 Poster: A snowHead
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How did the Val glacier fare this Summer?
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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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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Congratulations Steve, I hope you're very happy together. Is your gondola going on the new lift they're building?!
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Just booked Val d"isere for 16th Dec. Is it too early to start obsessing over this thread?
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Is this thread still going? Welcome back Steve
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I'm coming out to Val for New Year! Hopefully we'll start to see the snow falling soon.....
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Piccadilly and mcboz, I beat the pair of you - I'm off for opening week on 1 December. Maybe I will see you at some point this season Steve!
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Scampi Dellahanti, well that's just showing off 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Piccadilly, I'll raise the stakes - I'll be next door on the 28th Nov!
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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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Hope to be in Tignes from 15th Dec - possibly for up to a month. Though still in planning stage. Won't be able to move for 
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You know it makes sense.
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Brilliant update Steve, you are always soooo busy!!
Anyway, now the daily updates will return very soon, I can start getting excited. Welcome back!
The Val/Tignes webcams (well, the ones which are working) are looking simply stunning this morning, the resort is a winter wonderland under bluebird skies.
Can't wait to see what winter, and this thread brings. Especially now the pics will be good quality 
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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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It really all seems to be getting going now doesn't it? I was just wondering when we'd start getting daily updates from Steve.
Very pleased to hear about the iPhone update as good photos really help build the excitement, even though I probably won't be in Val d'Isere this year.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Hey guys. Time for a new thread for Val d'Isere 2012 / 2013 season. Can someone local start it please. 
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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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Sorry rob@rar, but this thread showed last season that it was much better to have a Val d'Isere thread and a different Tignes thread in the same way as we have a Les Arcs thread and a La Plagne thread for the paradiski. The conditions in Tignes can be completely different on the same day to those in Val d'Isere. There are some big mountains between the two places. It was great last season to have two threads so you could read about the area you were visiting. Often when someone goes to Val d'Isere they do not go to Tignes on the same day and vis versa. Look at how many hits this thread had last season.
Like I said, time to have a new thread for Val d'Isere 2012 / 2013 and make both places different threads. But it does need someone that is in val d'Isere to be willing to post stuff.
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snowcrazy, fair enough, just start one. Have to say I prefer a single thread for a single ski domain, not so keen on snow reports being spread all over the place.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| ... in the same way as we have a Les Arcs thread and a La Plagne thread for the paradiski. |
There are about 11 threads for Paradiski - I think even different ones for 1950 and 2000!
Best to have all the EK stuff in one place IMV but perhaps that's asking for cats to be herded
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rob@rar, I am not in Val d'Isere all the time, just some weeks, so think it is better if Steve Angus, or someone else who stays in Val starts it.
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Not planning to start a new thread.... the whole point is that this is not a report on snow conditions per se but just me reporting on a daily basis what my experiences are in the EK (whether that is Tignes or Val (or both) on a particular day)........... people have said that it is nice being able to view the thread as a sort of daily diary...... and of course if others chip in with their photos and experiences then that is fine. Again if someone wants a specific Val / Tignes thread then fire away but I plan to keep posting a daily diary on here (probably starting Monday 19th November)..... I have been doing the monthly roundups over the Summer to reflect that it is a reflection on the 'view from Val and Tignes......' - take it how you like!
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Steve Angus, I enjoy reading this thread as it's the Steve and Claire blog 
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rob@rar, +1
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Steve: very glad you're going to keep up the winning formula.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Steve Angus, thats fine by me as well if you are going to keep this going as it was very useful last season to see what the conditions were like before we came up your way. I am just wondering about the number of pages. Some good stuff tends to become very hard to find with so many pages. That's the main reason why we start a new thread for each season in Les Arcs.
I look forward to seeing your pics of the new snow in val d'Isere.
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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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| rob@rar wrote: |
| Steve Angus, I enjoy reading this thread as it's the Steve and Claire blog |
+1
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| Pedantica wrote: |
| rob@rar wrote: |
| Steve Angus, I enjoy reading this thread as it's the Steve and Claire blog |
+1 |
+ another 1
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You know it makes sense.
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This is my favourite thread on SH by a long way, and I hope it continues just as it is
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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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Piccadilly, plus another one
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Poster: A snowHead
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I'M BACK....
Have decided to start the blog a little earlier than planned as I am getting so excited by all this snow.
Have not been up on the hill yet but the last week has mainly been spent driving and unpacking and settling back in to life back here in Val.
There is a healthy amount of snow for this time of year and the peaks (as you can see) are starting to look good but it will take a few more days before we are able to get excited about snow coverage on the ground here in the Village.
