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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Some nice images. I'm off over there on Jan 19th so these pictures are a welcome sight. 
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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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Phil Jordan, I'm going there too Jan 19th and staying in Selva.
Snow is forecast over the next few days there so hopefully it will be good by the time i get there.
http://www.valgardena.it/eng/page319.html
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Peter Ross,
Any updates?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Spent Xmas week at Val Di Fassa. Don't worry about seeming low snow depths reported as the snow making and preparation of the pistes is terriffic. Although there is little off-piste except at the edge of the pistes in little dips etc I never encountered any bare patches or rocks on piste. The sheer amount of skiing km is awesome. Had some lovely blue sky days but was cold & never softened the snow.
http://picasaweb.google.com/lechbob/ValDiFassa/:
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Lechbob,
Beautiful Pics 
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Nice photos Lechbob, brings back a few memories.
surfski, yes I've noticed Metcheck have been forecasting snow for a few days now. Just hope it holds up, and doesn't mysteriously disappear like the last lot I saw on there.
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johnboy, Just back last night, a late arrival in Dublin and fairly tired after all the travel. I will post a full report with loads of pics and video later but I would back up what Lechbob said, conditions on piste were amazing, some of the best on-piste conditions I have experienced, especially on Alpe de Suisi. It snowed a little on Thursday and Friday and then heavier on Saturday. I went around the Sella ronda on Saturday, visibility wise it wasn't the best day but as it was change over day there were no queues. It was powder all the way and Sunday was even better as the clouds lifted and the sun came out.
The views are amazing, I nmust have taken about 20 pictures of Sassolungo alone!
More detail later.
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Just checked out my ski performance on the www.dolomitisuperski.com website. All you need to do it input the unique code on your lift pass. It tells me every lift I went on every day and the sequence I used them. In 7 days skiing I covered 247km using 152 lifts with an altitude gain of 45,154 metres!
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Totally agree - piste conditions were superb. There were some very cold days last week and it was snowing heavily when we left on Saturday.
Here's some pics - mostly taken on the Cinque Torri/Hidden Valley trip.
http://picasaweb.google.com/robt.ski/Selva_0708
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Rob T, nice pics, where is the hidden valley? Is it in Alta Badia somewhere? I was over in Corvara one day but it was getting a bit late to do too much exploring as I was worried abou making it back over Passo Gardena in time.
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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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Here is the kind of data you get from the ski performance check, this was the day I went on the Sellaronda
Nr of Lifts
29
Height difference (mt)
12.270
Slopes lenght estimation (Km)
63
Date: 05-01-2008
1. Cab.Saslong
2. Segg.Sochers-Ciampinoi
3. Segg.Costabella
4. Cab.Danterceppies
5. BOREST Rit.
6. BOÈ
7. Segg.CAMPOLONGO
8. Segg.CAMPOLONGO
9. Segg.CAMPOLONGO
10. Segg.BURZ
11. Fun.PORTAVESCOVO
12. Dmc EUROPA 1
13. Dmc EUROPA 1
14. Segg.PORTADOS
15. Fun.PORTAVESCOVO
16. Fun.PORTAVESCOVO
17. Segg.FODOM
18. Segg.LEZUO
19. PRADEL-RODELLA
20. NOREI - CINQUE DITA
21. Segg.Sole Piz Seteur
22. Segg.Comici 1
23. Segg.Comici 1
24. Fun.Piz Sella
25. Fun.Piz Sella
26. Fun.Piz Sella
27. Segg.Piza Pranseies
28. Segg.Sochers-Ciampinoi
29. Segg.Sochers-Ciampinoi
Here are my favourite lifts by number of times used
14 Segg.Sochers-Ciampinoi
13 Segg.Mezdi
10 Segg.Monte Seura
7 Cab.Saslong
6 Segg.Laurin
6 Segg.Panorama
5 Segg.Fermeda
4 Segg.Florian
4 FRARA
4 Segg.Sochers
And here's the number of transits by ski area (I only left Val Gardena ski area on 2 days)
Nr. of Transits Ski area
125 Gardena - Alpe di Siusi
13 Alta Badia
12 Cons. Arabba Marmolada
2 Consorzio Imp. a Fune Val di Fassa
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where is the hidden valley?
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You have to get a bus or taxi to the start although most tour operators do day trips there. It starts by getting the cable car from Passo Lagazoui then the run heads back over towards Alta Badia winding down passing many cliffs. Eventually it gets very flat and you have a choice of walking/poling out or paying a couple of euros to get towed out by horse. It should be on anyones Dolomites hitlist IMO.
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You know it makes sense.
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Swirly, I'll do it next time!
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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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Staying in Corvara halfterm week. Will be doing the Laguzoi trip and would imagine the queue for the poor old horses will be horrendous. Anybody had this experience then?
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Poster: A snowHead
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Christina1, The big queue will be that waiting to go up the Laguzio cable car.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Christina1, not done it in Half term but as riverman, says the queue will be for the cable car. That limits how many people can start the run at once and it's long enough for everyone to get spread out.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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surfski, I think it is the skiing estimate and not the lifts as you can get the info in English and that's what my output says above. Lucky u going again, with more snow forecast it should be super.
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any news on cortina/kronplatz?
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nick0861, I wasn't in either place but I think they had the same weather as I experienced as they are very close to the Sellaronda.
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More snow has fallen in the Dolomites over night with approximately 40-80cm of fresh snow. Looks like next week is going to be great as high pressure is building over the weekend but sadly with warmer temperatures before it goes colder on Monday.
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Just back from Selva and had a fantastic week. The snow the first 3 days was really good but it was very warm on the mountain. On the Tuesday the wind started to pick up and it snowed a little in the morning then cleared up in the afternoon. Tuesday evening the temperature dropped to -10c so the next morning was a very cold start. The only problem i noticed a lot of the snow had blown off the slopes and left it very hard packed and icy in places. The next day was better after a lot of overnight snow making and made the slopes near perfect again but the temperatures stared to rise again and made it very warm mid day. I couldn't fault the weather as it was almost sunny every day with hardly any clouds! 
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At the risk of being shouted at by Brian, et al, the GFS forecasters for this area seem to vary wildly from day-to-day between "Tons of snow" and "no snow".
I don't think Bev would take another ice-fest!
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FAQ
Just make sure after stopping off at Scotoni Mountain Inn go as fast as you can down the last bit so you have less poling to do before you get to the sledge.
