 Poster: A snowHead
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Crikey that's looking patchy.... Hope the forecast snow makes a difference.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Steady to heavy rain nearly all night long in St Martin, still hammering it down. There may be a lot of snow up top 
Good for the depths but the current view and conditions will not be tempting me out today.
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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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wow! a lot of brown pistes there! what kind of altitude are the patchy shots taken at?
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shoogly, most of the "brown" shots were in Les Menuires which last week was the brownest of the lot due to it's aspect, heightwise probably 2000m? Stick to the north facing valleys and you'll be OK!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Thursday, 17-3-2011
Late Wednesday night the snowfall started again. It varied between light and moderate.
The whole day the light snowfall continued untill 18.00.
Skiing was very heavy in the fresh wet snowlayer of about 20 cm. Moreover the visibility was very poor.
Sometimes less then 25 meters. If the sun comes back this type of snow on the lower slopes will disappear very soon
Going down the mountains in the afternoon to Moutiers for shopping the snow transformed into rain.
The pictures of this Thursday can be seen at :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/123_456/sets/72157626163197743/
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Yay! I am well excited now. Anyone got any tips for the runs we HAVE to do?
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JERUSALEM down to St Martin
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| franga wrote: |
| JERUSALEM down to St Martin |
Had lot's of small pebbles on the top steeper section last week, hopefully new snow will have covered them enough, and it was very slushy at the bottom just before St Martin 2
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Fabulous day, great snow, softening lower down, quite historic lunch at the superb L'Ours Blanc in LM. Lots of moguls in the afternoon but great fun. A very good dump up top has improved things hugely, lower runs still suffering.
Did I mention we have had a great day. Thanks to snowheads for that lunch suggestion, can be no where better on a sunny day than that terrace with the ambiance and food. Black tie service at self serve prices.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Frosty the Snowman, glad you enjoyed L'Ours Blanc, unfortunately didn't get there last week but good memories of it
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Frosty the Snowman, I must try L'Ours Blanc in LM on the Famliy Bash. Where exactly is it in LM ?
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Frosty the Snowman, 
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You know it makes sense.
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Friday, 18-3-2011
At 3000 meter 25 cm fresh snow and below 1800 meter nothing.
Early in the morning perfect pistes on the higher slopes.
During the day the temperatures rose very fast and at the end of the day on all pistes below 2400 meter "soup".
The sun was shining the whole day with some clouds in the valleys.
The pictures of this Friday can be seen at :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/123_456/sets/72157626295145668/
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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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| geepee wrote: |
| Frosty the Snowman, I must try L'Ours Blanc in LM on the Famliy Bash. Where exactly is it in LM ? |
The building at the bottom is L'Ours Blanc (white bear)
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Poster: A snowHead
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Oh, that's the place where we rocked up really late one day, not having had any lunch and hoping for some food. The chef had gone home and the place was pretty deserted, so we said no worries - but they insisted on rustling up some huge and delicious sandwiches for us. Lovely people, must go back and have a proper meal next time.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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Hurtle, You've added another good reason to try it.
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Saturday, 19-3-2011
It was snowing nearly the whole day.
Between 12.00 and 13.00 it seemed to be stopped with some minor sunny spells.
But it started snowing again until the end of the afternoon.
The snow on the pistes above 2300 meter is good, although the visibility was bad.
Sometimes you skied between and through the clouds on the nearly empty pistes.
The pictures of this Saturday can be seen at :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/123_456/sets/72157626301618824/
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Sunday, 20-3-2011
A wonderfull day and what a difference with yesterday.
Fresh snow, well prepared pistes, sunshine and in the afternoon some big cumulus clouds.
It is very quiet everywhere with exception of Val Thorens.
The pictures of this Sunday can be seen at :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/123_456/sets/72157626309429608/
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Lovely!
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Monday, 21-3-2011
A beautiful sunny day with nice clouds.
During the night the temperature dropped far below zero and that means that the wet snow becomes ice.
Only during a short period, roughly between 11 and 13 the lower pistes are pleasent for skiing.
