So, with conditions getting more desperate each day here in Chamonix, there are large parts of the remaining open pistes that I just don't ski on any more. It's safer off-piste, even though the bumps there are rock hard.
However, many new arrivals have to learn the hard way
Here's a little footage shot handheld on my phone today over the course of about 10 minutes. That is not snow you see on the piste, it is the top layer of the boilerplate that has been scraped off by skis and boards...
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clarky999, Powder = Poor man's slush
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Or maybe slush = poor man's powder lol.
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Smokin Joe, Compagnie du Mont Blanc will probably ban me for life if I submitted that!
ww166no, around midday is the best time for that particular section. You need a few hours of people scraping the top, bashed layer off, exposing the ice. However, very first thing in the morning is best for the top sections of both the Bochard and the Combes for slidey slidey.
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clarky999,
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Anyone still prefer boilerplate to lovely soft slush?!
Yep me, with the edges on my skis combined with my weight I'd probably be ok, on soft slush I'm definitely not ok. I've managed on blue ice before so boiler plate has no fears for me
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Zero-G, first thing in the morning is best for pulling the duvet over your head or if feeling particularly energetic, having an espresso in the sunshine. . . noon, however might just fall within my viewing arc, are you selling tickets?
You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
ww166no, I have a deck chair staked out at that spot - it's yours for 30 minutes for a fiver. Coffee optional.
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clarky999 wrote:
Or maybe slush = poor man's powder lol.
nope, anyone can ski powder, I LOVE slush!
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Zero-G, it's a deal. . . shall I leave the money under the (green) mat?
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Love the music accompaniment as well!
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?
Yuck that stuff looks like the super slick hardpack that nothing but probably an FIS legal WC tech tuned race ski will grip on. Great vid though
And no, the article wasn't published on April 1st.
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Zero-G, did you film that yourself?
If so, more today please!
After all it is free
After all it is free
I remeber one particular PSB when that would have been classified as a powder day!!
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paulio wrote:
did you film that yourself?
If so, more today please!
I did - hence the eye-jiggling shaky quality (iPhone's aren't the easiest devices to stabilise). I was late today and by the time I got there, even that piste was slush (it was a blazing hot day today).
If the weather cools down again, then I'm sure there will be more entertainment to come.
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Frosty the Snowman,
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That's brilliant - made me laugh my head off.
How steep is it there - it looks quite flat but I'm guessing it isn't.
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Is that the pitch just where the short chair kicks out? if so its always slick even in much better snow years.
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
Frosty the Snowman wrote:
I remeber one particular PSB when that would have been classified as a powder day!!
Ah, such sweet memories, Roomie
You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
Red Leon, the year after was worse....... both on-piste and in-room
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Zero-G,
An encore, please?
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Zero-G, I think that's one of the best videos I've ever seen on snowHeads!
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e17phil wrote:
How steep is it there - it looks quite flat but I'm guessing it isn't.
It's an average Chamonix red run, so steeper than it looks in the vid.
Why, thank you Hurtle!
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?
I could watch that all day - there's so much going on. Quality.
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