 Poster: A snowHead
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Looking for a holiday on the cheap in early April (~4th), and am thinking of booking something with Snowtrex. The only worry I have is snow conditions. Soo, out of the places listed below, what are peoples thoughts on what they'll probably be like by that time in the season:
Chamrousse
SuperDévoluy / La Joue du Loup
Val Cenis
Valmeinier
I've discounted the other resorts as they look very limited skiing-wise.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts/previous experiences/etc 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Snow depth in cm on upper and then/lower slopes for that week in cm:
Chamrousse: Average for last 15 years: 97 / 56. . last season: 198 / 133. . season before last 92 / 44.
Val Cenis : Average: 145 / 22 . . last season: 206 / 20. . season before last: 151 / 25 (but most of the skiing is higher and remember snow from snow cannons is not included in this).
Haven't heard of the other two and cannot find figures. However, except for very low resorts you should normally be fine in early April (but remember further East in Europe you find the snow lower).
Highest snow depths are usually in the second half of March but last year were in early April in some places.
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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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Aha, thank you snowball! I had a look on the SCGB website, but being a non-member I can only get last year's (which may have been a total fluke of a season).
Merci
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Val Cenis probably the best choice because lots of north facing runs and relative high altitude of the skiing area (up to 2800).
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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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Chamrousse: 1420 m - 2250 m, 92 km piste, 46 runs.
Superdevoluy/La Joue du Loup: 1500m - 2510m, 100 km piste, 61 runs.
Valcenis: 1400m - 2800m, 80 km piste, 43 runs.
Valmeinier: 1500m - 2600m, 150 km piste, 83 runs.
Chamrousee and Superdevoluy might be very French as their websites don't seem to have any English version.
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mark_s, last year it was very snowy at the end of the season - may not be too representative of the average year. Unless you have a particular reason to book now, and with that operator, why not wait? There's not likely to be a big shortage of ski holidays for sale this coming season, given the gloomy economic outlook.
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mark_s, Was in Chamrousse from 12th April this year and we had great conditions. Kept pretty cold and we must have had a couple of feet of fresh snow over the week. Not sure how indicitive of usual conditions this is, but we certainly got lucky. I'm not sure I would risk booking that late again, but will be keping an eye open and maybe looking to go on a last minute deal - conditions dependant of course.
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