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Christopher: if you're on Facebook you can get a free password for snow-forecast.com and amuse yourself by looking at the six-day weather predictions. Look for the 'snow forecast' group.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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There is a mini-Mondial ski test there Saturday and Sunday. I'll post some photos of conditions on Saturday night. 
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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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Lizzard, thank you i'll join facebook for that reason. when you starting work in Monty? the pistes look very good and their opening a fair amount of the resort this weekend to keep you satisfied for a while and get an early season fix.
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Starting next Wednesday. Not sure I'll get much chance to go up though, as we're opening over lunch and there's only me and the chef running the place. Expecting to be busy on the weekend if the weather's good.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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where actually in the snow forecast group? its proving rather elusive
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just as i say that i find it
Lizzard unlucky, im sure you'll get some time. I cant wait till im there i just hope it snows again before christmas.
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Christopher, i just got a text from my mates here who hve gone up to monty today.
here text said......
'you wont believe how much snow there is here'
should be a good christmas then eh!
will post some pics for you when i go early dec
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Just hope it will be as good in 10 days time...roll on.
Loevely photos Chris.
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24 days now! apparently there is going to be an average dump this weekend.
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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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Kevin Byrne, hi, there is more snow forcast this weekend.  Looking forwards to seeing you both next week.
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You know it makes sense.
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just drove over the coll and it is bucketing down!
looking very nice!
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ive been told by a reliable source that it has been the best start to the season they've experienced.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Christopher, they always give an early start date that they cant do, but this year its all come nice!
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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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its been raining a bit today. does that mean that a considerable amount of snow will be lost due to melting?
more snow is forecasted for the weekend. Theyve opened the chalvet side as well.
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Christopher, stop obsessing, will you. There's lots of snow. More than enough to give me a hard time getting home tomorrow. 
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Hi all,
Slightly off the "is there snow topic" does anyone know if there is a free nursery lift in Montgenevre. We're arriving Sunday am, and wondering whether to get my skis at lunchtime and have a quick play at the bottom without getting the lift pass till Monday?
Cheers
LIz
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i'll be there 5 oclock tomorow.
there'll be a report when i get back.
Hope everyone has a lovely christmas.
owh i cant wait!
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Bumpage for any updateson Montgenvre or Claviere??
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Christopher, just driven from Puy Saint Vincent through Montgenevre en route to Turin at lunchtime Sunday 6 Jan, absolutely epic conditions in this region of the Alps it has snowed on and off for the past three days with 1 foot of fresh overnight.Montgenevre should be fine due to altitude but maybe turning to wet snow on lower slopes.
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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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place looks stunning today
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Any news on current conditions at Montgenevre and Claviere?
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You know it makes sense.
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How's the snow in Montgenevre this week? Myself and 7 others will be arriving on Sat 9th Feb for a week. Is Lizzard, around to give an update please?
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Jo66, friends told me conditions were good on Saturday. there has been at least another 30cms since then.
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Poster: A snowHead
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hi all family party arriving 01/03/08 will anyone else be holidaying same time or is there anyone lucky enough to be living/working in resort
lizzard seems to know the area well i wonder if he /she is around to wet our appitite,if so what are snow conditions holding up
seems from london that it is very warm for this time of year,snow had been forecast DID it snow
looking forward to all news
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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?
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I was in Montgenevre 9-16Feb - see my trip including snow conidtions, report here http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewpost.php?p=862445
It doesn't seem to have snowed there since my trip so I would imagine it's in need of some new snow, as some parts were getting that way before we left.
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Helloooo.
Right, we're back from a week skiing Montgenevre and Claviere. Quick summary and i'll try and get some pics up later today or tomorrow.
I'll just summarise for both resorts as the snow conditions are more or less deteriorating in the same way.
The start of the week the snow was as good as could be expected. Not a lot of ice about and some nicely groomed pistes all over the mountain to enjoy. All runs were complete on the south side (north facing) of the resorts. I'd say that the snow conditions in Claviere were slightly better than montgenevre, but that's always going to be the case as less people ski it. Off piste was all tracked out and crusty and icy horribleness. Later in the afternoon was better as it softened up a bit but still not ideal. Temps in the valley floor were rising to about 7ºC.
Midweek and the temps began to rise even more. It was now a silly 17ºC at some points!!! A couple of the nights did feel colder, but still not cold enough to run snow cannons. This was more like skiing in spring. A couple of pistes at claviere and especially at montgenevre were now begining to become slush like 
On the whole though everything was still in tip top conditions and the skiing was superb. Off piste was now possible in the early afternoon and some runs up the back in Claviere were a delight to ski. However, on Wednesday, we did the run down Colleto Verde back over the top from Montgenevre to Claviere. BIG bumps and Ice with rocks coming through. Not nice and as we did it in the afternoon when the shadow of the mountain casts a shadow and flat light and moguls aren't a nice mix. Neither are rocks and ski bases! We looked again the next day and it was closed off. Temps continued to be high and you could see the snow beginning to melt at the lower levels.
Thursday and Friday and it acutally felt a bit cooler in the mornings but the temps went up in the afternoons. 12ºC at one point. Skiing remained to be superb though, 90% of pistes were in brilliant condition and off piste was becoming more of an option. We skiid the terrain to the east of the l'aigle at montgenevre. A bit heavy but still a magical run.
Friday afternoon and a lot of slush was appearing on a few of the runs on the bowl at montgenevre and lower down in both resorts. Rocks were finding their way through the pistes and some of the moguls. Cue rock to ski interface #2 and a 2 hour wait to get skis repaired before i could go skiing again.
On the whole, conditions are very good considering the high temps but if the temps do indeed stay up there could be problems with bare patches appearing on a few pistes. There's already patches of grass coming through on some of the more used runs at montgenevre.
On the whole, a brilliant weeks skiing in good, but deteriorating, conditions.
I'll hopefully get some pics up later.
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Hi, just back from a week in Sauze, and i was in MontG all day Friday 29th Feb. The conditions are very warm indeed right now, about 20c at village level, and the slopes are breaking up badly. Its the same across the whole Milky Way, with Sauze suffering the worst with many slopes now with stones and bare patches, and the link to Sestriere only skiable if you are very careful and dont mind wrecking your bases. However, Sestriere has the best conditions.
MontG is better over the bowl at the back, and it has a good enough base to hold out for another week maybe, but the lack of fresh snow across the area is going to cause serious problems. People arriving in Sauze yerterday looked really depressed, and I am not surprised.
Sauze itself was shut apart from 1 lift on Saturday due to very high winds, which were still blowing strong at lunchtime yesterday when I left for Turin.
There is even talk amongst the locals of shutting the resort if there is no more snow this week. Not good.
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shoogly, Great report, look forward to seeing the pics later, I must admit I'm beginning to worry as we are off to Claviere in 2 weeks, fingers crossed for more snow 
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There is apparently a lot of snow coming the areas way, even though it doesnt seem to show it . Doesnt sound particularly good, reminders of last season. On the webcam you can see the south facing slopes snow line reeceding up the mountain.
http://www.snow-forecast.com/resorts/Montgenevre/6day/top
Fingers crossed!
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Everything crossed as there are three of us heading to Montgenevre for a short break next week.
Photos look great, good work.
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shoogly, Fantastic, thanks for sharing, less than 2 weeks til we go, can't wait
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