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brian,
Ignore them all, keep up the good work
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Well said chief! Couldn't agree more! 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Please excuse the spelling and punctuation ... I-m in Saanen ( Gstaad). Snow lies roundabout and it-s hammmering it down as we speak .....all at 1000m. I'd love to write more succinctly but a Swiss keyboard which doesn't do what it shows is doing my head in ...If you're not there ..or know someone who is .. its internet bollux ... M /driving up French Alps loooked great ..Swiss and Aosta awful /// then Verbier ...more snow then nothing then Les Diablerets on ..magnifique !
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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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Michelle,
Can you do us a daily eye in the sky snow report? Ask the pilot for a grid ref if you see any nice snow.
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easiski, I'm with you ... Brian and Carled et al are wonderful, but there is at least one thread where living room internet research has been interbred with 'Black magic' yet another guys on/the/spot first runs& amaying photos seem to have less credence than those who havent been there for years !. I confess it did irritate last year when one poster disagreed with what I can see from the window/garden normally * but not today(
Sorry All / too goddam difficult to work/out !
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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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Do forecasts affect the weather?
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Michelle,
Easyjet flies to Resort X? 
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| gwaelod wrote: |
Its a public forum, people can discuss what they want, when they want. Forums like this seem so uninvting to new people when regulars start complaining that someone started a new thread, my thread was hijacked, you posted out of place, blah, blah, blah....
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Gwaelod is 100% bang on the money.
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T Bar, Not really any of my business - and most unlike me to have a public conscience - but I actually worry about how some people (especiallly lurkers) perceive 'real information'. I cnfess that in the all-things-skiing I am much less knowledgeable and informed than many hereabouts. I do howver respect tat the general input and 'fact'/informed opinion here has improved since my introduction to it ( and thats special as my presence can have improved neither).
Whitegold, Why sir?
Recent comments have been perceptive.
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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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Agenterre,
I think any internet site with public access/ participation has a certain amount of caveat emptor to it and folk using the internet need to be aware of it. Even if posts from people who had definately visisted a resort were the only ones allowed though you would still have the same problem one persons 'great spring skiing' may be anothers 'unbearable mixture of slush and ice'. Different people will perceive the same conditions in different ways.
I reckon that weather forecasts are as important in evaluating likely snow conditions to a resort that I may visit as current snow conditions. The provenance of these forecasts may be slighlty more variable than those of snow conditions but you have to look at that yourself and work out who is relaible and who talks bunk.
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You know it makes sense.
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Should only bootfitters be allowed to post replies to questions about boots?
And if someone asks about a particular resort, or country, should replies be limited to those who have acutally been there?
I'm getting confused.
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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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Wear The Fox Hat, Should only Chefs post recipes?
Should Monkey suits only be sold in Cirencester 
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Poster: A snowHead
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boredsurfin, sold or soiled?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Wear The Fox Hat wrote: |
And if someone asks about a particular resort, or country, should replies be limited to those who have acutally been there?
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Of course not ! Anyone can comment ... but in order to enhance the xperience for the occasional 'lurker' as opposed to you and I ... qualification would help ..
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St Moritz is the world's greatest ski resort ...doesn't have the same cache if followed by ( and its the only one I've ever been to) OR
USA is Best ( followed by ...and I ski 5 times a year ....for the last 20 years and been everywhere in Europe)
Sorry I can't highlight but you get my drift ....
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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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Agenterre, thank you for making my point. So, why should the posting of snow reports be limited to those who live in the resorts?
Sure, on the spot reports are beneficial, but their value is limited to those who are there, or are planning to go there in the next few days. A forecast doesn't need to come from a resort local, nor does historical data.
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I've decided that I don't actually understand this thread. DEFO time for bed...
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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'SNOW REPORTS' should be for just that. Speculation about what might/if/possibly and downright lies should be on another Forum. The Piste would be prefect. The problem is that most peeps (visitors etc), will not scroll down the screen - I had to yesterday to get to any factual threads.
