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Thinking of a trip to Courchevel in December, when does the snow normally arrive?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Jan 3rd, late afternoon. 
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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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anyone else?
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Sorry. Couldn't resist. Clearly, I don't know.
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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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i have skied opening week a few times and always been skiing. one time delayed due to too much snow. can be thin but snow cannons are plentiful...
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It arrived on Sunday night.
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I have booked a week there starting 12th dec. Although this is the first week the TO go the resort opens a couple of weeks earlier from what I can gather. I am keeping my fingers crossed.
Edited to correct typos.
Last edited by Then you can post your own questions or snow reports... on Tue 17-08-10 8:54; edited 1 time in total
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speedy, we usually do A Val Thorens weekend at start of December. Last year was good, year before was epic and year before that was bare. You're really in the lap of the snow Gods.
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I've never had a problem with snow in the Three Valleys after around the 2nd week of December. 1st week of January has usually been historically good too.
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It's already snowing in the tarentaise above 2000m...
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| jonm wrote: |
| Jan 3rd, late afternoon. |
2pm last year wasn't it?
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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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speedy, 1850 opened on the weekend of the 5/6 Dec last year if I remember correctly? However, not all the lifts were going for the first week. 1650 opens later in December.
Snow has been really mixed in Dec. A few seasons ago you needed a pair of rock hoppers for the first few weeks. Season before last it dumped snow for the first couple of weeks after opening with fantastic conditions. Last year it was pretty good and I had some good skiing the week before Xmas.
From memory I can only remember one really bad December. Runs were open but they were ice sheets and it was stoney. The artificial snow has helped in recent years if the natural stuff is a little thin on the ground! I've had some great early season skiing in Courchevel with good piste conditions and no people.
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last years snow report will be of good use to you - this year will either be the same or different
http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=55849
personally, i've never understood why people book so far in advance to ski at that time of year. better waiting to see what conditions are like, where has the best conditions and booking a last minute bargain... no?
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You know it makes sense.
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shoogly said
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this year will either be the same or different
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Is that just for Courchevel or all resorts 
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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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Poster: A snowHead
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Cheers Guys, I suppose if I was to ask were I would be "guaranteed" snow then I would get the same sort of answers. As for booking in advance; I just like to be prepared!!!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Look to the glaciers then?
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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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| shoogly wrote: |
last years snow report will be of good use to you - this year will either be the same or different
http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=55849
personally, i've never understood why people book so far in advance to ski at that time of year. better waiting to see what conditions are like, where has the best conditions and booking a last minute bargain... no? |
This is what we used to do, pre-kids. However, now we have 2 children (currently one is 4 and the other is 11months old), we need to book the childcare, and we are very fussy when it comes to rooms etc as we don't want to share a room with our girls, as my hubby gets really grumpy if he doesn't get a decent nights sleep. Once they are older, we may well go back to our old way of booking holidays etc.
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| speedy wrote: |
| I just like to be prepared!!! |
you can be just as prepared going last minute as you can booking in advance...
as long as you've saved the cash, have the time off work and have your gear packed, then you're just as prepared as the next person.
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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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More fresh snow on the Saulire today, along with a few snowmen 
Courchevel 1850 official opening date is normally around the 15th December, but will often have limited opening a week before that, conditions permitting.
For the last three seasons, lifts started in the Courchevel and Meribel valleys around 6th December, and conditions were reasonable
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| NickyJ wrote: |
I have booked a week there starting 12th dec. Although this is the first week the TO go the resort opens a couple of weeks earlier from what I can gather. I am keeping my fingers crossed.
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As a general guide, you should expect between roughly 2% and 25% of the runs to be open at that time of year.
Val Thorens, nearby, typically has better cover in early Dec, as its base is about 500 meters higher.
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If there is no snow at least you can enjoy the £8 a pint beer 
Last edited by Then you can post your own questions or snow reports... on Thu 19-08-10 12:53; edited 1 time in total
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| Whitegold wrote: |
As a general guide, you should expect between roughly 2% and 25% of the runs to be open at that time of year. |
50% - 75% probably more accurate
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Patch, Whitegold likes to make definitive statements, whether they are accurate or not seems to be less important
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| Patch wrote: |
| Whitegold wrote: |
As a general guide, you should expect between roughly 2% and 25% of the runs to be open at that time of year. |
50% - 75% probably more accurate |
Patch, that is more what I was hoping / expecting. We stayed in Courcheval 1550 the last week of the seasno (according to TO's anyway) and there was plenty to ski. We went out the week before christmas to St Anton one year and had loads of snow, though I think it was an exceptional year that year. In both cases not all runs were open but at least 80%.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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skimottaret, what a lovely photo!
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| Hurtle wrote: |
| skimottaret, what a lovely photo! |
And I thought the art of table lamp balancing was lost forever!
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You know it makes sense.
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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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There was apparently a light dusting of snow up on tops yesterday. Slight snow showers forecast for today higher up. Certainly gone much colder. Was out in garden in shorts and t-shirt few days ago, now considering putting heating back on! Fingers crossed for loads of snow early on!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Was out in garden in shorts and t-shirt few days ago, now considering putting heating back on!
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Like that here on the south coast of England, too! Autumn is arriving. Fingers crossed......
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Actually just seen quite a dusting of the 'old white stuff' on the mountains this morning now clouds have cleared. Time to bring my plants in I think!
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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'd go to val thorens if you are going early in the season. courcheval 1850 maybe second best for snow. We went to val thorens for new year once and the snow was fine there but not very good in the meribel area.
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