 Poster: A snowHead
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Looks like a decent covering at ADH from the webcam at top of signal and even Oz at 1350 was white for most of yesterday, December 16th can't come soon enough!!
http://www.oz-en-oisans.com/pano/
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Cool.
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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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Looking even better today - hope this lot hangs around now!
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Report from Oz (1350) this morning - a foot of wet snow and still falling.
'View' from my mates balcony below, bring it on!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I'm off there on Jan 16th.....First time Skiing in France in 20 years + but I hear the place is excellent
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Im ADH 1st week in Feb so any info that can be added to this thread will be of great interest to me.
Keep em comming
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Renry, We too are there first week in Feb. You're in E Yorks? Not so far from here then!
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Fantastic picture. Have spent the last week staring glumly at the rather barren Snowbrowser webcams. The transformation has been remarkable. Fingers crossed for continuing low temp.s & more snow.
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Looks like more snow on the way for ADH. From what I have seen forecast it looks like a slow and steady downfall over the next week as opposed to a couple of large dumps? All back on track for opening I guess.
Anyone have more accurate news from the town?
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Another 8" overnight on Monday in Oz according to my source in the village and very cold yesterday, looking good! I'm out there for 2 weeks from the 17th, had been thinking of taking the mountain bikes but looks like skis will be required after all!
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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.
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excellent will be there on the 12th Dec
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ibisona, They appeared to be pisting the greens above ADH yesterday, if SATA can only get my lift passes sorted we'll be ready to roll on 18th Dec. 
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You know it makes sense.
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Excellent, I'll be there for the 19-20 weekend and then again from the 24th through New Year.
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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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Just booked - will be on the slopes from first lift on the 24th Jan - 7 weeks to go......... 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Chasseur, Will be there with the boys that week, usually nice quiet slopes and decent snow.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Nick Dawes, are you there all winter then? 
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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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Nick Dawes, I'm certainly hoping it won't be too busy. Do you have your own place out there by any chance.....? Given the 6+ weeks alluded to just above.
Have to say, I'm really looking forward to going - first visit, although I feel like I know the place already. One of my colleagues at work (sits opposite) has a chalet there, so I've had a full virtual tour, piste-side lunch stop recommendations, bar suggestions, piste-by-piste tour and itinerary suggestions etc etc.
She'd better bloody well be right......
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Chasseur, yep we have a little place in Oz. Probably biased but Im sure your colleague was right, brilliant area!
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Nick Dawes, great pic - the more pics the better!
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Nick Dawes, I think a run called Alpette (?) down to Oz was recommended, amongst others.
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My mates are driving round to ADH today to ski as the Oz lifts aren't open yet, will hopefully hear more later today/tomorrow. Chasseur, Alpette is a pleasant enough run but depending on what you like there are loads of better ones!.
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Nick Dawes, fast reds, with plenty of rollers and turns. The only example I can think of that you'd know is the Luc Alphand run in Serre Che as far as The Wall. Runs that you can cane, with good technical requirements I suppose.
Looking at the piste map (not that they really tell much I suppose), Bertavellers and Les Rousses could be fun
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Chasseur, only time I skied Luc Alphand was Easter & knee deep in slush! Rousses, Belvedere/Bartavelles, Chamois, Village (for a few bumps) and below at Villard for starters along with La Fare down to Vaujany which is marked a black but really more red. Should have ADH pics from today later. New Marmottes chair good apparently but snow better in Oz than ADH for now.
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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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Many thanks Nick Dawes, appreciated. Campanules was the only other run I can recall being mentioned for a bit of a blast.
Haha, I also recall some slushy descents down the LA - "keep it positive, keep it positive"
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As I'm taking a near beginner to ADH at the end of Jan, would anyone who's around care to take and post a few pics of the nursery slopes area (Poussins has been suggested for day 1 before the lessons begin)?
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You know it makes sense.
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I'm on my way down next weekend (12th)... so relieved it's started snowing properly! Thanks for the updates!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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simeonuk, welcome to snowHeads. Look forward to your report
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Raining in Oz yesterday as elsewhere but the snow cannons were going overnight and the local word is big snows coming this weekend so fingers crossed! 8 days and I'll be able to report first hand for a couple of weeks (assuming the wifi co-operates!).
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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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ADH looks good even now, and with the new snow coming should be great by the time we get there on the 26th.
Cant wait!!!!
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Nick Dawes, thanks very much for these - it looks perfect for her Sunday outing! It's quite hard to match the pics up with the piste map - in the 2nd one, what are the steep run down the left hand side and the shallower one above, coming around that same hill?
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Butterfly, the steep one down the front is the Signal run. Marked as a blue on the map but actually a red. Steep at the top but becomes less so. V wide. Just to the right (looking at the mountain from ground level) is Signal bis - it`s marked as a red. It`s usually left unpisted and mogully.
I think the run off to the rt running round the shoulder of the mt (looking at the mountain from ground level) is Hirondelle. It`s a true blue. Lovely when empty but can get v busy & chopped up.
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How was ADH today?
I was looking on the webcams and it look liked it was snowing a bit during the day.
The roads were covered by 4pm.
Am there in 4 weeks and cant wait
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jonty, thanks.
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Agreed Chasseur. Something funny going on there. On the other hand - the webcam in Oz ( http://www.oz-en-oisans.com/pano/ ) village does seem to be working. There`s clearly been some fresh snow today but hard to assess how much. The Marmotte cams also appear to be functioning.
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