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Les Deux Alpes 2011/2012
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This will probably be the only snow report I post from LDA this season. Not because it wasn't good, it was, but because I rarely go that way.

There were not a huge number of people skiing bar a lot of club groups slaloming on the LHS of the glacier. No queues for tickets at 10am and no queues of any note on the lifts.



Junior's first turn on his new skis



then a bar stop



lunch of Diot and Fries, yum.



it is a long season ahead for some



looking down the mountain, someone had actually skied down to the lakes you see just above LDA. (Serre Palas?).



Here is the Dome de Lauze with the lauze lift that was damaged by high winds.



Alpe d'Huez and Pic Bayle



The snowpark



it was all too much for some



rattrac



pole dancing





Snow was some fresh (around 10-15cm had fallen on Thursday with a lot of high winds). Carton off piste. Ice not far in some places, esp on the rhs of the glacier.
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davidof wrote:
This will probably be the only snow report I post from LDA this season. Not because it wasn't good, it was, but because I rarely go that way ...

Snow was some fresh (around 10-15cm had fallen on Thursday with a lot of high winds). Carton off piste. Ice not far in some places, esp on the rhs of the glacier.


Nice pictures, I can't remember seeing a blue sky like that or months now.

What did you mean by 'carton' off piste ? Assuming it's not a typo, it's an expression I haven't heard.
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like polystyrene roof tiles, not crust just a bit wind blown so it breaks up easily when you turn.... btw I didn't really go off piste Happy

BTW I'll dedicate my snow report to Alain Bayrou, former mayor of Puy St Vincent and Briançon who died last week after he crashed his VW4x4 in snow on the Restafond pass.


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davidof, ah, I see, thanks. That sounds quite OK. Little Angel
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davidof, I read about Alain Bayrous death only yesterday. a fitting tribute.
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davidof, wot you said. I went up about 11:00 - no queues to speak of, good conditions, not bad for an early season day out. Those tracks down tpwards the lakes made me laugh - I assume it was one of the pisteurs and he got picked up by a mate further down. Long hike back otherwise.

It has clearly snowed down to about 2100m, and some of it is still lurking on the north-facing bits, even on the Vallee Blanche side. More forecast for tonight/tomorrow, so I may well go up again on Wednesday. Have a jacket to review, good exuse.
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