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Hello Snowheads,
Another season begins (for us anyway), and here I am again asking questions of you knowledgeable (or at least opinionated!) folk. This time I want to know where and when you found fabulous snow last season - we know there was some out there, and I don't just mean Whistler...
Cheers,
Hannah from Fall-Line Skiing
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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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Whistler? 
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Sestriere in April - Best conditions for 7 years. 
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First two weeks of March in Verbier
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In my imagination 
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Baqueira-Beret, Spain, March.
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Ordino Arcalís_ Andorra in March
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Verbier, the weekend of 9-10 december.
Totally fabulous powder on the bottom half of the mountain, we were the only ones skiing it as all the others were in big queue for the funispace to go up high.
We just lapped the Ruinettes-Medran in knee-thigh deep powdery powder, without a minute lost to queues.
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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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believe it or not the best snow was opening day in Mottaret. The resort had a big dump on the friday night before opening day and couldnt open until sunday. No one on the the piste and 30 cm of fresh everywhere. no off piste skiing but on piste the snow was ungroomed and perfect....
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Homewood at the end of March
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You know it makes sense.
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Han, Verbier third week in March. Also pretty good - given the poor start to the European season - Zermatt last week in January.
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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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Saalbach in Jan, Wengen in March.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Marmot Basin (Jasper, Alberta, Canada)
New Year (although the whole season from the beginnning of December to April was just great by the looks of reports)
Skied in knee deep powder on most days - brilliant
But then the snow's always been great for us there!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Morzine. had a couple of splendid powder days in March as zzz and PhilipStanton
will attest...
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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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Bradford, mid March, Greenwood park.
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Val d'Isere in February. Was nearly waist-deep in places!
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Alpental - Xmas day
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Tignes late January. Twas bluddy cold tho!
And altho the snow itself wasn't remarkable I was amazed to be able to ski back to resort in La Thuile on 17th April, despite what was allegedly a rubbish season. Also narrowly avoided a small avalanche same place same day.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Whistler Jan 31st - 11th Feb! Awesome pow!
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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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Thank you people! You are brilliant.
Keep an eye out for the new issue of Fall-Line, out on the 21st of September.
At least if we are denied a summer, we might as well look forward to winter.
Cheers, Hannah
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25th January - around the border of Austria/Slovenia/Italy
continuous snowing for two days
Kanin (Slovenia) 120 cm
Kranjska Gora (Slovenia) 90 cm
Nassfeld (Austria) 120 cm
Heiligenblut (Austria) 100 cm
Bad Kleinkirchheim (Austria) 100 cm
This huge dump saved the whole season there.
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You know it makes sense.
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Bad Hofgastein, Austria in March....same week as the Wengen week....absolutely stunning!! For some reason the Austrians don't seem to like skiing when it's snowing...crowd free slopes, thigh deep snow, what could be more perfect?
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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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Val D'Isere in April was excellent. Most of the classic off piste routes were skiable including the superb Combe Vallon.
St Anton and particularly Zurs was very good in March.
The Lakes and Pennines however were particularly poor, despite having the first lift served skiing in Europe last November 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Back of the Mont Chery in Les Gets 3rd week in March. Was waist deep powder for a few days with no others using it! Best kept secret (until now) in the PDS
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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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British Columbia in Bobbie Burns Lodge end of March
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Early-Dec, late-Jan, late-Feb and mid-Mar were when the snow fell.
Mid-Mar was easily the best period.
Southwest Switzerland (e.g. Zermatt) and the Northern French Alps (e.g. La Plagne) had the best overall season. Andorra had the worst.
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It seems the answer is "wherever I skied in March". For me that meant Sattel-Hochstuckli. Practically the first time they had been open that season.
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Whitegold, so, where did you ski that you had epic snow this year?
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Wear The Fox Hat, 
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in the same vein - all over the Pacific Northwest (Washington, Idaho, Oregon), BC/Alberta and Big Sky from November 17th to May 6th - all 62 days of them
Evidence in blog .... it was a good 'un
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FAQ
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