 Poster: A snowHead
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As you are aware off to tignes on the 19th, can anyone tell us how long and wide the runs are and what degree of difficulty they represent. Some photos would be great. Thanks
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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HARRYMAC2702, Have you looked here .... www.tignes.net. Look at the Panoramic Webcam... and you can see conditions for yourself !
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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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One black run (Leisse), a fairly easy blue (Rosolin), an easy red (Champagny), a couple of moderate reds (Glaicer and 3500). The Leisese is only likely to open if more snow falls All the pistes are a decent length, although the one problem you might have is that quite a lot of the available terrain will be taken by GS lanes used by various clubs and ski schools. This is a good photo showing some of the terrain:
The piste in the background is Rosolin (with the snowpark and nordic area behind it), and at a guess the photo was taken somewhere on the top half of 3500 piste.
More photos at a snow report at MySnowSports.
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Thanks for your replys! Have you skied the glacier rob? any good?
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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 I skied the Grand Motte - a week in November in the previous two seasons, and I'm going out the 18th for another week. I've enjoyed the skiing a great deal. The resort is quiet, but with a nice atmosphere - lots of anticipation for the forthcoming season, first snows of the winter, etc. The two previous trips and the one in a couple of weeks were with Snoworks on their race training course.
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I would suggest that the one black run is a bit more like dark red, although it does get some decent moguls if it goes without snow for a few days.
I skied the glacier one summer and was glad to be on an instruction course which made things a little more interesting. I would think that most upper intermediate skiers are likely to get bored quite quickly.
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Hi, I was in tignes last week and it was great to get some pre season skiing/boarding, the snow was pretty good, even had a bit of fresh. But, if you're not into your freestyle or moguls then you will find the runs limited and frustrating, especially if you have to contend with all the race teams who monopolise at least 60% of the slopes (although they're good to watch). This being said, and considering the very low accomodation/flights prices at this time of year, i would thoroughly recomend it, in fact, we're going back on the 24th. Hope you have a great time, oh, and if you get the chance, try "Le caveau" restaurant in Val Claret, great place and atmosphere.
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Am heading out to Tignes (Val Claret) for long weekend on 30 Nov. Just wondered when the ski teams pack up their gates. Presumably at that stage the alpine race season is underway and the glacier is quieter? Or am I being optimistic? Also at that time of year is the skiing limited to the glacier or are there more pistes generally open (I know this is weather dependant but a general picture would be very useful).
Thanks
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BGA, You should be able to ski all the way down to Val Claret by that time. There will be some racers around but (IMV) they don't take up that much space. If you are really really lucky the link to Val d' may be open, but that hasn't happened this early for the last few years.
It is really dependant on the weather. The run down to Val Claret will be reallly really rocky, so use someone else's skis 
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Ooh dear, this has filled me with a mixture of dread and anticipation! rob@rar, your photos are wonderful, but the thought of being on the mountain at the same time as good, professional skiers terrifies me! The slopes look just fine, I could cope with anything in your picture without problems, but I have to confess to never having used a T-bar before (I've used all kinds of chairlifts, bubble lifts, pomas but not a T-bar), so this fills me with even more dread at the thought I should fall off and impede the progress of a proper skier! I've only ever been skiing three times before, for five weeks, and the resorts we chose happened to have no T-bar lifts.
If you see a small lady being sworn at in French by a burly skier in a race suit, having impeded his progress by failing to ski fast enough, or falling off a T-bar, that will be me! 18th November is awfully close now.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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Thanks ski, will leave the Gotamas at home then! If anyone is out there the same weekend and sees a less than burly skier in a Team GB catsuit then don't despair for the state of Alpine racing in this country, it will just be the stag from the stag weekend I'm on. I managed to get hold one of last season's suits; if you're not sure if it's him further clarification can be had by noting the panda headcover on his helmet and strategically placed banana.
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I would suggest that the one black run is a bit more like dark red, although it does get some decent moguls if it goes without snow for a few days.
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Yes, the Leisses run seems to vary greatly in its difficulty. My son took me down it last year and only after we were committed did he warn me to take it easy. In his words "This run is not too easy". He is a fantastic skier, that means "it is bloody difficult". I proceeded with apprehension, but it was fine. Dark red, yes. When I caught up with him at the bottom he said, disappointed "Oh, they've pisted it, for the last week or so it has been really difficult, with gigantic moguls and bodies all over the place". That's his idea of fun and he only takes his old mother skiing occasionally. 
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You know it makes sense.
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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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I've never enjoyed the chairlift back up for some reason as it always make me anxious.
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funny that, I seem to remember that the wind was blowing snow upwards at a funny angle to the ground, on that lift, and that it was a bit giddy-inducing, past the rock face. Maybe I'm thinking of a different lift.
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