 Poster: A snowHead
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Any recommendations for secret power stashes in LG today? Heading up Pleney and no idea where to go.
I won't tell anyone, I promise.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@elefantfresh, if you are early there will be plenty around.
Am heading to Chamossiere later if the lift finally runs. And obviously any pistes that haven’t opened yet, think Cyclamen? Yeti?
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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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So with Gabor lift closed, would you recommend a day in Chatel or in Morgan’s / Champossin / Le Crosset? Only ever notionally wizz through on the way round. Also need to avoid drags as we have boarders in the group. Many thanks!
Snow and conditions are amazing for anyone asking …
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@polo, thanks man. I think we might sniff around Chamossiere. Be great to get on a freshly opened area.
Remember to look out for a fat man with an orange glow Warping!
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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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@Shawsy, where are you based? Not much open in Super Chatel yesterday (Conche, Morclan, Chalet Neuf) and doubt there will be more today. Rest of Chatel (Linga, PLJ) all open and good. Not much in Morgins/Champoussin yesterday either.
-10C on the balcony in Petit Chatel at the moment and skies looking clear.
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@Ozboy, I know that you were planning to drive the clockwise route round the lake, but in case you change your mind check inforoute74 as the Thonon road was blocked by a fallen tree yesterday.
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| DJL wrote: |
@Shawsy, where are you based? Not much open in Super Chatel yesterday (Conche, Morclan, Chalet Neuf) and doubt there will be more today. Rest of Chatel (Linga, PLJ) all open and good. Not much in Morgins/Champoussin yesterday either.
-10C on the balcony in Petit Chatel at the moment and skies looking clear. |
Based on Morzine, but we’ve don’t Morzine Les Gets for the past couple of days and want to stretch out …
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@Shawsy, I’d suggest bus to Ardent and up from there. Gives the option of Avoriaz, Les Crosets or over to Chatel (Plaine Dranse/Linga). All worthwhile.
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| Matt1959 wrote: |
| @Ozboy, I know that you were planning to drive the clockwise route round the lake, but in case you change your mind check inforoute74 as the Thonon road was blocked by a fallen tree yesterday. |
Thanks for the to but still planning to take Swiss route. I’ve discovered the reason we were re-scheduled for such a late arrival is due to France’s day of strikes including air traffic controllers.
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| Ozboy wrote: |
| Matt1959 wrote: |
| @ALC2572, Apparently Braitaz opens Thursday. |
Looks like plans for Friday sorted.. Torgon it is  |
Any news on petit chatel/braitaz opening today?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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Obviously cannons will run all week on any areas that neeed it. Local view is base will last to end of March even without more snow.
The riskiest part of the season is behind us.
And the end of month reload continues to load, albeit leaning east
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@snoozeboy, Braitaz telecabine is running as I type.....
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You know it makes sense.
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| polo wrote: |
Obviously cannons will run all week on any areas that neeed it. Local view is base will last to end of March even without more snow.
The riskiest part of the season is behind us.
And the end of month reload continues to load, albeit leaning east |
Liking the sound of a bit of a top up at month end.
My mate and co-owner is currently turning into Mr Very Angry-Who-Texts-Entirely-In-Capitals as Manchester has closed both runways for 3mm of snow - is on the 0815 to Geneva.
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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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Yeah runway still closed and you can see the ploughs lapping on FR24 !
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Poster: A snowHead
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@orange, they seem to be landing now but still nothing taking off.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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saw that Trois vallees had electrical strikes today, is this affecting PdS area? Daughter just facetimed me from the top of a lift, looks fantastic out there!
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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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| kitenski wrote: |
| saw that Trois vallees had electrical strikes today, is this affecting PdS area? Daughter just facetimed me from the top of a lift, looks fantastic out there! |
. Seems okay as my internet is working. In which sector is your daughter skiing today?
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@Ozboy, shes doing Avoriaz today and super chatel area tomorrow apparently.
