them.........can't remember who it was............... 
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You'll need to Register first of course.
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boredsurfin, I was sure that I had read somewhere that a lot of time it can be done just by stretching.
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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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boredsurfin, I just realised - someone has the same gloves as me!
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Wear The Fox Hat, Common as muck, them gloves! Did the same gloves stretch to pylons in VT?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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boredsurfin, perhaps, but maybe the owner didn't have stickers with him...
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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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GrahamN, It looks great, as a matter of interest is the most obvious peaky bit in the background the Grand Casse?
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You know it makes sense.
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GrahamN,
Good work
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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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T Bar, if you mean the large mountain in the distance in the first two photos, yes, it's the the top of Tignes. As I've not skied there much myself, I called it the Grande Motte, but looking at the piste map again, I see that the peak to the right of the massif is the Grand Casse (with its North Face in partial shadow), and the slightly lower one to the left side of the massif is the Grande Motte itself. It's not too obvious in that picture, as the distance is a bit out of focus, but the main piste was very visible sweeping down towards us.
They (this was a SCBG trip) have been doing this tour for the last 3 years, and I think Bruce (despite having repeated virtually nothing himself) is looking for something slightly different next year. They've also had a tour round the back of the Vanoise (called the Vanoise Haute Route) for a while. So when we were talking about what may go in the brochure for next year, the suggestion was made to maybe link between the two, and do a tour from here to there (or something like it). Other suggestions were to try something over in Austria, where the SCGB do very little at present, but is supposed to have some great touring. So watch this space.
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FAQ
. So I'm quite sure I'm well off 400m/hr 
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