just as a comparison (the video is a bit fuzzy for the first 5 seconds)
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.
there has been snow at Montgenevre this week and this morning on the town centre webcam the first snow make up the main resort piste could be seen being tested, later shots show its effect on the hill side
So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
View from the office window this morning
You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
davidof, nice
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
For anyone in Grenoble, the 7 laux will open tomorrow (beating The Lecht yet again, sorry guys
Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead
davidof, are you popping up for a ski?
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
kitenski wrote:
davidof, are you popping up for a ski?
No I've got meetings tomorrow.
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?
hi davidoff - wish i was there! back in the Uk for now Will be following this wonderful thread throughout the coming season: and will certainly be back in the area again as soon as possible. We never did make it out for that beer!
Dumping it down in Puy St Vincent(near Serre Chevalier)at the moment. Snowline above 1600m but at least 20/30 cms.
The southern French Alps looks like it's putting down a good base which bodes well.
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
If it is going to be a cold dry winter in the North my money is on the Southern Alps, again, esp. the PSV/Montgenevre/Serre-Che snow triangle.
Snow level is around 2300-2500 meters around Grenoble at the moment . Will drop to 1500m tomorrow.
After all it is free
After all it is free
After last weekend's foehn which stripped all the snow below 1800 m (N) and 2300 m (S) it snowed again on Monday to repeat the cycle.
This may finally be the true start of winter, certainly the pisteurs at Allevard thought so and were busy preparing the pistes for opening
Gosh, is that a ski resort? My mother's family hid there during the War.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
Nice place to hide. The ski club dates from the early 1900s, the lifts from the 1950s. Here is some video if the "wee mite" skiing at the end of march last season.
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.
Any news on villard?
So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
davidof, lovely (and the wee mite too!)
You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
great idea this thread obviously we don't want to make too much noise about the less well known ones though or some of those paying through the nose for mainstream resorts might cotton onto the lack of inflated pricing, small queues and good snow lol
After some fairly serious dumpage this week a number of resorts are opening on Saturday. First of all les 7 Laux has been open for some time but is opening parts of all three sectors. There is around a 60cm of snow at the top of the resort and 40cm at the base of the pistes.
This photo is from yesterday looking over at the Bedina bowl and the Jas de Lievres summit
There has been another 30cm since then.
Today I was up at St Hilaire du Touvet leaving a few tracks in the 30cm of pow, the piste patrol took great delight in rapidly bashing these down to nice uniform corduroy
The resort opens tomorrow, almost unprecedented.
Le Collet d'allevard also opens partially tomorrow. You can see the piste preparation in one of the photos above.
It is quite cold at the moment, the powder is light and fluffy, conditions are like February. Take care off piste, there are still some rocks not far from the surface and avalanche risk at altitude with some windslab forming over the last couple of days above 2000m. There were strong winds at the start of the recent snow cycle.
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?
In the Massif Central La loge des Gardes (the guard house?) is opening tomorrow. I believe that this is the closest ski resort to Paris.
Also open is Aillons-Margériaz in the Bauges (another regular early opener as is Montgenevre in the Hautes-Alpes with 1 meter at the top of the slopes).
Auron and Isola 2000 are also open.
In the Pyrenees you can ski at Barèges / La Mongie, Cauterets, La Pierre St Martin, Les Angles, Luz Ardiden, Piau Engaly and Porté Puymorens.
Grand Bo. in the HS is also open as is la Clusaz.
That's it for the small resorts.
Enjoy while you can, torrential rain forecast to 2300m on Tuesday.
Hi davidof, Just picked up on this thread. my pops has a chalet out there so i go out to les 7 laux quite a lot, with all the snow around its a shame i have to wait another 3 weeks to get out there!
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
davidof, who's forecasting that? Seeing snow everywhere at the moment.
Meteo France is forecast a lot of warm air and rain coming up from the med on Tuesday. We'll have to see what the snowline is but the local resorts say that some high level rain is a good thing for them to form a base for the rest of the season so do not despair.
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Le "tot" on the pistes of St Hills yesterday morning
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Yesterday headed up to the Col de Porte with Anny for an afternoon under the sun. We toured to the summit of Chamchaude
Still a few rocks near the ridge - the wind had worked the snow and there was only just enough fresh at that altitude to hide but not cover the rocks. A few meters lower down and we found some great snow condtions.
The Col de Porte is not yet open for the winter and there is no information on the website. Wait and see. It is a good little ski area and the rumour was that the chair lift which accesses "secret powder bowl" would reopen this year. However there have been a lot of legal disputes as part of the ski area lies in a neighbouring communes land and they want to take over the area.
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Lovely. I really want to explore more of these this season
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, that could favour the South/Montgenevre or even Scotland.
