 Poster: A snowHead
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The next five days look very cold in the Ski amadé, ideal for snowmaking, and most of the resorts are blasting the snowguns.
Schladming (Planai) wants to be the first Austrian resort to open this season.
In German:
http://www.planai.at/winter/index_4271_DEU_HTML.php
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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kerekip,
Can it stay open? Is it just a publicity stunt?
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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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Depends on the temperatures over November. I give them a good chance, seen how damn slow artificial melted in downtown Wengen over 6 weeks at 10 degrees C in the village during the day last season.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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flangesax, can you put a little bit aside for us in Feb? 
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FenlandSkier, of course, consider it done. PS Its still snowing!
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Ray Zorro, I knew you were an innocent. Haven't you noticed who that standard advice comes from?
It is all the clever people who go to places like Schladming (and wherever djfletcher is).
Now Austria is quiet and lovely, and France is crowded and ghastly 
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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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So true though, the Amade area's got a good record for snow desipite it's comparitive low altitude.
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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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Hmmm, I took the advice given to me and dumped Austria for New Year's for Alpe D'Huez - have I cocked up then?
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Poster: A snowHead
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Mattmulkeen, you won't know till you get 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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Mattmulkeen, you won't know till you get there
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Cheers, suitably reassured!
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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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Mattmulkeen, Early in the season it's not really possible to be absolutely certain of where will have good conditions, and where will have the best conditions. If possible it's a good idea to wait to see where the snow is, but obviously this is difficult at Christmas/New Year because they are fairly busy periods and leaving it until the last minute to book can risk not finding suitable accommodation. Having said that I've skied at Christmas or New Year in France for about the last 10 years and have always had enough snow for the majority of the resort's pistes to be open. I'd be surprised if that was not the case in AdH this holiday season.
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In these turbulent weather times, I think resorts will become more flexible in their opening of the lifts.
No good waiting for all that nice white fluffy stuff to melt and then open.
Its quite likely that it'll be gone in 2 weeks time, but get out and enjoy it if you can.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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flangesax, I have been away for four days (national holiday here), but now I am catching up with the latest development in Austria.
Now, it looks 100% sure that Planai opens on 26 October. Just to note, this is an important date from marketing point of view, this Friday is a national holiday in Austria.
So, three-day skiing in non-glacier resorts in Austria at the end of October seems to be unbelievable.
Planai opens the whole upper section with four lifts.
Hochwurzen is also ready for business, but they are only accepting racing teams.
Hauser Kaibling and Reiteralm are also busy making snow. They seem to open at the weekend. Just to remind you, last year Reiteralm was the first resort to open on 11 November.
Other Austrian resorts are preparing for the coming long weekend. I will inform you as soon as I get the news.
This is not only artificial snow, some parts of Styria had 100-150cm fresh snow so far!!!
Smaller hills of Eastern Austria received 80-100cm snow, and it is still snowing.
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keep the good news coming kerekip, you may also want to post in the snow reports thread...
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kitenski, maybe it is time to (re)start the good old Austrian Snow Report thread
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