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September has arrived in the Vanoise, the August heatwave appears to have finished, and this morning there is a light dusting on the Grand Bec...
Time to sharpen some edges I feel.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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offpisteskiing, Is that particularly early snow for the alps or about par for the course.
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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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Megamum, it's not uncommon. Doesn't mean anything though in terms of what the snow will be like for this winter.
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Megamum, Quite normal, there was snow down to about 2200m in July, just before the heatwave set in.
Likely there'll be plenty more dustings to come (& go), but hey, given that the 'once-upon-a-time-permanent' patches of snow had pretty much disappeared from the West face of the Grand Bec it is vaguely exciting to see some whiteness on there again. (To get an idea what I'm on about dig out the IGN map for the 3 Valleys and have a look at the size of the 3 glaciers on the west faces - they effectively no longer exist.. and the map is only 10 years old!).
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Snowing at top in Kaprun too, not that I'm webcam watching 
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Megamum, you can get snow down to quite low levels in any month - AFAIK there is absolutely NO connection between a few centimetres in September and a few metres in January.
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We've just started getting frost at night here in Central British Columbia.....we had a shower of sleet yesterday....it's coming.
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Skiff of snow on the Cairngorms this morning and a bit more coming tonight I believe - first snow of the season 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Blimey - that's no dusting !
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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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Looks nice. Until looking at that I had completely forgotten that I dreamt about snow last night. It's that time of year.
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It's been -2C and snowing here since Tuesday (according to Metcheck). Shame it's really been 14C.
Sunday's forecast is +13C and Heavy Snow !
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You know it makes sense.
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+13C and Heavy Snow
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What wax do I need
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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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Poster: A snowHead
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woohoo, wonder if we will be the 1'st lift served skiing in europe again this year!!!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| woohoo, wonder if we will be the 1'st lift served skiing in europe again this year!!! |
Were you any year?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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davidof,
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Were you any year?
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Short Memory? last year 31'st october, the Lecht
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| geeo wrote: |
davidof,
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Were you any year?
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Short Memory? last year 31'st october, the Lecht |
being pedantic your talking non glacial, whereas I suspect davidof is including glacial resorts.........
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| geeo wrote: |
davidof,
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Were you any year?
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Short Memory? last year 31'st october, the Lecht |
Hmmm 1'st lift served skiing in europe? It wasn't even the first non-glacier lift served skiing in Europe I"m afraid.
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| davidof wrote: |
| Hmmm 1'st lift served skiing in europe? It wasn't even the first non-glacier lift served skiing in Europe I"m afraid. |
Which was and on what date?
Just so we can get our facts right! 
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davidof,
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Were you any year?
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Short Memory? last year 31'st october, the Lecht |
IIRC, 7 Laux in France opened on Oct 30.
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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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I wasn't including glaciers, for obvious reasons, but didn't know 7 Laux was open on the 30th, gutted we only got 2'nd place...... maybe this year 
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FAQ
), was the second to open last year - not bad really!