 Poster: A snowHead
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Just had a text from Bergmeister, who drove from Munich to Hintertux this morning:
- It's dumping snow to low levels - freezing level around Mayrhofen.
- 20 cm at Lanersbach (1400m-ish?).
- Rear wheel drive hire car sliding all over and abandoned at Lanersbach (1400m-ish?) with 20cm lying in the village.
Webcams are also showing that Tignes is very white.
Bring it on!! 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Yes, it's very wintry, but it'll soon be gone..... round here, anyway (1550m). will stay white at Tignes, no doubt. It's white down to about 1100m here. But it'll soon be gone. And did I mention it will soon be gone? There are still cows out round here, poor dabs.
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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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mountainaddict, And I drove the other way and have to say it was not at all nice. And I had my snow tyres fitted last week!
I only live at about 800m and we had had a good 10cms when I left at 09:30 this morning. It was still snowing heavily then and looked set to stay. This was NOT the heavy snow predicted for later in the week by the way! Rather a sudden drop in the FL overnight that allowed the sleet to fall as snow. I put my bins out last night at about 23:00 and it was not cold at all! So quite a shock when the light came round at about 06:00  when I just glanced out of the window while waiting for my PC to fire up!
It is still snowing quite heavily and plenty of people have been caught out without winter equipment! This week is the traditional one for changing to winter tyres!
BTW am picking up that the Germans are looking to charge 80 Euro and 1 point for driving without winter tyres. whether that is per axle/tyre or car is not yet clear. The law could be ratified by 5th November when the German Upper House sits again. Then it could be enforced from 1st December.
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anyone know someone in the Monterosa valley in Italy? apparently its been snowing real hard over the last couple of days and the webcams seem to be promising. Freezing level is set too rise above 3000m mid week 
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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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Yeah confirmed heavy snow in La Tania & Courchevel all sunday & sunday night..looking pretty awesome..
over and out
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Freezing level is set too rise above 3000m mid week
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It's October.  It's pretty, it's exciting, it means SFA about snow for the ski season. Don't panic.
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pam, your pessimistic views continue to amuse me, your the only adult and realist amongst a bunch of kids 
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Bergmeister Update:
He's reporting thigh deep powder amid zero visibility at Hintertux. Whether the snow's here to stay or not, he says it's gonna be just amazing when the weather clears!!
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Up on the glaciers they're going to be having a ball! sunshine forecast for the next few days, in France at any rate (though as meteo France seems to be on strike I am relying on snow-forecast for that; they've been pretty well 100% right for the last few weeks).
milnerhome, my views are not pessimistic. Realistic, is the word. Plus it was you who said the FL is going up to 3000m. That wasn't "pessimistic"; it was presumably based on looking at the forecasts which are neither pessimistic or optimistic, just computers churning numbers.
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St Gervais (location for our January trip) is looking very white with snow covering the camera at Mont D'Arbois at 1850. I looked this morning and 'twas green where now is white It may well be gone in a day or two, but looks lovely for now
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Tignes Les Boisses, 1850m, less than an hour ago
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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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Colin, Why does it say "This photo was taken on January 25, 2005 using a Pentax Optio WP" if this was taken an hour ago?
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surfstar, cos the clock on my camera is wrong, that's the view from my current bedroom
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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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mountainaddict, 110cms reported on the Zugspitze this morning by German TV. so the amounts on the austrian glaciers nearby should be mega! 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Samerberg Sue
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the amounts on the austrian glaciers nearby should be mega!
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Yep - our man in Hintertux reports clear weather and 100cm of powder this morning! Amazing!!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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yay yay yay - 20cms in Les Coches!!!!!!!!!!
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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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Make the most of it cause there is a big SW wind coming to screw it all up!
Go hike the nearest hill...now!
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