I'm out 1st-4th Feb in Morzine, do folk reckon I need to book any of these for evening food/beers?
Bec Jaune
L'Etale
La Rotonde.
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If theres more than 4 of you - then yes, you should book.
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@kitenski, Possibly all 3, depends on how busy town is and which night (l’Etale is always bonkers on chalet staff night off, and we’ve got a table of 12 booked on 2/2!). L’Etale and Rotonde are pretty much the same menu (l’Etale seems to have a better veggie/vegan selection than it used to) and both have a decent online booking system. Have never booked the brewery as we just tend to pop in for a beer.
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Ah @kitenski, you took the plunge on Morzine, well done. Looking to book for 4th Feb but I still cant make up my mind between Morzine and Serre Chevalier.......anyone got a view on Le Sporting in Morzine?
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@RetroBod, I actually stayed there in summer about 8 years ago and it was very nice.
Amazing conditions off Chamossiere and Nyon today, 50+ fluff, hooked my kid up with the local off piste guru and let them do the more extreme stuff. I’ve gotta save myself for incoming visitors.
They came down this, off the top ridge
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| RetroBod wrote: |
| Ah @kitenski, you took the plunge on Morzine, well done. Looking to book for 4th Feb but I still cant make up my mind between Morzine and Serre Chevalier.......anyone got a view on Le Sporting in Morzine? |
Le Sporting was great when I stayed there in the summer about 6 years ago. I would not hesitate to go back assuming there have been no changes.
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Out of interest, who is the guru @polo, as I might get him to take by boys off for some fun the week after next?
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@snowfraise, honestly I barely let my own kid go with him, you’d need to be very experienced and have avi gear.
Anyway he (Matt) doesn’t do requests really, often gets asked in the bar to guide people but he prefers it alone.
And off piste snow conditions likely to be different next week
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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@polo, is that the back/side of Nyon? We walked down there last summer and it looked a tad steep.
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Thanks @polo, that's absolutely fair enough!
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You know it makes sense.
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@andy from embsay, looking at the picture, safer line is down the left, the section to the right (of pic) prone to sliding
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@polo, yep, the bit on the right is often bare isn’t it.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Once it slides, yes. Someone had cut a line right across the middle (after pic) and it didn’t go, but I don’t like the look of it
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I think so too, that pitch to the right of the photo in the sun looks like it’s going to slide anytime soon.
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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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I've put a lifetime ban on my son skiing the mid/right, right side of that picture. I've never seen anywhere more avalanche prone.
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That’s the thing too at the moment when lots of snow comes in a short time onto nothing/not a lot, makes it even more likely for full depth slab avalanches to occur.
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Avoriaz superb today. Quite busy, but understandable!
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A very fine day out. 0930 start and over to Lindarets, then up Mosettes and down to Les Crosets and Planachaux following the sun. Coffee at Le Toupin. Then a hoot off Pauvre Conche off piste. Lunch at Abricotine. Back over to Plaine Dranse and a few runs round there.
Snow squeaky first thing, deep where not pisted (up to thigh deep) and only a few scraped bits later on.
Sunny all day but cold. -12C first thing, didn’t seem to warm up much. Looking forward to more of the same tomorrow
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| denfinella wrote: |
| Avoriaz superb today. Quite busy, but understandable! |
I've been expecting this post
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| doddsie wrote: |
| I've put a lifetime ban on my son skiing the mid/right, right side of that picture. I've never seen anywhere more avalanche prone. |
Yup. Far left (left of the snowmaking pole) Roland Baud, a pisteur, was taken out in a huge slide whilst doing avy patrol. He had dinner here a few days before  . Nyon is tricky, it's got to be super-stable all around before even thinking about it.
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@RetroBod, are you talking about the hotel? We stayed there a few years back, it was fine. But not better than thousands of other 2*-3* hotels all over France.
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Out of curiosity, with the earlier comments around the building costs of snowmaking, are they pumping it out now we have a likely stretch of cold temps but limited precipitation?
Cheers
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