 brian
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My wife bought me a Swatch "Snowpass" watch for Christmas. Apparently, when we go to Zermatt in a couple of weeks, I can use it as a liftpass. Anyone done this ? Do you just turn up at the ticket office with your watch ?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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brian, I think so, if it's like Wengen they simply place it on a special pad and just programme in the details I think, but I've never seen one done with a Swatch
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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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I've got one, they're OK, if you go once or twice a year I'm sure it'll be fine. For regular user, say 20 or 30 times a season, I found it got increasingly unreliable and the lift offices were either unable to load it or the load didn't last the weekend. I can think of a few reasons why that might be but after a while I got fed up of it.
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Had mine for almost 10 years - some Austrian resorts were early adopters of the SkiData system (which the Swatch Access watches use). You just hand it over at the liftpass office and they program it (although they usually also give you a card to show that you have paid, for use on things like skibusses included with the liftpass).
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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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I've got one but I haven't used it as such. Perhaps I didn't quite trust it to work...
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Alastair Pink, did we meet in the Alpaca in Tignes Dec 03? Just wondered as we (wife and I) met a guy by the name of Alastair there who had a Swatch "Snowpass".
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brian
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Thanks folks, like Cathy, I guess it sounds a bit like the sort of thing that could leave you stuck behind a barrier. I'll give it a go though.
ise, 20 or 30 times a season ? in my dreams 
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brian, Swatch Snowpass watches were very comfy. I have one, my kids have one each. We've used it for the past three/four years
I said "were" bacause due to licensing problems with Swatch (so the rumors go) most of the resorts where I use to go skiing (dolomitisuperski for one) have now moved away from the system (last year the license had expired, and it has not been renewed)
So, if the resort uses it it's a comfortable help. Check it first.
No fumbling with passes, optical bar code readers and such. Just ne4ar your wrist to the reader and voila', the gate opens ,
Plus, the ticket office is (from my experience) always providing you with the traditional card as a proof of purchase and as a back up...
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| Mark Hunter wrote: |
| Alastair Pink, did we meet in the Alpaca in Tignes Dec 03? Just wondered as we (wife and I) met a guy by the name of Alastair there who had a Swatch "Snowpass". |
No, I wasn't in Tignes then - it must have been a different Swatch owning Alastair 
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I'm off to Serre Chevalier next week, you can use the Snowpass watch there. I'll let you know how it goes.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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A friend of mine bought one about six years ago in Livigno. Unfortunately he has been unable to use it as all the resorts we have been to since use the "electronic credit card" system. Dissapointment for him but at least his "lift pass" can tell the time! I cant buy a packet of crisps on my "credit card" lift pass neither on my mastercard either to think of it, maybe my credit is a bit dodgy 
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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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Alastair, shame, you missed an hilarious few days 
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Brian
If the resort you're going to uses them then take it, they take all the hassle out of it This season in the dolomites and other parts of Italy they have changed the system and its now a card that you can put in your jacket. It works just like the Swatch access used to. If anybody out there is going to a resort with swatch access drop me a PM and you can have mine.
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You know it makes sense.
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| Helen Beaumont wrote: |
| I'm off to Serre Chevalier next week, you can use the Snowpass watch there. I'll let you know how it goes. |
Hi Helen,I understand you are based up in Serre Chevalier .Do you know how you load the swatch snowpass online.And can you recomend good places to have lunch .Will be their 16th jan chalet pyrene so maybe meet up.
Cheers.Carl
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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We see tham occasionally, and I used to use one in Serre Chevalier now and then. They have the same chip in as you find in the lift pass cards, so we just stick it on the machine and code it as usual.
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Poster: A snowHead
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A friend of mine has one and it worked very well. However, as Matteo said, resorts seems to be going off the system and he hasn't been able to use it recently. We were in Zermatt in 2008 but I don't think that he used it there. However, that may have been because the hotel had already provided a normal lift pass. Hope it works for you!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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FAQ
. I have done this only once (before swatch) and have never lived it down. Mr snowbandit not pleased!!!! Had to yomp back to apartement. Enough said 
Off to Galtur/Ischgl on Sat - weather permitting - will check out the swatch website to see if I can use it there. Happy ski-ing and enjoy Zermatt, we will most likely be there in April.