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It snowed overnight, all day and is still snowing now, with more forecast for most of tomorrow. At a guess I'd say 30cm or so at resort level, and more up top although it was a windy day so God knows where it will all settle. No photos from on the hill, but this tree is outside my hotel and was entirely green yesterday:
The new snow was certainly needed as not too much of the ski domain was open, and it was beginning to get icy in most places. Should get some fresh tracks tomorrow...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Excellent - should be there in 2.5 weeks - hopefuly they get a few more dumps.
Quick question its the first time over the pond for most of us - group of 13 coming in
from Canada - should we just buy the lift tickets when we get there - there is a slight
discount (5%) if you buy through swisspass.com - can you upgrade to an international
pass just for the days you want to go over to Cervinia for lunch.
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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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sawni, sorry, I'm not able to answer your questions about the lift pass. This is my first visit to Zermatt and I didn't buy my liftpass in person so I'm not sure what the rules are about upgrading. Hopefully someone else will be able to answer.
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brian
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rob@rar, 
sawni, you can upgrade on a daily basis, it's something like 40 CHF per day extra.
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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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rob@rar, very jealous! Go on, go out and throw some snowballs, you must know those lesson plans off by heart by now! 
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Great piccy Rob@rar, can't wait to get out there in 20 days time.
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Still snowing hard; probably more than 40cm at resort level. The downside of this is that I've been here for three days and still haven't seen the Matterhorn. If this situation continues I'm going to ask for a refund.
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It snowed all night and continues this morning, although not quite as hard as yesterday. The forecast is for more snow today, perhaps clearing a little this afternoon. Some more photos from around the village yesterday on my blog.
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Just looking at the web cams - looking at the Chalet roofs in Findeln, probably a couple of foot. Oh I wish I was there 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Looks like it'll be a white wedding on December 23 after all!!!
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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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rob@rar,
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The downside of this is that I've been here for three days and still haven't seen the Matterhorn.
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where were you on Saturday? We had lovely views of it from Klein Matterhorn and Gornergrat.
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snowbandit, the forecast I saw was for about 50cm of fresh - I think we got close to that at resort level and a bit more on the slopes.
Steve Sparks, I didn't arrive in the resort until after dark on Saturday, and I still haven't seen it! But tomorrow will be the day 
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You know it makes sense.
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Hope the wind drops - spent too long on Sunday stuck in a gondola on Rothorn bobbing in the wind
Look out off piste though - even 50cm will only disguise the rocks not cover them
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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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Weather was much nicer today, although bitterly cold above Trockener Steg. But I'm not complaining because I finally got to see the Matterhorn. It was worth the wait.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Great shot - going to be there in 2 1/2 weeks - did you get out on the trails? How much snow up top? How much is open? Can't
wait!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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sawni, there seemed to be much more open today (we only skied a small sector because that was all that was needed for the course I'm on), including the link over to Italy. Light snow is forecast tomorrow, so on piste conditions should continue to be good.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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rob@rar, Gonna be there on Sunday. Talk about whetting my appetite!!! 
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Hurray! It is definitely worth the wait. Out of 8 trips to Zermatt I have only seen the Matterhorn twice! Hope the course goes well - counting down the days until I am back out there now!
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I took this on a mobile phone a few years ago - the mountain is so beautiful, the camera scarcely matters!
rob@rar, enjoy the rest of your trip.
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brian
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brian, magical! Great photos.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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yeah glowy red matterhorn is great
sawni its worth looking at the cost of day upgraddes to just getting the full international pass, if works out cheaper over a certain amount of days..can't quite recall at present though..and if you don't use it at all due to the link over being closed then you can get a refund onthe international part anyway
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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 remember my first sight of it back in January 1986. It was our first day and we had fantastic conditions at Sunegga. However we had been in cloud all day and were returning from the summit of the Rothorn right down into the village. The skiing was amazing and as we dropped down towards the village the terrain became really characterful. We were having a ball and voted the run 10 out of 10. Just then the cloud unexpectedly cleared and there was the Matterhorn. 11 out of 10  I won't ever forget that.
BTW is the new Gondola open yet up to Trockener Steg ?
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I think I saw it tootle past the on one of the schwarzesee webcams, but I don't think its open yet, they usually open new lifts the weekend before xmas..but not news on it on the website rob@rar any news on it in resort?
Last edited by So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much  on Thu 3-12-09 15:29; edited 1 time in total
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You know it makes sense.
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| BTW is the new Gondola open yet up to Trockener Steg ? |
Not quite, I heard it will be open on the 12th.
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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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I've just thought of a word for all this: Matterporn. 
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Poster: A snowHead
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I like the way Mr Matterhorn nearly always has that amusing Jack Charlton-esque combover of cloud. Here's my effort from last New Year's morn.
My goodness me, Robert, I'm a jealous man that you're there and I'm - well - here.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Fantastic pictures - can't wait - just a quick question - do most of the establishments in Switzerland take Euros or will we need to get some
Swiss Francs? Are the prices only marked in CHF or both?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Does anyone else really fancy some Toblerone?
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Only just spotted this thread...now feeling quite sick with envy. We were there last weekend, but had to leave on Sunday (i.e. just before the massive dump of snow)...still, the pistes were nice and managed my first powder turns of the season (all 4 of them).
rob@rar, were you with the BASI group trapped in the Rothorn gondola on Sunday morning? We got chatting to some of them as we sat for 20 mins waiting for the wind to drop 
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sawni, I think most places take CHFs only (it is their national currency...), but if you're offered a price in EUR I'd expect it to be at a poor rate. You can get CHFs from an ATM, so not really an issue.
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rob@rar, it's also safe to go to the car park again, I'm not back until april
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Jonny luv plums, thanks, I was getting a bit worried about collecting my car on Saturday. You never know who is going to be lurking in the shadows 
Very, very cold at Trockner Steg today, especially as I was doing Central Theme Clinics all day (basically snowploughing or standing around getting frozen). My feet have not been that cold in a long, long time. Must resurrect my old boot heaters. But apart from the cold it was a nice day, piste conditions are superb on that part of the hill with really fast, grippy snow.
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Don't get me started on the Matterhorn, (great photos guys) I got the piste taken out of me 'cos I couldn't see it without taking a pic. Every angle, every light condition, it looks different, I can never stop looking at it in Zermatt - had some great times there the last three Christmases  - will miss her this year...
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