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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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This weekend my daughter and 2,000 university friends descend (ascend?) on the place. Get your peace and quiet in whilst you can! 
P.S. 2,000 is probably an exaggeration, hopefully.
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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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be there in a few months 
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Be there Friday Afternoon with Johnnyboy 
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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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with a good drive down we should be there for first lift on dec 15th 
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Great new. I've been watching the webcam constantly for the past two weeks. Should arrive early 16th... 
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But you're a signed up icemaster now, it'll take you ages to scrape away all that powder to dig down to the shiny stuff
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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noggy, fraid 2000 isnt much of an exaggeration. the actual figure is around 1700. While there may be little peace and quiet had in the town though, I should think that the slopes of vt will absorb us without too much trouble. This is my first post btw, having kept a watching vigil for the last few weeks - I have finally resolved to join the fray, so you can expect enthusiastic reports on snow conditions at the various resorts I'll be visiting this winter. And they will be enthusiastic; VT looks set to get another couple of feet over the 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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this is indeed the same group (not that I really have anything to do with any of them...).
the two weekers are already there. the main week is the 8th-15th. sunday is first day of skiing, which should be fun in the middle of what is likely to be a fairly major dump.
Im glad your not regretting the timing of your trip - hopefully the influx will only add to the atmosphere rather than crowd the place.
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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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Poster: A snowHead
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Been keeping my eye on the webcam for a while now, conditions are looking excellent this morning. Just hope it holds out until mid Jan! 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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johnnyboy, I assure you my grammar is up to scratch - i tend to type were for we're, your for you're, i for I, Ive for I've, and so on, but only for convenience. I hadn't realised such attention would be paid to these matters, but in future I shall endeavour to compose more accurate sentences. If I remember.
As for the VT webcams, they do look beautifully snowy at the moment. After the two or three feet we (hehe) are going to receive this weekend, the place should really be set for the season.
America also seems to be doing well now, with up to 7 inches reported overnight in Colorado and plenty more forecast for the next few days (of interest to me as I'm heading there this New Year - reports will of course follow).
I shall have to scrimp and save in order to fit in a further trip at easter, as the thought of my personal ski season finishing at New Year is horrible. And (yes, 'and' is acceptable first word in the sentence these days, providing the following clause with more emphasis than if it were tagged on to the end of the previous sentence) johnnyboy, I envy you (and anyone else spending a season in a decent resort) more than words can say.
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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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Hitting VT on 15th with my girlfriend for a week. I've been properly obsessing over the webcam for the last week, it looks amazing!!
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rooo, it does indeed look great and with more snow to folow this week
cant wait, we arrrive on the 15th as well....
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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It puked down a foot overnight in ValTho.
60% of all uplift running.
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| Whitegold wrote: |
| It puked down a foot overnight in ValTho.60% of all uplift running. |
Looking at the forecast , there's another 70 cms due over the next 4 days as well!
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No one staying in Chalet Osprey by any chance?
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No, staying in Chalet Catherine probably with some of the 2000 students. 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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3 days left to go The weather looks awesome now having brightened right up after 5 days of heavy snow. Really can't wait!!
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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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3 valleys links open for the first time today and the snow has stopped at last.
It's really fantastic conditions now clear skies,Sun and deep deep powder everywhere.
Conditions are forcast to remain for 7 days.
Anyone coming soon is in for a real treat
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You know it makes sense.
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| tobymory wrote: |
| No, staying in Chalet Catherine probably with some of the 2000 students. |
You don't know how lucky you are.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I've just got back from a week in val t. Conditions were unbelievable. friday to wednesday it dumped a good metre of fresh powder. Even in whiteout conditions, charging down the pistes blind was immense fun and when it cleared up, as it did from wednesday, the skiing was really spectacular. Soft pistes, waist deep powder off piste everywhere you looked - not that I tried any of the avalanche prone steeps off the beaten path, being neither good enough nor properly equipped for such exploits, but the powder under lifts and on the slopes next to and in between curving pistes remained fairly untouched for days in places, in particular over in the fourth valley, Orelle, which was the least busy area by far yet which offered the best skiing, both on and off piste. The other two of the three valleys also had good snow, though it became icy in patches after some sun. The absence of crowds, however, makes them well worth visiting.
Conditions will remain good for a few days yet, but even by yesterday the pistes were beginning to look a tad hard packed and verging on icy in steeper areas, so more snow would be good within a few days (I guess this is always the way though), though it doesn't look to be on the way yet.
Photos will follow
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