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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Hurtle, Turns out to be a damaged medial collateral ligament. I'm not supposed to ski but ....... the plan is to do Chalance on Thursday. I also have work on Fri and Sat .... We'll see, after 3 hours at the doc's today a huge brace and loads of drugs .... (yuk). (don't tell anyone!) 
Today was really foggy and originally my lesson at 12 was cancelled, but when I headed up to the town it looked better so we went for it and it was OK. Cretes only, snow OK, but I didn't risk skiing down. Pic was taken in the red eggs going down showing the edge of the Diable run and the snow in the gully, showing l'Y on the next ridge over. we saw a snowboarder riding int he trees, but he was faster than the egg so I couldn't get him in!
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the plan is to do Chalance on Thursday.
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something nice and gentle then  Must have been caused by the shock of having 2 days off!!
Hope it soon heals.
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easiski, oh dear, do be careful!
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Take it gently easiski. I also damaged mine a couple of years back. There was no way I could teach for about a month - I tried and failed.
Just look after yoursefl.
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easiski, wot snowaddict says! If the reason the doc said don't ski was that you could make it worse, then perhaps it's best not to ski.
If, on the other hand, all you're battling with is your own pain barrier...keep taking the pills! 
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easiski, your doctor is no doubt correct but i was back on skis about 3 days after giving my MCL a good tweak . my one tip (which I didn't do at the time then regretted) is to do lots of stretches to maintain your range of movement
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easiski, hope you are better soon. Stop posting about Chalance, though - it is so-o-o-o tempting to come out for a couple of days - and I really mustn't!
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I guess it all depends on how bad things are. I just stepped off a poma lift, didn't fall or anything, but my MCL obviously decided to fail as I stepped to the right. My knee was the size of a water melon within a few hours. After seeing the physio and getting exercises and stuff, they thought I might be able to ski again and instruct pretty soon if I wasn't stressing it too much doing ploughs etc. Tried after about ten days but it was hopeless. Was due to go on a ski holiday a month later after the injury and did manage to ski, but could only do blue and gentle red runs. Survived the holiday and then rested up for another week or so before I was able to get back to instructing.
They key is lots of exercises, lots of stretching, lots of painkillers, lots of anti-inflammatories and lots of ice!!
The problem is that when ski-ing is your livelihood, it isn't easy. At least this is at the end of the season thank goodness for you easiski. No time is great, but I guess this is more preferable than right slap bang in the season. Just take care.
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easiski, what a shame, I'm sorry and I hope that you'll be ok in a few days.
In other terms, my friends informed that the high parts of LG are in superb conditions; yesterday the TK triffides were closed and today they open and the snow in the glacier to col was awesome, no people and tons of snow. they also ski pan de rideau and coulior Y in more than boot deep...Superb...
The snow holds in good powder to P2, then really heavy to P1 and no snow to town
One little pic from the Pan entrance:
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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easiski, Ouch  . Hope it gets better soon.
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easiski, hope the knee is better soon.
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You know it makes sense.
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easiski, outer knee suggests lateral (which is what I twanged last year). Didn't take too long to heal, but it was painful, esp if I sat with it bent for a long period, such as on a car journey.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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easiski,Never been to Les 2 Alpes but always look in on this thread for the great pics, hope you feel beter soon. Re the drugs what do you expect going to a French quack. I broke a toe years ago and got signed off for 3 weeks and that was after I had talked him down from 5.
Look forward to the summer season pics
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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hi easiski hope your leg gets better soon
will need to contact you soon re summer skiing, we are all booked so Mrs C and I together with baby C, Mrs C's sister and sister's boyfriend and Baby C's grandma/grandad will all be up for a lesson or two, oops no all but baby C will be up for a lesson!
we are there sat july 26th for a week, i guess the glacier will be quieter midweek than weekends?
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Roger C, when we've skied there, Saturday seems to be the best day.
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easiski, good news about the knee. 
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easiski, that sounds much better. Hope it heals completely very soon.
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Great news about the knee!
Have a gentle run for me at the weekend 'cos I don't think I'll manage to get onto snow this weekend.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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easiski,
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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It was a lovely day today, sunny and warm The first time for almost all season that I haven't had my boot heaters on. I hope it stays tomorrow cos I've taken them out now.
It was hard early on at the Cretes and the runs down were closed until about 11 or so. the snow transformed though, and after 12.30 the Cretes got a little slushy and later I skied down the Grande Pente (I know, silly of me) which was really nice at the top and a bit sludgy at the bottom. It was still possible to get all the way down though without taking off the skis and without skiing over any grass.  this is extremely unusual.
Photos of looking up the mountain from the Petit Cretes chair, and looking down GP from the middle and then up again so you can see the line possible.
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Here are also 2 pix of the pisteurs tidying up the safety mats at the bottom of the mountain. don't forget that they have to put all this up and then take it all down again (it might frighten the cows!)
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You know it makes sense.
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easiski,
Bloody cows 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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johnboy, pisteurs scare me too
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easiski, glad to hear your knee's better. Honestly, the lengths to which you'll go to get out of telemarking! Fun had on our bash lesson, but it is a killer on the knees at the early stages, though I have been told by several that it's less stressful than alpine when one gets better at it. I clearly haven't reached that stage, I got through almost an entire tube of Voltarol gel over the week, plastering it on my knees twice a day. Magic stuff. (P.s. - tried a pair of Zags. AWESOME is the only word for them. May need to rob a bank.)
LG open till 11th...the temptation...achilles, are you resisting successfully?
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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?
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vetski, glad you liked the Zags.
Butterfly, Looking forward to it.
It was very warm yesterday and beautifully sunny. the snow on the Cretes got quite slushy fairly early (but not heavy). Unfortunately there was again too much wind to do the lessons on the glacier - it's not the same as just skiing in it. Anyway, here's a pic of looking down the Valentin when I came down at about 14.00.
I won't be skiing today, but may go to LG later next week if the knee is feeling a bit better. I don't want to risk making it worse and having a problem in the summer! It's a nice day again today and really quite warm, so an excellent day for the closing of the season.
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It's a nice day again today and really quite warm,
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easiski, it sounds like very nice weather for sitting on the terrace with a cool drink. Take it easy! 
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easiski, sorry to hear about the knee but hope the good recovery continues.
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Richard E, Thanks.
Yesterday morning there was snow down to about 1700m and it's going to rain/snow again this afternoon after a lovely start to the day. May do LG tomorrow (good weather forecast and there'll be fresh snow down to about 2,000m if it's right).
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easiski, good to see you back on skis! Hope you do get to LG - I always think the instructors deserve some time to themselves
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eng_ch, cheers. Not sure now as I still have an awful lot to do on the van and the ru**y wood panels won't go back in place!
This is what was happening this afternoon - you wouldn't credit it would you?
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