 Poster: A snowHead
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Hey there,
I've been hovering around the site for quite a while, lots of great info  I'm heading out to Tignes tommorow, arriving saterday evening (bus journey  ).
I'm a little worried about the conditions. I've just read through a really good thread on here, seen some pics that were posted and it LOOKS AMAZING! Really got me excited!
However, I've just checked some snow reports/weather reports and it looks like theres going to be heavy snow for more or less every day i'm skiing there.
I'm not an amazing skier, i'd say a good intermediate and I really improved my carving the last time I skied (easter in Verbier), I'm pretty sure i'll be able to handle all of the pisted runs and some off-piste. I'm more worried about the fact that i've never been to Tignes and it looks like the weathers going to be pretty harsh the whole time i'm out there.
I had one other question though, if its snowing, does it mean that the visability is always going to be terible? Thats what i'm worried about; I don't know the resort and am no where near as confident when I can't see anything!!!
Does anyone have any advise for me? to calm my nerves? I'm going in a group of very experienced skiers (a couple of racers/free stylers) and i'm no where near as good as them! hehe
I also don't want to miss a minute of my skiing time, I want to get better! How can I go about making sure I ski everyday??
Cheers lads/lasses!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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illsendit, welcome to snowHeads. Unfortunately dealing with flat light and the occasional whiteout is a part and parcel of skiing. Not much you can do about it, other than get used to it. Make sure you have a decent pair of goggles or sunglasses with yellow or orange lenses which help a bit with improving contrast, and best of all head for the trees (a bit tricky in Tignes, but hop over the ridge and ski around La Daille). Only drawback with heading for the trees is that most people will be doing the same thing, so it can get busy.
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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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illsendit, Another welcome to Snowheads. I've been to Tignes a few times when the weather had been bad and like rob@rar, says head for La Daillie and the trees. Having said that some of my best skiing moments have been where the weather has been awful and most people have given up and the weather clears for a while and everything is perfect, hero snow and no people! We hit the cable car at the Grand Motte just after it had opened on a cr***y day and got superb fresh tracks just off the piste on the glacier ... I'll live on that run for years
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Aren't there a load of  in Tignes at the same time? There's bound to be someone among them who knows the resort that you can hook up with - think they're on the mountainsun deal?
As rob@rar says, poor visibility is just one of those things. So long as you can see just beyond the next piste marker, skiing in a snow storm can be a lot of fun and you often have the place to yourself as the fair-weather skiers hole up in a bar. Having said that, don't be too proud to know your limitations - if you feel you have reached the limits of your concentration or you can't see beyond your nose and you really fear you might get lost on the mountain, there's no shame in calling it a day. Discretion is the better part of valour after all - better to keep intact to ski another day.
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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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all of the pisted runs and some off-piste.
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illsendit, be very, very, careful on the off-piste. Conditions are dangerous right now and will probably get worse with a lot of heavy windblown snow. And that's without thinking about the huge crevasses once you're off piste on the glacier.
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I also don't want to miss a minute of my skiing time, I want to get better! How can I go about making sure I ski everyday??
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The answer to those questions is to take some good lessons. There are plenty of really excellent options for tuition in Tignes and following an expert is one of the very best ways of dealing with those nasty days of flat light and poor visibility. For most of us, lessons are the only way of really improving; you grow in confidence as you hoon around on your own, but not necessarily in skill, and you can consolidate bad habits.
Welcome to Snowheads. Don't forget to tell us about how it goes. Have fun.
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illsendit, The runs down to Les Bois & Le Brevieres may well be open. These aer fairly easy runs and have tree cover. I have spent all day in this arera during bad weather and it was fine for a nervous skier.
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