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LDA, France is due to open tomorroe Friday 27th October.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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A Tignes update from PG at mysnowsports:
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| Pretty grim conditions up there this morning. Daughter's group got as far as the funicular down at Val Claret, but turned back when they heard from another Les Arcs group already training - apparently the wind was so strong that the cablecar was out of action, and there were half hour queues for the drag. While skiers were waiting to go up they were all lying down in an attempt to escape the full force of the gusts, it was that bad! (Would have made an interesting photo...) |
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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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overall then ...rubbish at the mo 
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Chris Brookes, I think it was pretty nice in Tignes earlier in the week. Fair amount of snow after after the weekend, and pleasant weather. Today looked like it was only spoiled by very strong winds.
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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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Stowe is looking good up high. Another month and it should be looking good down low too!
Vosges (doesn't count to some) has no snow yet, but it's on the way!
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Thanks for the Tignes update rob@rar, I'll be starting to keep a keen eye on there 
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cathy, me too, rather obsessively! I don't know whether the mental image of lots of junior racers lying on the snow to keep out of the wind is funny or scary 
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rob@rar, when are you off there? Shame there wasn't a photo of the above.....
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cathy, 18th November for a week.
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There seems to be a bit of snow on the ground in Whistler  Opening Day is Nov 23rd (US Thanksgiving)
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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and closer to home
http://www.cairngormmountain.com/cams/image2.jpg
but as I have linked to a live picture it may of all disappeared off the top of cairngorm by the time you look at it. Howvere as of 9am 27th Oct the tops of the scottish mountains have turned white.
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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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Looks like the tale end of yesterday's storms brought that?
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Looks like the tale end of yesterday's storms brought that?
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Yep - and it was one hell of a storm. Looks like the high winds have damaged the Heriot Watt AWS at the summit aswell. Had a rather scary journey to Huntly for the HNSC club training night last night - just avoiding fallen trees.
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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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Looks like there's more there now than there was an hour ago!
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Poster: A snowHead
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The same system brought snow to parts of Finland too. Looks like a similar one coming through first half of next week with some pretty strong northerlies (http://meteonet.nl/aktueel/brackall.htm). Worth keeping an eye on.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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what are people's general thoughts about the snow forecast for the months ahead?
Given this unseasonably warm autumn and the fact that el Nino has reappeared, what are the omens for the season?
Do I need to consult Mystic Meg or some other reliable reader of runes\teabags\tree rings\the Beano?
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^ Forgve my ignorance, I know it's a weather system but what effect does el Nino have?
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zippy, I thought "the Omen" was re-released last year? Did I miss something? Not wanting to be too facetious...honest...
At some levels at times there is likely to be a mix of sunshine, wind, rain, snow, hail, sleet and fog. Some resorts will have a bumper season, at least some of the time. Some will have the best/worst* season in living memory (as far back as last year anyway). And most skiers will form firm lifetime sweeping opinions on a resorts "snowiness" based on effectively a single observation.
So business much as usual really.
* delete as applicable.
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^ Good old Wikipedia, I might have guessed there'd be something there - thanks Ronald.
Reading that would I be correct in presuming the main affect (from the skiing perspective) is on temperatures in North America? I can't see any mentions of any affect in Europe.
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