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Val are apparently now offering a day’s lift pass refund.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| JeanPaulValley wrote: |
| Just spoken with the very helpful lady in the Ski Patrol office who says they are working hard to get everything open for tomorrow. |
Really hope so, everything crossed!!!
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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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Do we think that things will be open and back to normal by weekend?
I'm meant to fly out to Geneva early on Saturday but not actually booked yet and don't know whether its worth the risk!
I also can't work out out if Les Arcs/La Plagne or Tignes and Val Thorens are the safest bet if anyone has experience in this type of snow dump!?
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It will be open at the weekend in some form, maybe not everything but everything that can possibly be open, will be.
Given the choice of Killy, Paradiski or 3V, I would pick Killy every time. It is the best place to be in the Tarantaise at the end of the season.
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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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Just started snowing again and the temperature starting to fall - it was up to 10’.
Just been watching people trying to walk down the road from VC to Le Lac and being turned back by the police. Amazing how oblivious some folk seem to be.
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They've swallowed the line that "there's no such thing as too much snow". 
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| NoMapNoCompass wrote: |
It will be open at the weekend in some form, maybe not everything but everything that can possibly be open, will be.
Given the choice of Killy, Paradiski or 3V, I would pick Killy every time. It is the best place to be in the Tarantaise at the end of the season. |
Heres hoping! We did VT last year but my partner is a beginner and prefers La Plagne over the others so its always a tough call!
The last time I was in Tignes was 11 years ago and I can't remember much about beginner friendly slopes and the current confinement to apartments has me concerned!
I'm quite worried if roads and tunnels will be open in time too but optimistic.
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Checked our restaurant booking for tonight and the proprietor was happy to stick with our booking in VC (L'armoise) so hopefully we'll get fed without getting told off.
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QDC have just announced the bar is open till 1930 and the resto is shut. They have been told to be shut so everyone can be home by 8.
@larkim, Might need a plan b, but Madame Armoise (she of the leather trousers) is a local and a tough old girl so may be a law unto herself!
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She definitely gave that impression!! We'll turn up helpfully early to give them chance to comply.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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The full statement, from Tignes website. I can't get the page to scroll past the bottom line re Friday.
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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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FRIDAY 18 APRIL
→ Information concerning Friday will be given during the day. Stay informed and download the Tignes app for real-time information.
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Big update just issued, road opened and curfew lifted. 2100 bus running tonight.
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You know it makes sense.
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Everyone must have been working so hard. Chapeau.
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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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Such a relief, well done snow team!!
Ski area
The ski area will reopen progressively tomorrow morning, Friday 18 April, depending on the safety of the ski lifts.
High avalanche risk: please follow the safety instructions and get all the information you need from the professionals in Tignes.
The ski rescuers will carry out avalanche prevention. The opening of ski lifts has been made difficult by the impressive snowfalls in Tignes.
The ski lifts will open progressively tomorrow.
We strongly advise against off-piste skiing, as the risk is still very high tomorrow.
In any case, stay extremely vigilant on the slopes and happy skiing!
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Poster: A snowHead
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If Val was giving full day refund, would that be happening in Tignes too? How would we go about getting that?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Stalwart effort from the Tignes Team.
Someone asked about tomorrow and skiing.
Let’s keep this simple: STAY ON PISTE
As for opening of pistes, there will be a lot of work to do, expect blasting from first light and don’t expect much at 9AM. Opening will be progressive, if I was a betting man it will be Tichot first followed by Grattalu, then Palafour and maybe Chaudannes. For those in Boisses expect to bus up, the bubble from Brev may open so you can get the bus from Boisses. By mid morning expect Tufs and Tov gondola to open. As for the Funi and Lanches - getting close to lunchtime, the wires on Lanches may well be frozen up. You can probably forget Col de Ves and stuff down from the eye of the needle.
Just in case you missed it 1st time:
STAY ON PISTE!
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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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@larkim, Keep an eye on this website:
https://www.ticketoski.fr/fr/tignes
And follow the instructions. However, if you have Carré Neige attached to your lift pass they will tell you to claim from then. But you then run into their excess which is very frustrating.
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| chocksaway wrote: |
Just in case you missed it 1st time:
STAY ON PISTE! |
Here is wisdom, however tempting the deep stuff may be.
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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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They were out grooming the runs down to Tichot before 8pm this evening so seems like a good bet to be open in good time: the fact that they’re working them suggests that they’ve done whatever avalanche mitigation was deemed necessary for them (though not a lot of exposure to avalanche terrain there in fairness). And in fact is a positive sign really that they will be able to make good progress progressively onto some of the more challenging terrain.
Out of curiosity, why is the funicular sometimes counterintuitively closed to skiers? It seems like it was closed on Wednesday. I would have thought part of the benefit would be the ability to run in higher winds that detachable chairlifts can’t manage.
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@heliotrope, Welcome to Snowheads and especially the Tignes Chapter.
Sometimes the Funi is only open to pedestrians as you can access much more terrain from there than you can from the top of Lanches - so much more avalanche work to do. But as STGM own the resto at the top and rent it out part of the lease agreement is to ensure that punters (rich) can get up there by running the train a couple of times an hour. Also the wind can be very much higher up there than the top of Lanches, from where it’s not far down to more sheltered runs.
Meanwhile - here are a few thoughts from a reliable source:
It maybe 1100 before area opens tomorrow. Director of Pistes opted not to do avalanche control today. Clearance will start early tomorrow. Several piste basher sank in today’s snow and had to be towed out. 
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Eagerly awaiting updates whilst tucking into Maison Bouvier's finest pastries.
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The map certainly looks like most in tignes is scheduled to open
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Can’t work out if anything towards Val d’Isère is opening. They’re all red X
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@Mike87xx, that is just the interaction with the 2 systems. Radio Tignes just said the link will open around mid-day. Other gradual openings. Buses up from Brev & 1800 as per @chocksaway’s earlier advice.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Pisteurs struggling to get to the markers at the sides of the pistes on the Carline/Tichot slopes.
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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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@Mike87xx, that is just the interaction with the 2 systems. Radio Tignes just said the link will open around mid-day. Other gradual openings. Buses up from Brev & 1800 as per @chocksaway’s earlier advice.
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Tichot queue lengthy but open as is grattalu
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You know it makes sense.
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Big queue on Palafour
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@chocksaway, Grattalu and Toviere as well. Whilst it is looking beautiful, we are staying our hutch until they have a bit more open.
National news, via Radio Tignes saying the authorities here have banned off piste skiing - which they haven’t, but sensible anyway.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Conditions look absolutely mint - very jealous.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Demonstrates that the end of the season is normally more reliable than the start, in terms of snow cover 
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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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Don't be jealous of the queues. 45 minutes for tichot, looking like 25 for grattalu
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Looking like only Mont Blanc, Marmottes, and the Funicular open on the other side, queues must be very long there too. Hopefully more open soon
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Link via Toviere due to open at Noon local time
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@Frosty the Snowman,
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Link via Toviere due to open at Noon local time
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Tommueses looks like it started running at about 12 noon.
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@Peter S, it seems to be pretty standard now. I have had some wonderful powder days in Tignes/VDI around the 18th/19th April.
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@Peter S, it seems to be pretty standard now. I have had some wonderful powder days in Tignes/VDI around the 18th/19th April.
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April in general, we always do our final trip first week in April and have enjoyed some wonder days in the past few years. 2022 stands out from memory when I remember being waist deep in powder on OK/Orange and the place was absolutely deserted.
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I was out the same week 17-24 last year and it was a cold snowy week.
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