 Poster: A snowHead
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That is horrible - only yesterday I was discussing it with someone on the chair and saying I would never do it again as it scared me to death on the traverse. Hoping that it turns out well.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Steve Angus wrote: |
Neville - some snow forecast for early next week you will be pleased to hear.
pam w - yes you don't always get powder on off piste sessions unfortunately!
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That would be just Fab, booked the lessons for Tuesday and Wednesday mornings.
Had a word with the Big Guy upstairs, have asked for snow Monday and Tuesday nights 
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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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Tignes.net is showing that only 22 lifts are open across th eek. Is that really right? Thanks.
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| jellybabe wrote: |
| Tignes.net is showing that only 22 lifts are open across th eek. Is that really right? Thanks. |
At 17.10 (French time) which it is now, I should doubt there are any. It's pretty much dark, and the chairs are off the Lanches lift (see webcam!)
Try checking mid morning and you'll see they're all open (save for a couple).
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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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jellybabe, I went to Tignes a couple of weeks ago. I'm convinced that the lift status page on Tignes.net was ever correct. Don't worry.
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Useful, thanks!
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MORNING FOLKS
Sorry about the late posting of yesterdays blog......
Firstly the lift statuses....... yes pretty much all the lifts will be open during ski hours - fear not. As chocksaway says those links are the most accurate. To be honest the piste conditions really are very good so there is enough to keep everyone entertained but of course we could always (even in the most snowy season) do with a top up! Of piste however is still a little hit and miss and you have to know where to go to get good snow although there is still some dry pow out there!
Anyway yesterday was a relaxing day..... I am teaching loads today and over the weekend so had some down time yesterday and not to much on the lesson / skiing front. However it was in the afternoon that we did a different mix of things...... Clare, her mum and I all headed to the leisure centre for a swim and some relaxation time. If you have never been there before it is right under the bottom of the face and a weeks lift pass bought (directly or via tour op) will get you one free entrance to the poole (sauna etc is extra!) during the week. There is also a massive double roomed gym in there, squash courts, basketball courts, golf simulator and 'wellness' area e.g. sauna! WONDERFUL facility!
Anyway after an hour or two in there we went to Blue Note for some apres and catch up with some friends..... then we took a wander through 'nuit rouge' which is basically the weekly pedestrian night on the main road, took in the sights and sounds and then headed to dinner at the Pedrix Blanche!!!!! I have never been a fan of that restaurant after, over the years, some upset stomachs and 'lost' bookings when I had previously seen them write it into their bookings book! Anyway they certainly re-deemed themselves and we had a wonderful meal......
After a couple more glasses of red wine it was home and we all went straight to bed.......
Anyway some nice pictures from yesterday afternoon / evening!
Couple of other pieces of local news.
1) Matt and Lou the owners of Blue Note had a rather stressful day yesterday after the owner of the hotel next door accused (via the police) one of their patrons of steeling one of the massive planters from outside her hotel (Ormeulene) on the way back from the BN late at night...... Matt and Lou pointed out that another un-named bar just around the corner had a rather large student event on that went on into the early hours and that there was only about 6 (regulars) people left in their bar in the early hours when the theft allegedly took place...... anyway the police ended up believing Matt and Lou, found the planter in an Irish students apartment and told the lady to stop pointing the finger without knowing more facts!!!!!
2)The person who fell down the cliff on Wednesday..... turns out he IS alive, just, with A LOT of broken things, is still in hospital, he is BRITISH (age not-known) and there is confusion as to whether he fell or intentionally jumped - sure it MUST have been a fall! Anyway you can check out the news report here.
http://m.alpes.france3.fr/2014/01/08/un-skieur-britannique-fait-une-chute-de-30m-val-d-isere-en-savoie-390955.html or
http://www.valdinet.com/events/news/british-skier-injured-in-30m-fall.html
That's all for now.
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chocksaway,
With you on that couloir. I was dragged into it in younger and sillier days. It is a tricky traverse entry and I too did not like it at all.
I don't believe in going anywhere where a simple error will have serious or fatal consequences.
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Steve Angus, I'm out from tomorrow with John McMaster.
I believe you're meeting for lunch sometime
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Variable visibility was the theme of the day.
I had a very nice lady this morning who was very nervous with a couple of weeks experience behind her. It was nearly 100% physiological the lesson in terms of content along with some tactics thrown in..... she had good technique just lacked confidence! Anyway after a couple of hours with her she completed her goal for the week of skiing the Madelaine run and she did really well. By the end of the second descent I was trying to get more than one turn ahead of her so that she was learning to make decisions for herself as to where and when to turn!
Meanwhile Clare and her mother headed towards Brev for lunch at the Armailly and they had a lovely day skiing together as well as a yummy lunch down there!
The weather varied from quite sunny to almost a white out at times of the day.... however the Solaise side where I was this morning was better than the Bellevarde side.
I had a pretty productive afternoon sorting a few things out at home and then have just taken Clares mum to the station in Bourg.
Not to much else to report... I am teaching in Tignes tomorrow so will have to leave Val sharpish in the morning to get over there.
Our chalet guests are staying for two weeks hence it is quite nice to be able to pick up some weekend work which does not normally happen! Clare will be doing a mid stay clean in there tomorrow and changing the sheets but she is starting to get quite big with the bump now so is not as agile as she was only a few weeks back!!!!!!!! For those driving to / from the EK tomorrow then the roads should be fine!
