 Poster: A snowHead
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I have just been comparing the last few years snow fall for the resorts I have been to.
I noticed that last year Passo Tonale had average of 450cm top of mountains in Feb, where as Les Arcs had only around 150. This started to make me worry, but then I checked Levi (lapland) for 2008 when I went and it snowed almost every day/night with the snow being the best I have every skiid on, but the forecast only showed 80cm average.
What do the forecasts/reports represnt - can snow be different depending on the resort (not literally), bt do some resorts not need as much snow fall and could still be better than a resort who's average is a lot higher because of their terrain (for example, lapland only needs 80cm average for perfect skiing because of their location on the map??????????????)
Hope the above makes sense
thanks
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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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Jon Ford, my advice is to ignore the 'upper slopes' figure and concentrate how much there is at the bottom. That's a much better guide to ski-ability.
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cheers red 27, will do
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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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Jon Ford, Much depends on the underlying terrain. 100cm of snow might not be enough if the run is crossing a boulderfield (e.g. as found in high-altitude Frecch resorts). But 5cm will be plenty if the underlying terrain is sheep/goat-mown grass - which is typical of the lower resorts further east in Austria.
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This thread is discussing the same thing.
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1. Levi is freezing cold most of the time, so it does not lose much snowmelt, and what snow there is sticks around for months.
2. Les Arcs, like much of France, got little snow last year. A typical season for Les Arcs is more like 300 to 500cm, rather than 150cm.
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cheers all. Hopefully Les Arcs will be getting a good 400 cm this year
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