 Poster: A snowHead
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From pistehors.com newsletter last night:
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Sorry to bring bad news but I would like to draw your attention to a series of accidents in the French Mountains, both the Alps and Pyrenees which have lead to six deaths from avalanches over the last few days and a fatal crevasse fall for a British snowboarder on the Vallée Blanche route.
After a long period of severe cold, that has slowed down the stabilisation of the snowpack and created unstable layers there are now spring like conditions with temperatures expected to reach 20 degrees in the valleys tomorrow. The warm weather can lead to wet slow avalanches as the day progesses with east followed by south and west slopes being affected. The strong winds during the winter have left many ridges and summits exposed but there are large accumulations of snow elsewhere with some large slabs present, especially on north sector slopes, these are frequently sitting on weak layers and the bonds may have been weakened by the warming weather.
The warm weather has also weakened snow bridges over crevasses and will lead to icy conditions earlier in the morning.
http://www.pistehors.com/comments/439_0_1_0_C/ - Brit Boarder in VB Crevasse Fall
http://www.pistehors.com/comments/438_0_1_0_C/ - Mt. Thabor Avalanche Kills Two
http://www.pistehors.com/comments/437_0_1_0_C/ - Search Resumes for Snowboarder
http://www.pistehors.com/comments/436_0_1_0_C/ - Savoie Avalanche Claims Three Skiers
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| A 25 year old British snowboarder has been killed after falling 30 meters into a crevasse while surfing the Vallée Blanche above Chamonix. The man was with four friends at 3,400 meters altitude close to the Gros Rognon when the snow bridge covering the crevasse collapsed. |
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I've temporarily made this a sticky posting, because all snowheads should be made aware of the changes in conditions currently occuring.
Please if you are going to be on the mountains anytime in the near future take the changing weather conditions into account, we have no wish to loose any of our members to avalanches or cravasses
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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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good advice DGO 
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Last week, in ski-touring based at Realp (near Andermatt) and the Rotondo Hut, with a UIAGM guide:
A cornice fell away about 1.5 metres on my left.
The guide triggered off a thin slab avalanche as he led a new phase in some skiing (he was OK, he was skiing high).
We skied across one or 2 day old avalanche debris (very hard icy lumps about the size of grapefruits, fortunaltely leaving something like a cobbled surface) as we came down a narrow, steep-sided valley.
Certainly no places to be without a guide.
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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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D G Orf, Good on ya. Just yesterday I refused an off piste lesson because I was only available in the afternoons - much too risky at the moment.
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2 to 3 in Switzerland accorinding to SLF
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There was an wet-snow avalanche on a south-west facing slope close to where we were ski touring in the Belledonne mountains at around 13h30 and the rescue services helicopter made a number of rotations. It seems people were involved and is a reminder to keep off those warm slopes after midday.
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davidof,
South facing slopes in these temperatures and after midday...!!!
There must have been slopes going off all over the place, at least there were this time last week in Engelberg when the temperature was high
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Heard it was raining last night in Belleplagne at 2100 but snowing up top.
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