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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Not good...
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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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Interesting! I would have thought somewhere like Tignes Val Claret or one of the other very high villages in France would be the coldest, but Mouthe seems to have a unique microclimate.
Also, concerning about the super warm autumn this year.
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Not to understate possible long-term changes, but this week-long Indian Summer isn't exactly unusual. I remember the first year we lived in Alsace (at <400m ASL) having a big party the first week of November, sitting outside in shorts and T shirts. 20-odd years ago. And that turned out to be one of the coldest (and snowiest) winters I can remember. Didn't get above -10C for about six weeks, IIRC.
Of course, it would be a mistake to extrapolate from that, just as it would be a mistake to think that a warm spell now is in any way indicative of a mild winter to come.
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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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Before we get our knickers in a twist and assume that the Alps have become a scorching desert, Snowforecast kindly emailed me a snow alert for Val Thorens for this week with 11cm of snow and temperatures of -7 on Thursday.
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| James the Last wrote: |
| Before we get our knickers in a twist and assume that the Alps have become a scorching desert, Snowforecast kindly emailed me a snow alert for Val Thorens for this week with 11cm of snow and temperatures of -7 on Thursday. |
Please report back Friday am on accuracy of the forecast.
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I've been in Serre Chevalier in Monetier at 1500m in late October many times and have eaten outside most days. Sometimes spent a day in the sun one day and then gone walking in the snow the next.
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| musehead wrote: |
| Interesting! I would have thought somewhere like Tignes Val Claret or one of the other very high villages in France would be the coldest, but Mouthe seems to have a unique microclimate. |
Microclimates are really overlooked by people choosing resorts.
There seems to be a mentality that higher is better, which is only true when it's sunny, and then not even wholly the case.
In bad weather, you either want to be holed up by a log fire with something nice to drink, or skiing down low amongst the trees.
Even the premise that high resorts get more snow is a bit useless, because Avoriaz may have 1m50 of snow and Les Gets 20cm, but 15cm is plenty for Les Gets as its on pasture, whereas 1m50 may not be enough for parts of Avoriaz where theres huge rocks everywhere.
Microclimates, terrain, aspect, forestation are probably more important than just altitude.
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@WindOfChange, yes. Was true of the Arlberg region when I used to go there - and I expect still is.
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Fascinating remarks@WindOfChange, I can recall a good number of occasions where mountain guides have rattled off the same series of points to explain their reasoning behind a particular choice of route or area. Very simply High is Not always best!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@WindOfChange, shhhhhh. I want to keep Les Gets as free from people as possible.
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