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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Agenterre,
No problem. Just send me £5000.00 and I can be your bitch for the season
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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hate you
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Agenterre, sounds great. Hope it works out well. 
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Frosty the Snowman, similar thoughts ! 
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Thanks Al... johnboy, How do you think I got to afford it in the first place ? 
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Agenterre,excellent news and good luck, is this your first season ? The only problem is returning to real life when you leave bubbleworld, believe me....still thats ages off now. Will you stay until the end of April ?
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That web site for Gstaad is nice too, like the way it zooms in on each sector on the piste map, neat
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Frosty, Yes staying until mid-April, but a couple of other things booked as well..
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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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How is the skiing and how are the conditions, is it easy to get around the linkd resorts in the regions
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Welcome to the Real World. Be safe!
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You know it makes sense.
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SMALLZOOKEEPER, 
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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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Agenterre, not jealous at all, no siree! 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Charlatanefc, Look on the bright side............ he gets a cheap lift pass due to being over 100 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Frosty the Snowman, thanks. Just spat coffee all over my keyboard in work
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Date : Dec 18th 2007
Weather : Light cloud am . Sunny pm. –4 C at 1000m, -14 at 1600m
Snow Coverage ; Allegedly 220 at the top , at the bottom about 40cm .They’re continually running the snow caanons so more and more daily
Snow Conditions : Excellent, best day yet
Area Skied : Rubelhorn and Gstaad –again . I didn’t get out until early afternoon GSTAAD SUPER_SKI ‘’’ look for Saanen here
Distance Covered : n/r
Runs Completed One ( a private joke with webfoot)
Cost of Living CHF 4 for a Diet – Coke and CHF 4-80 for a small beer ( but it is nice to have a drinks station right at the end of the last run of the day !!)
Sameo , sameo , a very clear bright day. Trying to organise Xmas present deliveries kept me indoors until after mid-day , but the good thing is being so close you can still get some skiing in.
In my hurry, I forgot to take my GPS and my camera so no photos Im afraid.
Eventually made the slopes about 1315 and stayed on the Rubeldorf – Eggli region – snow seemd a bit softer than yesterday but no reason for that. I tried out my new skis .. well-pleased with them although they kind of ask to be ‘driven’ a bit faster than I’m used to .. even ventured 30 cm off piste …. And then thought I’d got lost in the trees . I wont be doing that alone again. Most of the time was spent doing my latest ‘instructor’ exercises … I’ll get there !
By the way my season pass cost me CHF 1,000 ….. so £450 ….. bit expensive by French standards.
A brief word about Saanen. Saanen is no more than 2 km from Gstaad and although it is the ‘capital’ it has nowhere near the cache of its more illustrious neighbour. But the slopes and area are exactly the same … amazingly , given the ease of access and proximity, property and rental prices are a stratosphere apart – x2 or x3 would be my guess at the multiple.
Saanen is no more than a village , I was worried that it would have no life , but its one ‘real’ pub the ‘Saanenpub’ is a lively, homely place and the locals are very welcoming and fun --- no fur coats here thanx ! A few restaurants … and ‘very atmospheric’ Swiss shops and a very traditional building architecture make it fun but always ‘real’.
I wont be here for a week now , so more reports as of December 30th --- unless others want to post (please).
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Agenterre, Sounds great, it will be interesting to hear what it will be like later in the season because I may try to pencil in a long weekend. I was struggling to locate the lifts in relation to the Gstaad train station and hotels on the web map, are they walking distance?
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Date : Dec 28th / 29th 2007
Weather : What a difference a day makes ! The 28th was beautifully sunny. – 1 at 1000m, -5 at 1600m Today was totally different – snow flurries up until 1000 hrs , then sunny , then grey all afternoon … unsure of the temps but freezing point must have been 1600m or so …..
Snow Coverage ; well we had an extra 15cm overnight so the answer is plenty !
Snow Conditions : Excellent, best day yet
Area Skied : Rubelhorn ,Gstaad and Rougemont. Yesterday, Saaanemoser , and Schonried today . We got out very early yesterday but were trady today waiting for the clouds to go GSTAAD SUPER_SKI ‘’’ look for Saanen/Saanenmoser on there
Distance Covered : 14km yesterday … same again on my back bottom today
Runs Completed One ( same old private joke with webfoot)
Cost of Living My expresso cost chf 4 in Saanenmoser … cheeky cow thought she’d keep the change …. Wrong.
Yes, what a difference a day makes.
Missus – Me and I skied long and hard ( by our standards ) yesterday under bright blue skies in cold temperatures … it was as cold as Zermatt had been . The on-piste skiing was superb and the ‘Rougemont’ runs which are long were great fun … yes, there were scrapey bits but I’ve decided to just straight-line those ( when I see them!). We noticed that there were quite a few ‘out-of-control’ merchants and sitting in the bar at the bottom at the end of the day was sadly like watching a ‘skittles’ evening in Barnsley. Thankfully no injuries that we saw which is always good. Met the neighbours in the evening …. Very hospitable ( another sore head).
We knew snow was forecast , but the delight of waking up to that ‘Simon & Garfunkel – Sound of Silence’ is still awesome even if you are rather long-in-the-tooth ( well I would be long-toothed if I had any of my own)
This was 0830 in Saanen . I have no idea how much snow had really fallen .. but this is the bush outside the front door . They say it was 10cms .. you judge for yourself , they would claim a metre in Wengen
We went up to Saanenmoser. Where did all those people come from ? … boarders and learners wre all in big trouble as very little pisteing had been possible. Those of who love Switzerland ( myself included) would look to France in envy for the chaos which was on-piste. So even ‘she’ decided it would be best to ski a metre outside the poles! I loved it as I had my new skis , but very wearing stopping every 1000m to see if another unfortunate was OK to get down.
