 Poster: A snowHead
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Nominations????
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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La Rosiere......  Seriously I hadn't heard of it until I discovered snowHeads.
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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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Les Contamines. (I'm going to get some verbals for giving away that secret). 
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boredsurfin, Same goes for Montalbert. Have we shot ourselves in the foot?
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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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Val d'Isere......
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La Vallée Rêveuse ...
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Vars
Chamrousse
Alpe du Grand Serre
Notre Dame de Bellecombe and environs
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Les Contamines, and a few in the Maurienne valley that will stay nameless
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Well that's three of us who've heard of Les Contamines! The best-known least-known resort?
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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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Costa Del Castleford
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Filzmoos, Sportwelt Amade.
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You know it makes sense.
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Dammkar, Mittenwald.
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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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Stanshassen, Bildenheld
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Poster: A snowHead
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Well, hardly unknown but not high on the tour operator agendas - Meiringen, Morillon, (not so unknown anymore) Maurach ( only 'best' because I learnt to ski on a school trip here)
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Gottinhimmel, Bratwurst
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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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laundryman, Nein!!
Wurst joke in months!
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| Frosty the Snowman wrote: |
| boredsurfin, Same goes for Montalbert. Have we shot ourselves in the foot? |
Yep, both barrels 
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Kleinwalsertal
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Ipswich (dry ski slope).
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I'm not telling!
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Font Romeu. Not many English people have heard of it. Spent New Year there a couple of years ago. So unheard of that when it snows they close the gondala and you have to wait for hours for a coach to take you to the bottom of the chair lift.
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I could think of plenty but here's one for the mix - Nakiska. Plenty of holidaying Brits when going to Banff miss this one but it does have a mix of perfectly pitched, perfectly groomed cruisers being basically CAD designed.
OK so the Winter Olympics were held there in 1988 so its hardly unknown but who can put there hands up as having heard of it.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Steinach
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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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Feiberbrunn
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Wherever it just dumped.
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You know it makes sense.
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| angelaclark wrote: |
| Font Romeu. Not many English people have heard of it. Spent New Year there a couple of years ago. So unheard of that when it snows they close the gondala and you have to wait for hours for a coach to take you to the bottom of the chair lift. |
I had a week there at PTT lodge as part of a twinning group when I worked in telecoms. Lots of snow cannons, but coach to get to the slopes from where we were.
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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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| fatbob wrote: |
I could think of plenty but here's one for the mix - Nakiska. Plenty of holidaying Brits when going to Banff miss this one but it does have a mix of perfectly pitched, perfectly groomed cruisers being basically CAD designed.
OK so the Winter Olympics were held there in 1988 so its hardly unknown but who can put there hands up as having heard of it. |
We skied there on the last day of their season about 6 or 7 years ago. I wouldn't fly 6000 miles for it, but it was a pleasant day out, a couple of nice easy double blacks and a bit of water skiing at the bottom. The upper slopes did have some interesting bits, IIRC.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Been to Crest Voland twice. Cracking little resort.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Are, Sweden - again not unknown but not many brits go there. I loved the place.
You can add me to the list of Les Contamines appreciators - I went there last new year and really enjoyed the place.
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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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Numberwang
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Grand Bornand, no tour operators and always good snow record, despite its low altitude(1300/2100m)
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Another vote for Les Contamines!
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Ovronnaz
(Between Villars and Verbier, interesting little ski spot with which held loads of snow when it was very poor elsewhere), useful place to know!
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I went to Ovronnaz for a day last April:- not bad at all, altho it is not huge the ski area is quite varied and should occupy you for a day or two. Not far away is Anzere, on the road to Crans-Montana. Similar feel to Ovronnaz, but the ski area is a bit bigger. You may want to check it out roberto.
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Areche de Beaufort and les karellis (not sure if i have spelt either correctly)
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| richmond wrote: |
| fatbob wrote: |
I could think of plenty but here's one for the mix - Nakiska. Plenty of holidaying Brits when going to Banff miss this one but it does have a mix of perfectly pitched, perfectly groomed cruisers being basically CAD designed.
OK so the Winter Olympics were held there in 1988 so its hardly unknown but who can put there hands up as having heard of it. |
We skied there on the last day of their season about 6 or 7 years ago. I wouldn't fly 6000 miles for it, but it was a pleasant day out, a couple of nice easy double blacks and a bit of water skiing at the bottom. The upper slopes did have some interesting bits, IIRC. |
Nor would I, in fact I decamped to Fortress after half a day but I thought it was nicely done for a certain "no surrises" family cruiser market.
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fatbob, I meant to ask if you'd skiied Fortress. I believe it has a reputation as being quite tough.
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FAQ
Will let you know if its unheard of !!!! 
