 Poster: A snowHead
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This might be of interest to those that speak French etc
One of the team that manages the cross-country sector here posts twice a day on FaceBook which pistes have been groomed and advises as to how the conditions will be, given that now as the sun is getting stronger timing is important depending on what type of cross-country you are doing.
So Classic which is when you use the grooves/rails at the side, is not so dependent on temps, whereas skating on the wide groomed piste is best when it is still hard and frozen, as when it melts, it's far harder to glide along.
He is quite elaborate and amusing with his descriptions, and when run through Google Translate, it's even more bizarre and amusing.
The French do have a multitude of words for describing the various snow-pack and piste conditions he often elaborates about the conditions you might expect on any given day 
This morning's
Bonjour les skieurs !
Vous en voulez de la belle journée parfaite de ski idéal dans des conditions de dingue sur des pistes damées de folie par des dameurs motivés avec un accueil enthousiasmé de nos pisteurs joyeux sous un soleil dantesque dans un paysage "grandiosissîme" ????
Vous en voulez du rêve, encore ?
Et bien à tout à l'heure alors !
And yesterday
DERNIER DAMAGE : Le 17/03/2026 soir
Et c'est reparti !!!
Une belle matinée, une belle journée, des pistes damées, des sourires ensoleillés, des plaisirs partagés, du sport engagé, une glisse élaborée, des pas tournants retournés, des virages tourneboulés, des itinéraires alignés, des cheveux emmêlés, et parfois même la goute au nez, symbole ultime du grand air frais !
Bonne journée !
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Fri 20-03-26 15:59; edited 1 time in total
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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 was expecting a more bizarre translation of some weird French saying.
... pist conditions are perfect, like sliding your skis through a badgers wet back bottom fur..."
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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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@adithorp, dammit - that's what I came here for too!
"La forêt est très paisible à cette vitesse lente!"
"Oh non ! J'ai perdu mon huile du barbe"
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Which word ( s) do you think refer to snow pack apart from them saying the tracks are groomed I can see no other reference to the snow conditions
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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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Yes, that's what I thought too. And very little to skiing, except the "pas tournant".
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Sorry@Origen, there are a few others hidden in there such as une glisse élaborées
And it's the overall enthusiasm of his prose (see below) xhich makes it so interesting to read (try and get your head around), though agreed not to much re the snowpack, that was more in the other thread, sorry.
"dans des conditions de dingue sur des pistes damées de folie par des dameurs motivés"
I'll post some others as better examples.
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@Weathercam, were the quotes in your first post the Engish translations earlier? If not I'm loosing the plot (nothing new there).
Last edited by Then you can post your own questions or snow reports... on Thu 19-03-26 21:49; edited 1 time in total
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And we're off again!!! A beautiful morning, a beautiful day, groomed slopes, sunny smiles, shared pleasures, committed sport, sophisticated skiing, twisting turns, zigzagging corners, perfectly aligned routes, tangled hair, and sometimes even a runny nose, the ultimate symbol of the fresh air! Have a great day!
This is their Facebook Page.
https://www.facebook.com/nordicserrechevalier
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@adithorp, sorry my bad...
I meant the other Cross Country thread.
https://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=176349
DERNIER DAMAGE : Le 16/03/2026 soir
Bonjour à tous !
La neige a décidément un pouvoir de transformation fascinant, les conditions de ski sont très bonnes aujourd'hui..
Grâce au froid de la nuit et au travail minutieux des dameurs, coup de baguette magique !
Le skating et le classique seront donc très agréables aujourd'hui, seule la variante de la Virade n'a pas pu être redamée hier et restera donc fermée aujourd'hui...
A tout ceux qui ne peuvent pas venir aujourd'hui, pas de panique le ski sera encore excellent demain et tout le domaine sera redamé ce soir....
Les pistes piétons ont été retracées de Villeneuve au Casset et seront également redamées ce soir dans leur intégralité !
Profitons encore de la neige et de toute la glisse qu'elle nous offre !
Bonne journée
Bonjour,
le soleil est de retour !
Tout le site a été redamé hier soir, encore merci aux dameurs car sans eux clairement pas de ski possible !!!
Aujourd'hui les conditions vont être correctes..
Hier la neige récente s'est bien humidifiée ce qui a d'ailleurs rendu le ski particulièrement collant dès la fin de matinée, bravo aux skieurs motivés !
Cette nuit le regel a été bon, résultat ce matin ça glisse !!!!! Voir ça glisse vraiment beaucoup, la surface de la neige s'est vitrifiée résultat il faut être à l'aise sinon "bambi" !
En classique, l'accroche est précaire pour le moment...
Cela dit les conditions vont vite changer au fil des heures avec l'action du soleil, le vent du nord est de la partie la neige risque de rester glissante longtemps...
Bonne glissez
Basically cracking conditions for the morning - that said, also cracking conditions for touring & Spring snow 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I'm surprised that "fart" hasn't cropped up in this conversation
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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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Coincidence in you mentioning that, just as I was packing up my uber fit Swedish mate was about to start, and he was going Classic as it was around 10:15 and he showed me the wax he had put on and it was so sticky, I couldn't quite get my head around the beneficial properties of that wax as it was just so sticky, though a good fart is much more important for Classic than skating 
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Presumably the sticky wax was just applied to the "kick" zone in the middle of the ski, to provide forward momentum? The part that's off the snow in the glide stage (which is why shuffling around isn't really "skiing").
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You know it makes sense.
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DERNIER DAMAGE : Le 20/03/2026 soir