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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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Steve Angus, Lovely pics of the town...Val looks quite pretty.
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Steve Angus, Thanks for the lesson today it was great.
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You know it makes sense.
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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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Poster: A snowHead
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Great reports - think you may have missed the URL for the timelapse video there
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Steve Angus, Great video. He's in the air for some time there, bloody hell!
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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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That shot of the tracked out section os quite frighening, thats the sort of place I head to straight away!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Steve Angus, found that Italian photo really unsettling 
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I recall a 3m crown on a slope off the bellcotte glacier in March 99.... it was about 300 metres wide and about a 1000 deep. Day before I skied it with a group and it was lovely chalky and 100% flat... day later at night with no skier trigger, the whole slope went in a MASSIVE slab avalanche. Imagine the weight of that. Like about 50 football pitches in size.
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| Steve Angus wrote: |
Firstly this photo was NOT taken in Val d'Isere but instead in Italy yesterday (no-one as far as I know was injured) - don't ever think that tracked out off piste next to the piste is 100% safe!
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That photo is very old Steve. It was already posted back in 2007: http://www.flickr.com/photos/versesneeuw/2120489779/
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bobmcstuff - oh yea and I can't find it now either - sorry!
RichardB - thanks - my pleasure
friet - and others........... sorry thought it was a new photo - my mistake.... but scary either way!
But yes everyone ITS SNOWING
Today the weather built and built up inch by inch.
Early this morning you could just about see most of Mt Blanc.... by mid morning there was no hope of that.
It took a couple of false starts to get going this morning with a missing lift pass and then a few adjustments to snowboard bindings but we had a good session this morning again....... they nailed their switch riding so the slow start did not matter too much in the end.
By lunchtime there was a few flakes around and there was a stiff wind blowing for sure! It certainly felt like the long awaited return of Winter!
This afternoon I was back on the board again with a client whom I have not taught for several years so it was nice seeing them back in Val!
Some nice changes were made to their riding and they thoroughly loved learning how to carve the board.
Since I got back in this evening I have watched the snow falling outside - YAY but I have once again spent hours trying to call around seasonnaires and I really do not know where the evening has gone.
Sorry folks not to much more to report this end.
FINGERS CROSSED FOR LOTS OF FRESH POW TOMORROW MORNING TO PLAY IN!
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SNOW ALERT
Yes it looks like it has been snowing pretty hard all night and even though it is not day break yet I think there is at least 10cm and perhaps way more than that down here in town..... more up top...... me thinks so!
Pow time.... stay safe everyone.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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Steve Angus, I'm currently speaking to TDC about group ski lessons and am a bit apprehensive. Any chance I could send you an email please?
Cheers
R
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Had a fab day off piste with John from TDC over in Tignes,
Vis was sometimes v poor but that only added to the learning
It was a private lesson for 3 adults and a 13 year old, all of us enjoyed it and looking forward to more of the same tomorrow
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You know it makes sense.
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Neville - great - yep should be more powder tomorrow - might see you off piste as i may be heading that way too!
rossyl - of course - pm me!!!!!!!!! Will be happy to help.
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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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2 weeks to a sesh with you Steve. Save the snow for us will you? Can't wait.
Edit: or is it 13 days? Roll on week number 2 of le saison!
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Poster: A snowHead
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What's a gazex 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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it's a gas gun to trigger avalanches, gas is ignited in it to create the shockwave
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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 I arrived at our meeting point a good 15 mins early and just as I was arriving so to was my afternoon lesson - non other than our very on SH RichardB..... great to meet you.
We had a very successful session working on piste technique - essentially standing on the outside ski earlier in the turn and a few tweaks to posture..... then we moved onto 'handling' moguls. This was always going to be the tiring part of the session and so it proved so - especially when Richard took a spectacular fall in the Tommeuse bumps..... full credit to him he got himself up, skis back on and back on it again - well done.
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He is a sturdy beast. I remember whacking him in head with a ski just after I pushed him off a chairlift at the EoSB06 (pre helmet days) and he wiped the blood away and carried on to do his 1st black..
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Is that what those funnels are for? We have spent may a happy hour on chairs, etc discussing what they are for. So they are only on avalanche' prone' slopes?
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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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Steve- just wanted to say that we have had two superb days of instruction with Rab from TDC over in Tignes. I wouldn't have known about TDC without your blog and so many thanks for all of the effort you put in. We also had a session with Terry in Dec, again, really really good. Can you pass our praise on and make sure that Gav knows how well both Rab and Terry have done. Anyone thinking of having instruction in Tignes or Val, can't recommebd TDC enough! Right- to bed now, pleasantly tired after a long and fab day's skiing!
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Come on snow !! 50cm becomes 10cm now on the forecast !
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lynnecha - praises indeed - THANK YOU. I have passed on your thanks via email just now. Happy days!
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Good luck with the 20 week scan. We've got ours a week Sunday. Snow looks great wish I was out there, but hope Robs enjoying my place?
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Steve Angus, Enjoying tunning in to your regular updates and pics so thanks! Will be out in EK (staying in Tignes doing a Snoworks course) if the conditions are anything like in your last pics and videos I'll be happy!
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