Poster: A snowHead
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I'm going to Verbier next week for a 1-week off-piste course with Warren Smith. It starts Monday but I'll arrive Saturday night, so I have the whole Sunday for a nice warm-up.
I've never been to Verbier, which are some easy going off-piste areas that I can go alone Sunday? Nothing too hairy, don't want to go to any places where I could get lost without the instructor
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Go to the Lac de Vaux area - lots of easy off piste that all links back up to the lifts at the bottom, its hard to go wrong.
Based on my time on a Warren Smith Course you'll probably start off there too.
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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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Good call, the marked itineries are also worth a look if the snows good.
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Whitters wrote: |
Go to the Lac de Vaux area - lots of easy off piste that all links back up to the lifts at the bottom, its hard to go wrong.
Based on my time on a Warren Smith Course you'll probably start off there too. |
Thanks!
I'm having trouble finding that on the ski map... do you know which lift goes there? Or maybe the name/number of any track in that area? My hotel is close to the Medran lift, so I'll use that one as the starting point.
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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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Mosha Marc wrote: |
Good call, the marked itineries are also worth a look if the snows good. |
Are the marker itineraries the ones highlighted in yellow here: https://www.seeverbier.com/files/324 ?
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Yes the ones in yellow are the marked itineries, but can be quite challenging but good fun - you will go down these on the WS course so if you want to build up to it hold off for a couple of days.
The Lac des Vaux area is where you have two runs called 'Lacs' - a red and a blue plus a black. So from Medran get the lift to Les Ruinettes and then left on the map on the Funispace to the Lac des Vaux area. There are 3 shortish pistes there, but almost everything in between is skiable off piste and ends at the two lifts. A good way to get some easy practise in.
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@AndreSilva, do you know who your coach is yet?
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That's lac des vaux
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swskier wrote: |
@AndreSilva, do you know who your coach is yet? |
Not yet, but I met Jamie in Cervinia last month and he said he will be one of the coaches, probably Nick, Chris and Johan too.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@Whitters sounds good, thanks!
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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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@AndreSilva, Gentianes-Tortin is the least intimidating IMHO, but also nice and long and wide array of routes.
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You know it makes sense.
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gilo wrote: |
@AndreSilva, Gentianes-Tortin is the least intimidating IMHO, but also nice and long and wide array of routes. |
Looks like it, probably gonna burn my thighs after all those moguls, but should be fun!
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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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Poster: A snowHead
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Thanks @BobinCH!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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In relation to Col Des Mines, it's only really worth having a go at it if it's snowing or has very recently snowed. Once the sun comes out it melts really quickly (purely south facing) then freezes overnight.
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