 Poster: A snowHead
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It's snowing fairly hard in Samoens village just now and has been for the last 4 hours or so. We had rain before that so there should be quite a bit higher up now. Who ordered all the saturday powder days 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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any updates pls???
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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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clear blue skies, winding this morning so routes over to Flain closed this morning, some of the lower runs icy!
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Just back from Half Term week in the GM. Had a wonderful week. Mixed sun/cloud then some some for a lovelt quiet ski on Satruday.
Generally good conditions, but the inevitable crowds at this time of year means the busy sections are getting bumpy/icy in the afternoons. The new lifts seem to have really helped. Not a single hold up in Samoens all week... Carroz (Molliets) was brilliant too... the only major clogs were Morillion (as per usual... they need to sort that next) and the gondola in Les Carroz. But overall, for half term it was OK.
Almost everything is open and skiable... the only doddy bits are really low down, but still skiable.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Just back from Flaine - it was snowing fairly hard when we left on Saturday at 7pm. Snow in Flaine was fine, with lots of new snow on Thursday / Friday. Earlier in the week the runs down to Morrilon and other lower villages were a bit worn - skiable, but plenty of stones showing through.
Queues weren't a problem at all - the biggest queues seemed to be for the lifts carrying people from Les Carroz etc. into Flaine in the morning (e.g. Verlan) and back again in the evening (e.g. Corbalanche) and the runs weren't that busy given it was half term.
Snow and runs definitely better higher up in Flaine and the new snow on Thursday / Friday was a delight.
Hopefully that and the new snow falling on Saturday will make it even better and also give some more cover to those nice tree runs down to the lower villages.
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Oh god, come on snow!!!! Going for a week this Sunday to Les Carroz so please please please give me some positive news!!!!
Have heard some reports of rain at Les Carroz this week - please tell me things are going to improve?
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rossco, Don't panic... all will be well.
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marcellus, stevo_the_saddler, CGB, Thank you! I can smile as all being well will be there soon.... 
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skimum, Trust me... there will be some snow for you to ski on 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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stevo_the_saddler, please do tell us more............. i wish i shared your confidence!!
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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'll be there the week after brianr. Hope there's some snow left - not liking the wigglies!
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You know it makes sense.
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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 was up skiing this afternoon and so far things are holding up fairly well. There was heavy rain down at Morillion 1100/les carroz, and although the pistes were heavy, they were holding up very well. Above 1500m the snow was accumulating quickly and i've heard reports of lots of new snow over at Flaine so i wouldnt worry too much yet... The biggest problem today was the wet snow sticking to everything - i'm sure i finished every run about 10kg heavier.
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Poster: A snowHead
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paulmclean85, That'll be the cheese fondue... not the 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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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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rossco, I'm hoping the Sat rain doesn't materialise to much...pray that the forecasted deepening low tracks more northwards meaning we'll have some fresh snow on arrival. It can easily change and I've been to Flaine before when the freezing temps were above 3000m and it didn't really make a huge amount of difference...although it wasn't pissing down 
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I was over in Flaine this afternoon and can confirm that the snow on the Front de Niege looked good!
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Thanks marcellus, good to hear.
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Happy to admit to a touch of Weather Forecast OCD - at least things looking less severe than a few days ago - any reports on piste conditions between now and Sat mucho welcome
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Just spoken to our chalet hosts and they have told me not to forget my chains as they are expecting some heavy weather from now until Saturday.....
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Lots of wind high up, so links to flaine from les carroz and morillon shut. Snow is very very soft and spring like. Some quite big queues for lifts, especially gron and the telecabine in les carroz. In morillon the red bergin is brown near the bottom. Quite a few bare patches appearing between the bumps, virtually everything is getting rather bumped up due to soft snow and umber of people. Combe is very rocky just below gron.
Just started to rain hard in village as i left les carroz at 3.00pm, was snowing at top of gondola, and is still raining now down in cluses.
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I went for a quick blast this afternoon and can't add much to what has been said about the overhead conditions. It was grim. I was stuck in the Samoens area because of closed lifts and everything i skiied was soft but still holding up well so nothing to worry about above 1600m. Snow falling above 1800m, rain at 1600m and a bit of everything in between! The temperature gauge outside my apartment (aka a pile of snow i step over every day) reads 'melting like buggery'...but thats at 800m so who cares? overall things are fine and lots of fun to be had 
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Lots of wind high up, so links to flaine from les carroz and morillon shut. Snow is very very soft and spring like. Some quite big queues for lifts, especially gron and the telecabine in les carroz. In morillon the red bergin is brown near the bottom. Quite a few bare patches appearing between the bumps, virtually everything is getting rather bumped up due to soft snow and umber of people. Combe is very rocky just below gron.
Just started to rain hard in village as i left les carroz at 3.00pm, was snowing at top of gondola, and is still raining now down in cluses. |
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I am not feeling very confident for our holiday next week
Looks like we have picked the worst week to go.....
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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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paulmclean85, you don't perchance work for the tourist office do you :bleh:
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No
Just my first ski holiday for 4 years and am gutted at reports of heavy rain!! 
Am looking at Snow Forecast's 6 day report and it looks like the rain is going to ease up, just hope the temperature drops some!
I kind of get the feeling that we'll be getting the lifts back down to the village rather than skiing down?
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You know it makes sense.
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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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rossco, It will be fine... don't panic.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Thanks for the link and reassurance guys!
Always feel responsible when I have researched and arranged a holiday for 5 people if the weather isn't as it should be....
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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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errrm legue, hate to direct you to an atlas.. chamonix valley is the next one and The Grand Massif often has very different weather to it
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marcellus, nah i don't but i'm sure i could do a job for them. Things arent that bad though...not yet anyway. Or maybe my optimism comes from being brought up skiing in Scotland where rocks, mud and dead animals on a piste are 'part of the fun'?!
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marcellus, the GM website always uses the Chamonix forecast, in fact Les Carroz has it in full on it's weather forecast page so I imagine it must be the same 
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paulmclean85, glad to hear things aren't that bad.....yet. I'm back tomorrow evening with 7 friends for a long weekend so fingers crossed.
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I'm with marcellus, the weather in the Giffre valley is often very different to Chamonix.
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Well, things seem to be looking up!!
http://www.snow-forecast.com/resorts/Les-Carroz/6day/bot
A little rain saturday night/sunday morning at resort level but then no more forecast, but snow forecast right down to 1140m instead!!
Perhaps I should stop looking at weather reports now that I have found a positive one
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rossco, defo looking a lot better - wind may be a problem Sat and into Sun but apart from, things looking pretty good.
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fortunately no serious damage done.
