 Poster: A snowHead
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I'm in Champoluc at the weekend and the forecast is glacial. -24 and -37 with windchill. I've got lots of base layers, mid layers and windproof layers, plus I ski in a helmet. The question is, what else can I do to make this bearable.
Ideas so far:
- neoprene Canadian-style face masks (make you look like a burglar)
- silk glove liners (make you feel like a lady)
- plenty of vin chaud (make you feel special inside)
- stay indoors (make you feel sad)
Anything else?
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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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- Ditch silk and go merino wool (makes you feel technical).
- Battery powered boot warmers for during the day (makes your toes feel less frostbitten).
- Gel heat pads for gloves and or toes (makes your hands feel less frostbitten, for a while).
- Hire a ski bunny (makes you feel loved, for a while).
- A large mug of 'Man-Up' (makes you feel like chopping wood).
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albinomountainbadger, 'Man-up' sounds like the sort of stuff thats meant to give you wood rather than help you chop it...
Other than that I just got about 250 handwarmers (ok, well, a lot anyway), which I propose to sellotape all over me.
Plus my ski bunny lovely wife is coming so I'm sorted for apres-ski warmth (hopefully).
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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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A hipflask full of good Scotch.
Keeping your core really warm will help keep the extremeities warmer too.
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under a new name, well it is snow-forecast.com, which isn't over-reliable. Looking at the Monterosa site, you're right, they're way off from each other. Metcheck's a bit more reasonable too, but the scary temps were forecast for Saturday/Sunday which the other 2 sites don't forecast. Probably because more than 3 days out is guesswork.
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Under helmet balaclava (makes you look really good)
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Both Meteo France & Suisse are predicting that it will be seriously cold Sunday/Monday, but without giving specific temperatures yet. Plus the French one says the North wind will be "insupportable" - probably best translated as "unbearable"
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Julian T, so I don't think I'll tell my wife that.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Hot chocolate with rum and enjoy the sensation of your runny nose freezing. You don't get the opportunity that often 
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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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gryfon, frozen boogies!
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