 Damien
Damien
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Hi, It's started snowing here in tignes and my goggles are crap. I can't make out any changes in the surface in front of me at all. Can anyone recommend goggles for snowy conditions?
Thanks in advance.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Damien, hallelujah !!! Bollé (Nova?) Modulator Vermillion
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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snowing at last! Hurrah! May it continue...going to Avoriaz in 4 weeks...
My Oakley Hi Intensity yellow jobs have always been good for snowy/night skiing conditions, including that last run down to St Anton from The Mooserwirt in the dark. Useless for anything else though - it the sun peeks out from behind a cloud, you may as well not be wearing eye protection.
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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 can't make out any changes in the surface in front of me at all
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sometimes it's a bit like that however good your goggles, when the light is really flat. I have some Bollé vermillion something. Better than nothing, but not much.
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Sometimes you need to adapt your technique rather than your equipment. If your legs are in the right position, you're ready for anything that the mountain throws at you.
Make sure your knees are well flexed so that you can cope with unexpected drop-offs or compression; be ready to take whatever the mountain throws at you. Relax slightly, and slow down until you start to believe in yourself and your gear. Then - and only then - speed up.
If all that feels a little difficult, head for somewhere on the mountain where you have more visual cues. In particular, head for the trees - in Tignes, that might mean exploring the runs down to Les Brevieres. By all means buy yellow goggles, but you'll get much more out of learning to read the mountain and improving your skills.
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good goggles can help. but staying below tree line will improve visibility in a storm...unfortunately, I have encountered a few days at EK where the snow was crap below tree line and visibility was nil above it- if that is the case, follow JJ's advice or hit the pub early and save your legs for the day after the storm.
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I have Oakley HI Yellows and they are good but Jonny Jones, advice is spot on.
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Damien, trick goggles will make no difference. Head for the tree-lined runs. Oh, hang on, your in Tignes... 
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| bar shaker wrote: |
| I have Oakley HI Yellows and they are good but Jonny Jones, advice is spot on. |
Yes it is.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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+1
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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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Trees help if it's a bit foggy, in that they give you some feel for distance and perspective, but in a white out they make no difference (you couldn't see the trees unless you were about to crash into one) and in really flat light they make no difference to the way the piste looks just in front of you. It IS very disconcerting not to be able to see any detail, even whether the piste you are heading for is going down or up (so it's difficult to judge whether you need to speed up to carry speed up the uphill bits). It can be very disorienting and discouraging, especially for early skiers. But yes, learning to "feel" the slope, rather than read it with your eyes, is supposedly very good for us. Just not as much fun as tanking along in the sunshine. Some of those people who've been making such a fuss about wanting lots of snow for next week might feel differently when they're groping their way round the slopes. 
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Funnily enough, while I was biting my nails through the utterly brilliant Lilliywhite victory last night, I did wonder if all that rain was falling as snow over the Western Alps.
As for your problem, my advice would be: head down to Brev and ski trees.
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You know it makes sense.
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snowing at last! Hurrah! May it continue...going to Avoriaz in 4 weeks...
My Oakley Hi Intensity yellow jobs have always been good for snowy/night skiing conditions, including that last run down to St Anton from The Mooserwirt in the dark. Useless for anything else though - it the sun peeks out from behind a cloud, you may as well not be wearing eye protection. |
Second that, I've got those but they're only good in seriously low light
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