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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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JEALOUS! 
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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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niiice...bring on christmas..
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OMG that looks wonderful from where I am sitting right now!
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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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yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees!!!!!! fcuk that makes me feel goooooooooooooooooood... thank you thank you thank you........
okbye
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Cool pics.
Looks like some of the Andorran and Pyreneean resorts could open early again this season.
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Great photos. more please.
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Gosh.
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thanks in garbure we trust - a few pics of snow definitely cheers things up a bit!
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Wow, I ended up spending 2 hours in the Hemel fridge to get over jealousy these photo's induced  - Five weeks till I am in Whistler, so i will keep looking at the photo's will cool off in the fridge.
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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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in garbure we trust good pics. I was wondering, would Baqueira be experiencing similar conditions as it's only 70km away? Thinking of giving Baqueira a go in mid Jan to try something different.
Anyone been there recently other than David Beckham? Or does he post on here?
Most recent comment I can find was Nov 07 http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=31424&highlight=baqueira
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WayneC, Would likely be similar over that side I think. But the N side of Pyrenees copped a bit more. We had the TV crews in the village for the local news due to the amounts, I even got interviewed cheaky bug even had a go at my accent. Why Baqueira rather than one of the French resorts though? It is alot more expensive there.
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You know it makes sense.
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Great pics igwt.
They set the pre-season benchmark pretty high. Made the hairs on my neck stand up - cheers
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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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snow porn..............fantastic
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Poster: A snowHead
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in garbure we trust, Great pictures. Would post one from our snowshoe walk up to Lindarets yesterday but I have not mastered the art yet.
Curious about the Garbure in your monica ? Is it local patois or something 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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DallyPaul, It is a local soup, but yes in the Occitan style language they use here (Bareges valley use to be cut off and only accessed over the Tourmalet Col - of Tour de France fame - in the summer, so they have kept their old language). "Ke bon y bat" for example means "its snowing" and "ha nee gat" means as pissed as a fart  handy stuff. I have put a recipe for Garbure on the recipe post if you want to taste it...
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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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in garbure we trust, you turn too much.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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el nombre, I was going for the asthetic.... Did you ever see the "snake" and "arrow"? They were a couple of pisteurs working in Courchevel when I was working there... Snake would put a perfect S all the way down some crazy steep couloir, and his mate arrow would then straight line it through the middle like some devils own medi alert signal. I think arrow may have since died though...
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in garbure we trust, along with all this snowy stuff, we will get to hear about your Arrival, won't we?
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the forecast is for rain to over 3000m in Bareges next weekend, so I guess that would be a really good moment to have a baby?
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in garbure we trust, fab pics once again. thanks!
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pam w, We will surely let you know about the arrival, and as regards a 3000m isotherm I will believe it when I see it ... The reports are rubbish around here it was due to be up there some where these last few days (snow below 1000m....).
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in garbure we trust, lovely photos, lucky you
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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in garbure we trust, - fantastic photos -brought back some happy memories spent three seasons in that area in the mid eighties keep on saying we should go back. Does the Hotel Igloo and Hotel Europe still exist? - by coincidence I was looking at the Pic Du Midi web cam this morning - may be that is a sign? 
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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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in garbure we trust, Will get Mrs DallyPaul, onto that as soon as she rises. Thanks.
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snowbandit, Funnily enough I own the hotel Igloo, it exists but only just - the roof leaks, mushrooms are sprouting from the floor (not even tasty ones)  - and we are planning a complete strip out and rebuild to give Bareges its first ever 3/4 star hotel, hopefully in time for Christmas/Newyear 2010 or at least by Feb 2011. Hotel Europe is still here too and a rather nice chalet in the middle of the village if you were to follow my signature link (shameless I know). The hotel was recieved by the bank 4 years ago, it is like the Marie Celest in there, but now there are very big grants for durable/eco tourisme, so hopefully it will be reborn as the "Duke of Maine" - (Louis XIV's son and Madame de Maintenon use to stay there to use the spa opposite), we are just waiting on the bank to OK the very large loan. All very scary for us but I think it is something that should work well, it is an amazing area. We came for the hiking and summer sports (my wife and I are International, Mountain, Leaders), we were very naive about the skiing when we came but the first season we opened our lodge we were rammed with skiers! They have spent alot on the resort with all fast 6 man chairs and the like and what with the Pic du Midi (2877m), now being open to skiers and the world champion snowboarder coming from here, it is not hanging around.
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You know it makes sense.
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in garbure we trust, -Thankyou for the information , I will start to make some enquiries re flights etc - I will also be watching the web cams on the lead up to the start of the season. As you say it is an amazing area and not widely known to the British market. Good luck with your venture. 
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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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Hey I am on the news!!! France3 interviewed me on the way back down from taking these pictures, here is the link if you want to see a report on the snow - you might need to fast forward a bit to about 1min 10 secs. http://jt.france3.fr/regions/popup.php?id=b31a_1920
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Poster: A snowHead
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in garbure we trust, rude chap, commenting on your accent like that! It's a lot less impenetrable than that of the locals!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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bl00dy french!
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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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They are a bit worn but there were two snow heads stickers on my helmet, could that be the first outing on French TV for snowhead advert...?
Thinking a bit about it, not bad to be asked where my accent was from I suppose, rather than just assuming I am english, I must admit though that I was rolling my eyes about all over the place trying to string together the right words 
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WayneC, we've been to Baquiera with Ski Miquel, they're a good bunch and the chalet hotel is excellent. Don;t go for the "small double" as it really is tiny....
in garbure we trust, One day I'll have enough money to come out and stay, I used to live in Pau and never skiied, I'm kicking myself now. Closest we got was going walking up amongst the lakes
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in garbure we trust, cool (need to click on Lundi report)
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in garbure we trust, can't beat those fresh tracks! Good luck with your business. I dream about doing something like that but don't have the balls 
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nbt, The lakes a very, very pretty though  I came here originally for the summer hiking, we had no idea it was also home to the largest ski resort in the French Pyrenees, we thought "hmm would be nice to be quite high, maybe we will do the odd snow shoeing trip..." Bit stoopid I know, but the snowshoeing is doing ok
WayneC, I met the Ski Miquel guys at the ski show in London, they seemed a very nice bunch, and their chalet looked stunning. They use to opperate here too and are probably coming back next year (they started in Bareges and Baquiera as two partners and the orriginal partners son now fancies getting back into Bareges, there are no opperators here at the mo so could be good for the village, they have a bit more of an advertising budget than I do!).
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bobinch, Just go and do it, I would reccomend somewhere like the Pyrenees to start out with (if you would want to make an all year thing of it), as it has two proper seasons and relatively (to be in resort is still pricey), cheap property. It is known for its summer stuff (pretty villages, Tour de France, National Parks, wild bears, loads of flowers, birds - the feathered kind etc...), by the hikers and cyclists. Then you have some nice ski resorts for the winter (Tourmalet, Luz Ardiden, Gavarnie, St Lary, Gourette, Cauterets, Piau Engaly, Bagneres de Luchon, Peyragude, Les Angles...). If you want to there is even stuff between summer and winter seasons should you be based in a thermal spa resort. The French version of the NHS send loads of people on the "cure" and they want some where to stay 3 weeks at a time in the off-season (for cheap as chips, but can be handy). I would be happy to help any snowhead wanting to know how to run a french business.
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