 Poster: A snowHead
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yeah telemarking this week to have fun... a few beginners with us so i thought i would ski with them and start over... two days in and managed to start skiing blues.  one monster crash yesterday, when it goes wrong on teles it really goes wrong.
light snow last night and beautiful conditions on all the mottaret runs. bit warmer today aftera bitter first day yesterday.
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Beautiful weather today, pistes in beautiful shape, and it was actually strangely quiet until about 10:30. Skied Jerusalem down to St Martin and didn't see another person! Didn't queue for more than about 2 minutes all day, and apart from St Martin, passed through Meribel, Mottaret, Courchevel 1650, Courchevel 1850. Saw some crowds around ski-school meeting times, but otherwise much quieter than New Year week.
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| Patch wrote: |
| Didn't queue for more than about 2 minutes all day, and apart from St Martin, passed through Meribel, Mottaret, Courchevel 1650, Courchevel 1850. |
That's pretty amazing for the busiest Sunday of the season! 
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agree with patch busiest i saw was post ski school pickup in meribel and top 1 minute wait in the chaudanne...great grippy snow and mount vallon had some nice fluffy pow still on the sides. .. other than screamin quads a great day!!!
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Another beautiful day, outstanding snow conditions both on and off piste, although most off-piste is now well-skied. Only queued once today, at Pas de Lac, about 10 mins max, but other that that, not too crowded at all. Saulire couloirs are in great shape - Grand Couloir is open (though I didn't ski it), but sous-pylones (under the Courch cable car) and Tournier (on the Meribel side) in good condition. Weather is due to cloud over tomorrow apparently.
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Fantastic snow conditions again today, with flurries of light snow throughout the day, and total cloud cover. It has just started snowing again now. Once again, very few queues today. Although I am avoiding bottlenecks and peak times, I didn't queue for more than a few minutes today.
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Today, brilliant sunshine all day, couple inches fresh powder, very little queueing, conditions fantastic, all runs open, all lifts open (except the "Table" chair in Mottaret, 'cos the motors f***ed), but despite all that, it was a great day.
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rob@rar, skimottaret, Patch, When I was there, very quiet week in early Jan the Roc de 3 Marches (I think) coming back from Menuires to Meribel always had a 5-10 minute queue from about 2.00pm onwards. I guess the secret is to avoid it at that time - why did never manage that... 
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Thanks all, for keeping us up to date with this weeks conditions ! Cant wait now for Saturday, Manchester - Geneva - Meribel... Should b a great week 
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Same as yesterday !
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Agree with all the above...it's been an awesome week...great conditions on & off piste, any queues can be easily avoided, nice top up mid-week, and cold, cold temps keeping everything in tip-top shape...
All we need now is 30cm on Sunday then more blue skies for next week...!!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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a few queues today... seemed to be the busiest day of the week so far and got hit twice with 10 minute waits. mt vallon had zero lines but meribel and mottaret had a few big ones today. starting to get a bit scrapey lower down on a few runs but some cracking bump lines are forming everywhere on the sides, had some very sweet snow in les menuires
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You know it makes sense.
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skimottaret, oooh. Are you there just for half term or longer? Hows the telemarking?
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VolklAttivaS5, coming home sunday.. but had a great week.
had first tracks off of the combe de la saulire and the snow was very cold and crisp fantastic hooning to be had all day today, warmed up in the afternoon and the snow held up real well . Tele was fun but only did d couple half days with some beginner boarders. managed a couple of easy reds though so wasnt too difficult to pick up. defo need a few lessons though.
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Poster: A snowHead
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skimottaret, lovely. Are you out again in March?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Temperatures are a little warmer today, and I saw the first signs of slush in several weeks. However, all runs are open, and even "Villages" down to Les Allues is in excellent condition. Pistes and lifts were very quiet today, and I didn't queue for a single lift all day. Off-piste, which has been pretty chopped up for a few days now is beginning to get crunchy, although there is still some untracked "velvet" higher up. A little more snow is forecast for tomorrow afternoon.
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Light snow for most of the day today down to at least 600m, but quite wet, even above 2000m. Busier than yesterday, but queues still very short. Just starting to brighten up a little, late afternoon.
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Some more light snow today, maybe as much as 2 or 3 inches on the Saulire. Very poor visibility for most of the day.
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The fantastic conditions have continued over the last few days, but it's been very warm and the lower runs are now starting to get quiet slushy. All runs seem to be open, and all lifts are running (except Pramereul in Courchevel, broken). Skied in St Martin, Les Menuires, Meribel, Mottaret, Courchevels 1650 and 1850 today, and apart from a few stoney pistes and the aforementioned slush, the skiing on-piste is fantastic. Off-piste, however, is getting a bit heavy now.
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Patch, we need some colder conditions and some more snow then
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VolklAttivaS5, Yes, that's exactly what we need. Temperatures were very cold until the beginning of the week, but since then it's been much warmer, and the snow is melting quiet quickly at the moment. Also, although the avalanche risk is at 2, I've seen quiet a few over the last few days, including a large one under the Col du Fruit on the popular itinerary down to Plan de Tueda.
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Looked at the six day weather report. Expecting 26cm on Wednesday and 10cm on Thursday. Fingers crossed as I've only got 7 more sleeps!!!
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HH, great news, thanks.
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Just got back after a great week of mainly blue skies and warm weather. It was positively hot yesterday in 1650 and that has hit the lower runs. The snow forecast next week will make a big difference and keep the pistes going for the rest of the season. Runs like Creux and Suisse still in good nick and with it being quieter now the school holidays have finished the snow should not get as much traffic
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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thin gs here in courch just get better and better. 20cm of light powder to ski in 2 days ago, a bit more last night and now absolutely dumping as it has been all afternoon with it already having put down at least 5cm. Tomorrow is meant to be clearer should be a seriously epic powder day.looking good for rest of season
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You know it makes sense.
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Yesterday - bright sunshine all day, very warm - pistes in good shape, althogh soft on lower runs and slushy in the afternoon. Off-piste very, very heavy
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Poster: A snowHead
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Les Avals?... a long walk out but the canyons are nice
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| skimottaret wrote: |
| Les Avals?... a long walk out but the canyons are nice |
Yes. The walk was OK, it was the long uphill skate along the x-country track that I thought was a bit unnecessary!
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which side of the col did you ski down? That is my favourite run of all time, got face shots all the way down on the courch side and when we did the mottaret side it was absolutely stunning with chamois running along the bottom near the creek.
blind transceiver searching is a good idea... 
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skimottaret, the north side, to Courchevel. The snow on the south side was way too soft when we got there.
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Col de fruit down to Mottaret is probably my favorite in the 3V too, gorgeous ridge approach which feels wild but isn't dangerous, then big wide slope under towering cliffs and a bit of scratting about in the forest before a panachee serieux at the XC track restaurant near mottaret....magic! I'll be there in 3 wks
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FAQ
however wont miss the 3Vs rip off prices 
8 euros a pint, 14 euros for a portion of jockeys wips and a burger.