The coming days will be nice with every day higher temperatures, but freezing during the nights
The pictures of this Monday can be seen at :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/123_456/sets/72157626319966276/
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Tuesday, 22-3-2011
Also this second day of the spring was a beautiful one.
Perfect blue sky with smaller clouds than yesterday.
Good snow on the higher pistes. The north facing Choucas piste in Mottaret was nearly perfect with hardly nobody.
Ice in the morning on the lower slopes and soup in the afternoon.
The pictures of this Tuesday can be seen at :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/123_456/sets/72157626327123098/
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123_456, Great pics - thanks - can;t wait we will soon be there...
Having not tried them before what are the runs on the west of Les Menuires like from Point De La Masse?
These should be in shade & hopefully a lfaring a little better ??
Noisey
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Wow.
In some pics there looks to be loads of snow and in others....nothing. What is the town in the picture above? Les Menuires?
Is it still worth buying a full 3 valley ski pass?
It does look like I might be bringing some snow with me though!
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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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....I can see my hotel 
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| dave_m wrote: |
Wow.
In some pics there looks to be loads of snow and in others....nothing. What is the town in the picture above? Les Menuires?
Is it still worth buying a full 3 valley ski pass?
It does look like I might be bringing some snow with me though! |
Indeed this is Les Menuires seen from Val Thorens
3-Valley liaisons are still open
Forecast : snow above 1800 meter during the coming weekend!
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You know it makes sense.
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I'm going to VT this weekend, hope the snow forecast is true!! Can't wait!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Thursday, 24-3-2011
The same beautifull weather as before with slightly higher temperatures.
At 2000 meter it was more then 10 degrees.
Excellent springtype snow on piste Teppes in St Martin de Belleville.
More and more big brown patches on the slopes below 2400 meter.
The pictures of this Thursday can be seen at :
http://www.flickr.com/photos/123_456/sets/72157626215924187/
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Poster: A snowHead
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dave_m, We were also over in 'Les 3 Vallees' and to be honest, in La Masse area and most of Les Menuires the snow was not very good. Wet and soft. Up in Val Thorens and Orelle the conditions were much better. Down in Meribel valley there are few runs open lower down. Going down to Saint Martin de Belleville there is only one piste that is open and it is very wet and heavy in the afternoon. My friends who came over from Courchevel to join us said that conditions there were a little better on that side than lower in the other valleys, but most people are heading for Val Thorens and Orelle so the lifts queues are quite bad in some places. having said all that, we still had a great time, but depending on your level of skiing, getting a '3 Valley pass' may or may not be worth the money. Hard one! Hope this helps. See my facebook page for pics later.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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7 of us are going out there on saturday, we are staying low down in brides les bains, I assume we will need the three valley pass if we are going from brides up through meribel to val thorens?
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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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bigtoe, yes, as you will need to pass through Meribel area into Les Menuires and Val Thorens - have fun
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| snowcrazy wrote: |
| dave_m, Going down to Saint Martin de Belleville there is only one piste that is open and it is very wet and heavy in the afternoon. |
I'm sure that below St Martin 2 there is only one run into St Martin?
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cheers stevew, i thought as much.
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I think the difference in cost is not significant enough....(19 euros I think) so I may as well get a full pass.
I think my plan might be to ski around a little in the morning, and then end up in VT the afternoon.....let hope the planned snow turns up.
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Heading out to Les Menuires tonight, really hope the temps drop a bit so that we don't have 3 days of rain lower down.. but otherwise it looks good for the VT area!
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Heading out to Les Menuires tonight, really hope the temps drop a bit so that we don't have 3 days of rain lower down.. but otherwise it looks good for the VT area!
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La chaineMeteo (http://france.lachainemeteo.com/meteo-france/previsions-meteo-france-2.php) are just saying iffy weather for sunday now and even that maybe only over night.
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I always assume lower resorts will suffer more, yet this web cam suggest plenty of white stuff.
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FAQ
but I can't wait.