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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Interesting, so Whistler had more snow pre-season in November than the Tarentaise managed all year (except La Rosiere which I assume had the usual 20+ m of perfect blower)?
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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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fatbob, La Ros could get 20m of perfect blower overnight but it would still turn to mush if there was a hint of sunlight the next day 
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Niseko Resort Area, Hokkaido, Japan
15.8 m in the village (300m asl)
Considerably more at the peak 1,000 m higher 
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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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roga, Actually his original post had a bigger excerpt covering everywhere which was then edited 
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Those snow fall figures are best taken with pinch of salt...
As there aren't any scientific standards for measuring snow depth over a season.
For example a test site situated on a sheltered hollow will accumulate more snow than a windy ridge line.
Other factors include aspect, altitude, exposure to the sun and snow density.
So making direct comparisons between resort figures is tricky.
Plus the North American figures are usually written by marketing departments.
The Cairngorm figure is a good example - as most snow in Scotland arrives on a strong wind.
Some parts of the mountain will probably have been under 15/20m+ of snow (i,e the ciste gully).
Will other areas such as the fiaciall ridge will have had much much less than the 7m quoted.
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fatbob, well I managed to mention the Tarentaise as well just to keep you happy 
arv, I'll bet it took up a lot of space but at least you've kept the most important bit
Haggis_Trap, very good points but it should also be remembered that one of the unique (certainly in my experience) features over significant parts of the season was the lack of wind, Xmas/New Year comes to mind, which meant that the snow just plastered everything for a while and parts of the mountain were skiable that nobody could remember sliding on ... the conditions at times were full on Alpine to be honest ... and there was a hell of a lot of snow, at one point the only thing I could compare the amount falling to was North America (observing it whilst waiting at Glenmore one morning there was a measurable 2+ inches build up on my car mirror in around 40/45 minutes) and I was as gobsmacked as anyone else I have to admit! You are right though about the drifting, one of the reasons for the first, and subsequent, 'big digs' which redistributed the snow to a massive extent - the blooming gunbarrel was flat most of the season as a result!  Historically though, as I know you know , Scottish skiing takes place on drifted snow so comparing snow depth figures is very difficult as you say.
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Good article.
The Jet Stream sat over southern, not northern, Europe for most of the Winter.
That kept Scotland colder, snowier and stiller.
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