Quite a few changes in town over the Summer period... mainly building works but ill talk about these as this week goes on.
Our first guests of the Winter arrive on Saturday therefore most of this week is an admin week whilst Clare is up on the Motte over in Tignes putting the finishing (hopefully) touches to her Eurotest preparations.... about a month to go til the big day so we shall see!
Hope everyone is happy by the new camera - my iphone... seems to take pretty good pictures even if I say so myself.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Welcome back Steve, yaaaay my favourite thread is back!
Maybe this season I might catch you for a beer, especially as I'll be going to VDI twice!
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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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Another sunny day in Val... looks like it will stay that way all week with a reasonable freezing level height which should mean that the quality and amount of snow that has fallen up high should stay put whilst down here in the valley everyone runs around like crazy trying to finish the remainder of the external works that have to stop when the season starts on the 1st December.
Talking of building work.... there has indeed been a fair amount of it over the Summer. Perhaps the biggest single project is the collection (looks like it will be 7 when they are all finished) of chalets that are being built just opposite and down from the primary school on the back road. Le Graal nightclub will have new neighbours. Anyway as you can see from the picture there has, and continues to be, a huge amount of work that has gone into this plot of land. I would suspect that non of them will be ready for inhabitation this Winter but we shall see.... they look nice though don't they!
Other work in town is the complete refurbishment of the Toviere hotel in La Daille.... the whole front is under total refurb and looks like they have both extended in sideways and forwards a little..... still lots of work to do there!
The planning application has also been posted up on the side of Cygnaski building here in the centre of town..... writing is a little too small and messy and quite high up on the side of the building so had problems reading exactly what is says, but something about 19 apartments or something going in there..... over 1000 metres square of accommodation.... that will be interesting to see next Autumn when we get back!
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So that's how they start a mogul field
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Ha ha ha. Steve Angus, will be along shortly to explain proper like, but I believe it is how they spread the pressure of the snow over the concrete of the tennis courts to stop them cracking under the weight during the winter.
Is anyone out in Val D over New Year? Thinking of heading out on my own so it would be good to meet some fellow SHs.
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....yes and also protects the surface from ski / board edges. When the tires are visible there is not enough coverage to be sure an edge wont make contact with the ground and hurt both ski/board and surface.... so useful early and later in the season.
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Status quo and not much new to report here in Val....
Lovely sunny but fresh weather continues and they are now hoping for a few flakes falling late Saturday into Monday... we shall see.
Back here the final few touches to the Fontaine Froide chairlift continue. In the picture below you will see the chopper lifting the chairs up to the top of the Bellevarde to be placed onto the cable (now presumably as the chairs have been sitting in the open air La Daille carpark for the past week since we arrived). I don't know why these can't be loaded into the funiculaire or Olympic lift or even driven up there to save on costs as it looks to me as if each chair is being air-lifted one by one.... but there you go. If lift pass prices shoot up by more than inflation next year then ill be having words!
The other thing I noticed today when I went out on errands was that the Cygnaski over the road which was run by Mark Warner as one of their Chalet Hotels here in Val for the past X years (as long as I can remember) and which (as widely reported here on SH's earlier this year) is not being run by them this year had loads of Brits (no branded uniforms or anything) unloading about 3 van loads of stuff into the basement creche area of the Cyg....... The curtains for the dining room are still all closed up.... it looks to me (spying on the what was coming out of those vans) that they may be trying to set up the bottom area as a kids area / cheche area????? I am puzzled... maybe they have made an arrangement with the owners to set up the creche only for this Winter in the building or something...... WEIRD.... will report more as I hear anything.
Thats all for today folks.
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Took a walk to the Post Office this morning and came across this thing that has been built over the Summer.... some sort of a band stand.... but like the other works there is stuff still to do before the Winter starts and external work has to be finished! The only question I have is what are they going to do with the stalls from the markets that normally operate on this bit of ground (usually Monday's).... the market was overflowing at the seams anyway but god knows what they are going to do now! We shall see.
So first transfer of the Winter tomorrow.... not too early a start and the roads should be not only quiet but not too much traffic either.
Clare and I are inviting around several of our friends for a 'Strictly' and 'X-Factor' Saturday night do tomorrow night.... its something we always try and do at this time of the year.... looking forward to seeing people that I have not managed to catch up with yet a while this Winter.
Anyway not too much to report today.... blue skies and sunshine once again.... a couple more days and then we may get some cloud cover but no snow in store yet.
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