I took this photo of the stream outside the house about 4 pm….
Tomorrow I may even take some photos up a mountain !
I will also tell you why Swiss transport efficiency is a myth …. Try their bus services
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Looks excellent, Agenterre. I am sitting here, thinking about washing the dishwasher overload. Jealous, moi? 
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Agenterre, Ah ... the sound of silence in fresh snow
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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Agenterre, I have just discovered your thread! Wow! You are very enterprising to take a flat for the season, like Johnnyboy in VT.
Seems a new trend we should all now follow!
Hope you get better from the flu soon, and your pics are lovely. Very tempted to pay a visit to your area! Happy healthy snowy NewYear!
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You know it makes sense.
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Thanks for all this stuff from Gstaad. It makes me nostalgic. I went to school there (just after the dawn of time!)
Weems,
Aspen
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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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weems, Didn't have schools when I was born! Any particular photos/views you'd like?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Awww poor fella. Get well soon.
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Fitness Lost … will it be regained?
Date : Jan 9th 2008
Weather : Very cloudy all day with some brief snow flurries around mid-day. + 1 at 1000m, -1 at 1600m, light winds from West (??)
Snow Coverage ; [I] Sweet where it isn’t icey after the rain ravages. Everthing still open but depths are down to 30cm I would guess at top and minimal at the bottom
Snow Conditions :Variable but I’ve skied worse .. the light snow gave me some ‘ Oh S*** ‘ moments when covering ‘real’ ice
Area Skied : Gstaad-Saanen-Rougemont todayGSTAAD SUPER-SKI
Distance Covered : Forgot the machine again !
Runs Completed Errggh,,, just the one occiferr ,,honesht
Cost of Living Ran out of money .. Gluhwein – 7 chf
Having lost a week to the dreaded man-flu , I had to go out today because I’m a ‘hero’…. Actually that’s rubbish, I was bored stupid and wanted some fresh air.
I wouldn’t have skied Sunday or Monday anyways as I don’t like skiing in the rain. This was my first opportunity to see what the slopes were like after the rain. I was a little scared ; after the Thaw / Freeze even walking around yesterday was treacherous
 you can see how different things look from the apartment but I was pleasantly surprised.
The slopes were less than crowded. This is the view from Eggli looking over to Schonried :- 
I guess I saw no more than 40-50 other people in the 3 hours that I was out. Strangely most of these were boarders – and some of them were a bit tasty.
This meant that the snow – such as there is – is almost ‘virgin’ ; you just have to be careful and watch out for the icey bits. I found today very tiring –probably as a result of the ravages of my cold --- hope all the symptoms soon go.
As you can tell from the photos , light was very flat. This tends to slow me down to a start –stop normally but I’m so glad I bought some Alpina ‘Quatroflex’ goggles .. they really work for me … This one is a real novelty ..me taking a photo while moving .. I missed the catch-fence , honest 
Corduroy and scrapey bits on the Rougemont run … maybe 1300m
This next photo really shows some of the icy patches at 1000m. It’s taken from Rubeldorf looking back up the gentle Blue home …
OI YOU ! OFF MY PISTE ! (10 o’clock from hut!)
We desperately need some more snow on this area of the resort. Alas the forecast doesn’t look good with more thaw – freeze conditions for the next few days. Brilliant when its empty …. But I’ll have to go up the glacier at this rate !
I’m off out now. Jonnyboy has signed me up to his international ‘Waitress-Watch’ scheme …. Would be rude to refuse the man wouldn’t it ?
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I’m just Lucky …
Date : Jan 10th 2008
Weather : Beautiful cloudless skies… +1 at 1300m –2 at 2000m
Snow Coverage ; [I] Difficuly to say ,, I would guess at 1m at the top and a light covering at 1300m, no wind
Snow Conditions :Sensational – Hard in the morning, softening nicely … bit sugary by 2pm
Area Skied : Saanenmoser-Zweisimmen-St Stephan todayGSTAAD SUPER-SKI
Distance Covered : 23km- wow!
Runs Completed ..One ,, mmh, I carved uphill a lot
Cost of Living Didn’t stop today apart for a 4chf coffee
I am just ‘Lucky’. Have been all my life ,whenever things get bad they get even better soon afterwards. Skiing today was one of those days …Perfect Snow, perfect weather.
I couldn’t believe it this morning … Beautiful Swedish Blonde in bed with me .. then I woke up and it got better,. Blue skies … time to ski !
Being a lazy git , I took the train and did the mid-heights i.e Schonried / Saanenmoser … Frigging Awesome Dudes ( is the language right?) … wonderful snow .. few more folks around but ‘zero’ queues.
I took a few photos ,,, this is from Hornberg looking at Col du Pillon with Glacier 3000 behind .. not needed to go that high ….. yet
Next one is also from the same restaurant looking West-ish at the 400m peaks … anyone fancy building a ski resort ?
Oh and looking back at Hornberg .. people actually skiing / boarding
Last two are for Jerry… taken from the train on the 1100 m plateau …. Langlauf my boy .. aye oop !
Thank Goodness I’m not in VT … bills all paid .. decent beer .. Yes , I’m just lucky !
( please send some snow !! )
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Agenterre, my bunions are aching so I suggest snow in your area on Friday/Saturday/Monday/Thursday/Friday.
Is that enough or do you want some more ?
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Smokin Joe, You'll do for me ..
PS . You're too young for bunions
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| Smokin Joe wrote: |
Agenterre, my bunions are aching so I suggest snow in your area on Friday/Saturday/Monday/Thursday/Friday.
Is that enough or do you want some more ? |
Were my bunions correct ?
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