 Poster: A snowHead
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Just spent 1.5 hours writing a review on Serre Chevalier in great depth. Finished it and clicked preview at which point it deleted all my work and I've lost it.
So b8llocks to it
So here it is again
It was fantastic!!
Gaz
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Gaz_H, bad luck. Very annoying. glad you had a good time. 
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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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Always highlight, left click and copy before you click post or preview. Browsers are notorious for losing text.
Thanks for your review, though. I'll read it later when I have more time. 
Last edited by Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see? on Wed 27-01-10 23:47; edited 1 time in total
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Gaz_H, . That is all you need to say about it. You're right it is fantastic
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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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Gaz_H, I've never been, but on the strength of that review, I'm definitely going one day! Thank you. 
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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| PJSki wrote: |
Always highlight, left click and copy before you click post or preview. Browsers are notorious for losing text.
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I always do that.
Except for the times when I need to 
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Ok - As its in demand here are the edited highlights
Monetier / Villenueve the best. Monetier v quite
followed by Chantelmerle
Briancon the sunny quiet side
The best runs
Cucumelle
Clot Gautier
Casse Du Beouf
Luc Alphand
All the runs off the top of the Cibouit lift
both runs off the Aiguillette lift
All runs off the Clot and Mea drags
Worst runs
Tabuc
Glaise
Bez, too busy, use Casse Du Beouf if you can
Apres
Good bands at the grotte, saw MuntFinger last week - fantastic
Le Frog - Crap. Miserable Scotish owner - actually saw people leave because of her moods. Not welcoming at all
Station in Chantlemerle owned by Clive Harper who has a band called Harper Brothers very good tongue in cheek punky type band
Excellent restaurant in the old town of Villenueve - Le Levre Blanc stand out
Gaz
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| PJSki wrote: |
Always highlight, left click and copy before you click post or preview. Browsers are notorious for losing text.
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I always do that.
Except for the times when I need to |
You and me both.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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I thought it was only me who took ages over trip reviews! I'm only half way through a review of my trip to L2A last week.
At least spreading it over multiple days means i'll never get stung by the text eating browser gremlins.
Glad you enjoyed your trip!
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How about typing the review into Word, Wordpad, Notepad etc (and saving it of course) and then when review is complete just copy and paste into the Forum?
Mr WiseAfterTheEvent
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| Gaz_H wrote: |
Worst runs
Tabuc
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You can not be serious 
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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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pistemeister, Gaz_H, Yeah its one of my favourite runs, can I ask why?
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Christopher,
The only reasons I can think of for slotting the Tabuc into the "Worst runs " category would be:-
It is not black enough for long enough.
There are no chair lifts up the middle of the piste (so you can shout to your mates in the chairs on their way back up).
It is too narrow for people who like motorway pistes.
Or you get get lulled into a Sarenne style false sense that it is easy after the schuss at the start.
But I am baffled why anyone would not think it is one of the best runs in the valley.
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You know it makes sense.
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Gaz_H,
Done that as well.
Glad you liked Serre Che though like the others a bit baffled by your opinion on Tabuc which is a great run though I guess the lack of snowmaking means it can get a bit scratchy in places if it has not snowed for a while.
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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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pistemeister, Christopher
The reason I noted Tabuc as one of the worst is because you have a certain expectation of a black and this one didn't live up to it. There where a lot of other Blacks and Red's that were far more enjoyable.
G
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Poster: A snowHead
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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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I thought Tabuc was quite fun. You have gun it to get over the uphill part and have your wits about you as you tackle the steeper narrower sections which were heavily churned and mogulled when I did it and - shock of shocks - had some people on it. Then you get a twisting and turning narrow track through the tree lined valley including a couple of bridges over a stream and finally a rolling run back to the bottom.
I agree that Bez isn't the most inviting of routes to the bottom. Could it be because the snow is mainly artificial there? It certainly deteriorates in quality as you get closer to the Frejus chairlift.
Serre Chevalier could also do with a few more fast lifts and get rid of the few remaining drags . It seems that once you get to 2000m in Monetier you are stuck with a long slow transfer anywhere else.
Also, it isn't immediately obvious from the piste map, in fact not clear at all, that coming back to Monetier from Villeneuve you still have to take the Cucumelle lift to get high enough to get back to the home slopes. It's no great problem but is a bit misleading.
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