Poster: A snowHead
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We’re back! In fact, we’ve been back for 3 days. Much colder temps this year with E and NE winds so the snowpack is still full winter. We’ve skied powder every day; yesterday being one the best yet with 700m vert of continuous untouched powder. A few pics from yesterday:
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Sharkymark, wonderful. As ever.
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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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Top trolling
Next you’re going to claim that the sauna is working properly and the beer is cheap
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Looks stellar! Good to see the colourful outfits are back. Who is in your crew this year?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Ski the debris!
There that’s it..the shortest of poems.
I enjoy being in the office SO much….can you please stop posting this deep powdery nonsense.
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Looks bloody superb.
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team skis?? Lets hope it stays cold!! Out a week today
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@Arno, how much are drinks in the lodge??
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@kitenski, I always shut my eyes when settling up at the end of the week
Seriously, expensive by UK standards, normal by Norwegian
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Fabulous
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@Arno, the sauna (both of them) are working. The beer, however…I paid £14 for a pint of IPA in Oslo LOL. It’s a more palatable £7 a bottle here.
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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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@BobinCH, Hewey (the other long time regular), Andanotherthing, Tim (forget his sHs name) and two of Simon’s mates who are rippers.
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Sharkymark wrote: |
@Arno, the sauna (both of them) are working. The beer, however…I paid £14 for a pint of IPA in Oslo LOL. It’s a more palatable £7 a bottle here. |
I heard Svalbard is duty free so booze cheaper than the UK!
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You know it makes sense.
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Looks incredible, have fun!
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@Sharkymark, I am very pleased that you are having such a nice time without me
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@arno I can vouch for the functionality of the sauna(s), the price of the beer and the quality of the snow.
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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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Sunshine and pow pow. Recommended.
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It’s very rare that we get 4 days on the trot of quite frankly nigh-on perfect conditions. Today was below freezing, no wind, all the sun, a cold snowpack to the fjord and fresh tracks for 400m of the 900m descent. Not bad considering geitgallien is one of the most popular peaks. Great day.
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@Sharkymark, wow. Just wow.
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Lovely stuff
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Sharkymark,
Wow! Fantastic photos! Thanks for sharing .
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Thanks all; as ever, the light and the scenery are basically cheat codes here for adequate photos!
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Looks great, @Sharkymark, thanks for sharing and inspiring me to take another look at Norway for next week!
Midweek to midweek works best for me, so looking at cheap Ryanair flights from Manchester or Stansted into Oslo, and then probably train to Lillehammer and spending a day at each of the resorts near there.
Can't find a weather thread for Norway in general or Gudbrand Valley in particular, but with some areas open until 14th and a couple more until 21st, I might be able to make it work for a final few slides on my snowboard.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Today’s line: a repeat of a couloir we first skied in 2018
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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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It’s only 800m but took 3 hours to climb (including a km or so of flat) with 150 kick turns. We know cos @offpisteskiing counted them on the way home haha.
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As the vis drifted in and out, the views over lunch were, quite frankly, banging.
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You know it makes sense.
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@offpisteskiing dropping in for the first turns in 40cm of fresh snow.
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Disappearing into the haze…
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Poster: A snowHead
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Vis opened up lower down
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@Andanotherthing enjoying life
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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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Absolute scenes. Literally
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That’s a stunner. Must be great in proper powder
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@Sharkymark, what dreams are made of!
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Sharkymark wrote: |
Absolute scenes. Literally |
You are Nikolai Schirmer and I claim my $5!
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@Arno, you are sadly missed. However, you’ll be glad to know one of the saunas stopped working so it made the remaining sauna very busy. You would’ve hated it.
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@Gordyjh, it’s turning into an expensive habit
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@BobinCH, way more turns and way less jeopardy but otherwise couldn’t tell us apart
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@Sharkymark, going forward I need cast iron guarantees on the sauna situation
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