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Plake, That restaurant is one of the hidden gems of the 3V's and is rammed in the summer with all the walkers. Never stopped in Winter, does he give you a little cake with your beer in the winter time?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Hi guys quick question ... I'm going to Courchevel 1650 on Saturday and i cant really find any good info about conditions there. snow-forecast.com is random every day weather is different and metofrance is showing something else. Is the snow good or is it very wet ? piste, off piste ... doesn't matter. Cheers
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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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stoprocent, still looks good on the webcams
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stoprocent, The last few days have been very warm - 17 degrees on Saturday in Meribel - and much of the offpiste is very heavy. However, the pistes are still in very good shape at the moment, and La Masse (at Les Menuires) had excellent snow yesterday, although it is getting slushy in the afternoons on the lower runs.
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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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cheers for the update ... do you guys know which forecast website is the best ... most accurate ?
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www.snow-forecast.com is a popular choice. If you sign up you can view up to 9 days ahead, or 6 if you choose the free option. Search for the resort top right 
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Ive been looking on 1000000 forecast websites and everywhere it says from tue there is gonna be some fresh snow. Now I need to pray for that ... i really hope its gonna be good
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stoprocent,
Was in 1850 last week and we got over two foot of snow I would say, even on piste it was over the top of the boot stuff. Hope it's lasting for you!
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Great conditions on the pistes in Courch today. M was as good as I've ever skied it (powder excepted), perfect cold, firm snow...
Sunny sides definitely transforming, but get the timing right and there's some nice spring snow to be had... + its very, very quiet.
Bit of snow due Tuesday which should make things even better 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Got back from Meribel yesterday and snow was in good condition, although getting a bit slushy in places. Had a great week. It was really quiet, not been that week in March before to compare but it did seem very, very quiet.
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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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Great conditions in Courchevel today, with surprisingly light powder in the couloirs.. Managed to get first tracks in the main rocher de l'ombre bowl which was very pleasant.
Snow still good low down - Jockeys, Murettes & Jean Blanc were all in excellent conditions this morning, still possible to ski to Bozel, with skis off for one 20m section just below St Bon, skied great powder down to St Bon yesterday afternoon while it was still storming up high - barely a ski track in sight..
So all in all, about as good as it gets with easter hols rapidly approaching..!
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offpisteskiing, are you still in the area w/c 12th April??
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You know it makes sense.
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kitenski, Yes, but fully booked Sun-Frid that week...
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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offpisteskiing, did you go by the stad in Mottaret? how is it holding up?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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skimottaret, It was very wet skiing back into Mottaret this evening, I was on the other side to the stade though.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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rjs, hmmm i thought it might be... you out next week as well?
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skimottaret, plenty of snow, but its all very spring-like down there at the moment...
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Maybe I'm weird, but if it's warm and the off piste is sketchy mid fat skis and slush on piste seem fun to me, esp slushy moguls 
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Great snow under the Caron cables today and top of Lac du Lou from Caron (fresh tracks all the way to the big flat..) but very sticky in places lower down...
kitenski, Plenty of slush bumps around at the moment..!!! Happy days - reminds me of spring in Scotland on the Goose or the Lady...
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skimottaret, I am staying here next week, but will be driving round to Courchevel each day from Tuesday.
Everything was nice and hard at 7am this morning.
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Just returned from La Tania. Some OK snow higher up and on north facing slopes but very slushy and heavy on the lower pistes. Top of La Masse, Cime de Caron and Mt Vallon very good still. Skied the Grande Couloir, Couloir de Curet on Wednesday pm top of both was fine but bottom big slushy bumps. Only the blue down to La Tania remains open.
Still lots of fun to be had though.
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All runs into Meribel remain open, although getting very heavy. There was a dusting of new snow above about 2500m last night, and we even found a little powder on the Mont Vallon this morning.
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Patch, Seconded - definitely some great slush-bump skiing to be had lower down!! But some nice patches of soft stuff off Mt Vallon, good spring in the Becca Couloir, and larger sections of softness off the Glacier chair & dropping back into Mottaret from 3V2...
Much softness...location secret...:
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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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Blue skies and great snow again today. Loadsa soft stuff to be found off the Col chair, great spring snow through the Col du Fond, and lots of softness again on the front face of the Bouchet shoulder..
Forecast good for tomorrow & wed then possibly some light precip on Thurs.... bring on the spring snow!!!
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Slopes holding up reasonably well as long as you don;t go low...
Monday was v.warm and by tuesday even the highest north-facing stuff around val T & orelle had compacted and was definitely not fluffy any more...
Good spring snow to be skied tho' where it hasn't been cut up by people skiing it too late in the day. Nice smooth stuff in Les Avals today (+ a great omelette courtesy of Laurent at the Grand Plan...).
Lots of Foehn blowing, even a few flakes this afternoon, but nothing major..
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Heavy snow from about 1800m for most of the day today, with 2 to 3 cm falling in an hour at 2300m - it's freshened things up nicely
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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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2pm today, not a track in sight
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Which way in did you take? We went into the Lou from the Masse side last week and found lovely slush but it certainly wasn't untracked - there were constant trails of ESF with snakes of 8yr old kids etc! Am very jealous now back at work 
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Plake, There was good snow here lastnight and this morning hence the untracked.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Still finding fresh tracks within minutes of lifts over at Courchevel 1600 today, very quiet everywhere....
The slush lower down has now turned more sugary with the colder temps, and some of the brown bits on piste have been covered up!
Cheers,
Greg
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kitenski, what are the conditions like around 1650 ? Might pop over there tomorrow, kids want to go down Indiens ? thx.
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| kitenski, what are the conditions like around 1650 ? Might pop over there tomorrow, kids want to go down Indiens ? thx. |
Maybe a bit late, but good snow over in 1650, becomes slushy after Indiens.....
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kitenski, Thanks but didn;t make it in the end, got over to 1850 but seperated from some of our party so headed back to Meribel. Slushy, oh yeah.
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masmith, typing at same time, sorry you didn't make it, next year then!
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FAQ
), plus a walk out then an uphill skate along a XC track. We were rewarded with some lovely powder on north facing slopes, but rather too much sticky gloop to make the uphill effort seem worthwhile.
