 Poster: A snowHead
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While its warming up around the UK and the snow is starting to melt, there’s still lots of it around both here and in Europe. Here’s some more reports from snowHeads who are lucky enough to be out in it. ...
ltaly:
In the Sella Ronda thread, admin reports “Loads of fresh snow”. He goes on to say “Pistes all in perfect condition, firm and grippy”. In Courmayeur “excellent” is how skisimon describes the conditions, whilst in Cervinia Arctic Fox reports temps of –27 and excellent snow. In Sestriere pjheystacky reported excellent conditions when he left, and “snow all the way to … Turin”
France:
fairfield munchkin has just returned from Alpe d’Huez, and reports a foot of powder after Fridays snowfall. Snow Time says the conditions were “powder-tastic”! davidof reports that it’s “not too cold” in St Hilaire du Touvet, “the slopes were actually better lower down”. Claire33m reported that the “snow was great and plentiful around the Flaine Region”, whilst the “snow is fine above 1300m in Morillon” reported m00958. Lizzard says “first lifts and a foot of powder over groomed pistes” in Les 2 Alpes. In The Three Valleys offpisteskiing reports “Some fresh, but not the apocalyptic snowfall that was predicted”. “Another beautiful morning in Tignes … The cold overnight temperatures are ensuring that the off piste snow remains light and fluffy whilst the pistes are just magnificent” says stewart woodward. In La Plagne Mouth reports “great piste conditions … with sunny skies”. “Great snow, great weather, quiet resort. Just perfect” says rob@rar in Les Arcs. In the Avoriaz / Morzine / Les Gets thread, mememememe says “Pistes in great nick and plenty of powder and deep stuff off the sides”. In Serre Chevalier frostynutz says “Great snow and terrain. Amazing amount of clean powder lines still to be grabbed 5 days after the last storm”
Switzerland:
In Verbier RPF says of the pistes: “They are well covered now but you'll want sharp edges and not be afraid to use them”
Austria:
Ghost Dog “Spoke to pal [who is in Mayrhofen] …was cold, icy … was snowing this morning”, whilst boabski has just back from Kappl “Great week of sunshine and mega cold temps which kept the snow in good nick” whilst Stanton reports that “All Pistes/Ski Routes are in excellent condition, snow making overnight makes the pistes even softer.” In St Anton. Carolyn reports “beautiful snow conditions” in Niederau. In Gasteinertal Speedster reports that “some of the runs are getting pretty bare in places” whilst in Fieberbrunn espri reported steady snow. waynos reports much the same in Schladming as does Byron Gates in Zell am See. Mafketel says that the pistes in Kitzbuhel “were very well prepared, very hard, however since there was a lack of snow, grass and stones could be seen on almost all pistes” In Zurs owen4220 reports “Icy patches”. In Westendorf Samerberg Sue reported a “very good base” and “snowing lightly all day”.
Bulgaria:
MyBrovets is very happy to report that “with temperatures remaining cold for the last few days it's no surprise (and a big relief) that the snow has started falling” in Brovets.
Pyrenees:
In the Grandvalira thread, snowsteve says that they’ve had “three days of snow that tailed off yesterday…” He goes on to say “gorgeous blue skies, freezing cold temperatures, well groomed pistes, and loads of powder”! Ski Guide reports 30cm of fresh snow on his car in Bagneres de Luchon and says that “the central Pyrenees are in very good shape indeed”! samtheskier reports that “it’s looking pretty good” and “skiing here [is] a joy” in Saint Lary Soulain
Ireland:
In the ‘Dublin Mountain Thread’ Peter Ross says that there’s 50cm plus of powder.
Wales:
In Snowdonia Mark Handford reports “variable snow conditions”. surfski and david@mediacopy found some runs in Mid Wales\Shropshire Hills. In the Brecon Beacons Mike Pow says that the snow has started to fall again…
England:
The snow at The Snow Centre in Hemel Hempstead is just as good outside as it is in, with Pete Gillespie skiing the roof! paulmck reports “lovely skier-packed powder” at Bowles Dry Ski Slope. glacier queen managed to get some skiing in on the outskirts of Brighton, whilst Weathercam found some “almost demanding” slopes just outside Findon. Further North at Yad Moss, oldagepredator reports strong winds. He says “If everything stays as mobile as it is then all the Pennine tows will continue to build and build cover.”
Scotland:
Winterhighland reports a ‘ride anywhere powder bowl’ and suggests that “We're moving from epic, to historic … a South East gale forecast for mid-week, will pile huge volumes of snow off the tops into the Ski Area so once it settles down…!” In Cairngorm firstracks reports “lots of avalanches … so I wouldn't necessarily recommend straying from the pistes until conditions change.” moffatross describes Glencoe as “amazing”! II reports that he’s “just had 3 of the best days I've ever had skiing at Lecht and Cairngorm.
Northern Ireland:
“Incredible conditions”! says johnboy on the N.I. thread, and rogg says that he “had a slide down "mount' Callan in Clare today. Windloaded west face was about 18" to waist deep!”
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Mon 18-01-10 10:11; edited 1 time in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Do we not already have one of these threads 
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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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Do we not already have one of these threads in the form of the snow reports section and weatherhead emails
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