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easiski,
best get someone to remove the beginners guide to forecasting from the top of the forum - it is rather misleading!
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easiski
Anyone can post what they want, where they want. As I said before one way to kill a website or make it uninviting for newcomeers is for established users to start moaning about forum 'etuiquette'. There is none apart from politeness. If you don't like it, don't read it.
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| Mattmulkeen wrote: |
easiski,
best get someone to remove the beginners guide to forecasting from the top of the forum - it is rather misleading! |
please don't. i asked a question the other day and no-one has answered it yet. 
i like the way the forum is spread at the moment. factual reports are nice, but forecasts help while away the hours until our trips (and in my case decide when and where i'm going to go - i'm doing the late booking thing again to coincide with a dump).
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The correct way to use a needle case?
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Lizzard,
Carefully
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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rogg,
Rogg - was been a touch sarcastic 
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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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rogg,
I've given my opinion to your question on the thread in question - if you see what i mean! 
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You know it makes sense.
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I quite enjoy the wild speculation and arguments. But you do have to wade through a lot of stuff sometimes to find out real information. For hard facts and minute by minute documentation of snowfall I go to cybervalloire.com where they run a tight ship - you get a stern ticking off if you post in the wrong place or use text language!! But the chief weather man is so keen he drove up to the resort last night to take photos of this morning's snow. When we went to la plagne I used RG's wonderful forum for info. I'm guessing most resorts now have their own cyber community for snow reports?
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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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Poster: A snowHead
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Sage,
This is the internet, it is a site run by volunteers, what she wants can't be done without huge effort. Its not worth it. As I keep saying, if you don't like it, don't read it.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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If anyone wants to know anything about Cirencester up to 1997 i am your man.
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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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| snowangel. wrote: |
easiski, peopel are always starting second threads.
for instance there are now 2 threads on serre che, one which i started when it was snowing and now there is another pretty pointless one of chris discussing villages!
still it will snow again tonight and hopefully we can get down to one post on snow subjects |
Maybee you should stop kneucking anybodee oo posts about Ser Che. Zey are just as entitled to zeir opinion. Unless of course you are zee self appointed know all pour zee region.
Luc Alphand
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jbob, what was the snow like there?
(please also outline your experience of snowfall in other Gloucestershire towns for calibration purposes )
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Luc, mon cher, tu as une 'verry good point'. If zee people of zee vallée arre not entitled to an opinion, who will come and skeeee avec nous. Zee snow is good, n'est ce pas..........
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Too many stickies full stop to my mind which means you can scroll half the page
Personally, if someone says
that snow is on the way....with more authority than a good guess, then I would be pleased to see that possiibilty. If someone on the ground posted a picture then that would be better. I would like them to be tied together as you then have anticipation and confirmation. As long as people know where to look then it should be ok to have both and not confuse everybody.
As for guests, well, it is not too hard to register, so don't need to cater so much for them,IMV
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On this topic of actual versus predicted/specualtion how is the actual decided on anyway.
What sort of sampling frame is used? Is it sticking a ruler in a handy place on the mountain that has a 'good reading' for the resort or have they randomly selected points and is it independent?
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Anyone fancy a pint? 
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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| gwaelod wrote: |
easiski
Anyone can post what they want, where they want. As I said before one way to kill a website or make it uninviting for newcomeers is for established users to start moaning about forum 'etuiquette'. There is none apart from politeness. If you don't like it, don't read it. |
Not with you there. Can't see that snowheads would be killed off if posters took the trouble to post in relevant sections of the forum. Nor do I think the world would come to an end if the mods popped threads into applicable sections. I'm a daily visitor - but I do not read every section every day. If there is a gem, I don't want to miss it because it's in some irrelevant section. Equally I don't want to wade through yards of waffle if I am trying to get facts fast.
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| JT wrote: |
| Too many stickies full stop to my mind....... |
It is a malaise which is beginning to infect the forum - though I have seen far worse.
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FAQ
...... I'm sorry that there won't be any service on todays flight, as I'll be in the flight deck looking for snow..." 
. I just like freedom of speech 
