 Poster: A snowHead
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| aewynia wrote: |
| ... Geneva Airport was a nightmare... The queue went on round and round (the security tapes) right up to the food court, so we were ushered downstairs to a separate side room next to terminal 1 (possibly connected on first floor). |
Is this the near-mythical 'French side' security rat run that has been mentioned on other threads? Locating this is akin to finding platform 9 3/4 at Kings Cross...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@red 27, Its a lot easier to find 9 3/4 at Kings Cross - just follow the hordes of Chinese tourists waving wands 
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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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I've rented cars several times from French side and had no problem finding it. Squeezing through some of the narrow doorways with luggage was more challenging.
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Sounds like GVA was nearly as bad as Chambery (see separate thread, I suspect not for the first time)...
I wished I lived nearer St Pancras when we drove past the TGVs in Bourg.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@Steve Angus,
Hi Steve, looking forward to a lesson with you, 4 weeks to go till out trip!
Just wondered, is there any way to find out each day which runs were groomed the night before?
Thanks
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Some good reports and banter above folks! Ha ha!
rossyl - indeed not long to go - counting down the 'sleeps' like a kid b4 Xmas!
GREAT question there re groomed v ungroomed slopes. The short answer as far as I am aware is 'no' certainly not here in the EK and I suspect most of the Alps (probably although I am sure someone will correct my use of 'most') however think of it another way.... all things being equal and without avalanche danger etc then all greens are likely to get pisted each night and all blues... then most reds and some blacks... 'popular' and well used reds and blacks (e.g. the Face) will get pisted each night and some lesser used ones not so often but those are a minority that would fall into the category. What makes it more complicated is sometimes the timing... they could for example piste a green early in the evening and then it snows heavily on top making the appearance that it wasnt pisted at all whereas in fact it had been.... or another classic in the Spring is when they piste a run early and freezes hard.... often the Arcelle red run on the Solaise is pisted early in the evening therefore it freezes solid for the next morning... if they pisted it too late it would look the same but would ski (feel) totally different as would not have frozen hard in place.... one other thing to look out for is the winch points the piste bashers need for steeper slopes - the lack of those e.g. the Foret black run at the Fornet end of town = no pisting ever!
Hope that helps!
Today update to follow
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@Steve Angus, You deserve an early night. It must be so frustrating on the teaching front, so hope it improve soon. Thanks for taking the time to post though.
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| geepee wrote: |
| @Steve Angus, You deserve an early night. It must be so frustrating on the teaching front, so hope it improve soon. Thanks for taking the time to post though. |
Hear hear. The photos are extraordinary too, especially the weird, stripey snow. I've never seen anything like that.
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@Steve Angus, FWIW Courchevel (and thus I assume the Trois Vallees) does a "pisted runs" list/map in the mornings at the ticket offices and it appears online as well...
Sods law all this snow and I have no plans to get out there until at least March/April 
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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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You know it makes sense.
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lifts closing at 3.30
Solaise TC at 4pm!!
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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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@moosepig, that certainly underlines the difference. Unbelievable.
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Poster: A snowHead
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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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Good post, dude.
Historic storms (at altitude) across France, Italy and Switzerland at the moment.
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@Steve Angus, I heard that in Tignes but the curtains were drawn. Not sure whether it was the four horseman of the apocalypse or Lord Lucan riding Shergar!
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@Steve Angus, Is the poulet past it?
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Ok - regarding the chicken - it is a day old BUT it is half price!! Bargain.
Guess we made the right call wrt to our lesson this afternoon. We are totally ready for this weather to clear out now. 
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@Steve Angus, @chocksaway, I heard a loud boom of thunder from Sestriere too (thought it was an avalanche). Only one though. About 35 miles as the crow flies, probably wasn't the same thunder clap.
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Stay safe people!! Amazing pictures, but I'm glad to be looking in from afar.
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Thats a first I've heard off... dropping bombs out the Olympique lift to clear the Face area!
red 27 and vasta - yes its old... but if it was cooked the night before how have they either kept it warm OR let it cool down then reheated it - thats what the dodge part is... I didnt actually see the 50% off sticker on it I must admit!!!!! Anyway needless to say I didnt buy it!
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It’s reminiscent of Storm Desmond two years ago.
An event that Breaks records but only 10 years after they were already broken twice ie. beyond coincidence.
Fits with the climate change model. More heat into the system means more moisture means more exceptionally heavy rain or snow at altitude.
Like Cumbria, VDI is vulnerable to moisture laden airs from the north West or in this case from the south.
sooner rather than later it will repeat. 
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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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It’s not much better further south in ADH, we haven’t had the snow but the wind kept virtually all the lifts shut bar the beginners drags yesterday and again today until 2 pm when some of the lower chairs opened. It’s blowing a gale again know and it’s snowing, ditched the skis today and hired a board to learn as there was so little open.
Best make use of the down time
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@Steve Angus, We saw 3 or 4 lightning flashes here in Tignes and heard the rumble of thunder in the distance. We did wonder what was going on after the first one. Strange effect when the sky is full of snow already.
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You know it makes sense.
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Actually managed to get some fun snowboarding done today! We rode La Daille in the morning - first run off the funicular was grim, awful winds and visibilty at the top combined with deep, but chopped and heavy snow. Never witnessed scenes quite like it. Whenever you got any brief visibility, there were just bodies strewn everywhere, nearly unskiable for most. Lower down was better, but the snow was HEAVY. Got a few fun sections in where we could ride a steeper line. Did a couple of laps of the chair (much better than going up top), but that closed down around mid-day.
Had some lunch, then they got the Solaise gondola open, so we did a few laps of that. The snow up there was noticeably lighter and a lot more fun to ride. We did 4 or 5 laps in deep, deep cement, lots of giggles. "Nipple deep" was, for once, no exaggeration. Vividly remember losing speed at one point but managing to ride back to the piste with my board more or less down on the old base and my whole body plowing through the porridge.
All of this was either on "piste" (with so much snow that last night's grooming or otherwise was irrelevant) or just outside the markers, venturing any distance off-piste would have been very unwise.
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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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Had a fun day today got the Olympic at about 10.15 and played on the Funival and Marmots till about3.45. The sun even came out for about 40 minutes. Have never seen so much snow and hats off to the people who made it possible.it will be a holiday to remember.
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Poster: A snowHead
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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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BTW another overview of the Danaides slide up on Solaise - the whole side of the mountain fell off!!!
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Hi Steve - thanks for a great lesson today. It is always useful to spend time with a real professional such as yourself. We agree great changes were made and we will work hard to make them “stick”!
See you next week!
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Stunning pictures from Bonneval; quite sobering too. That last photo is a good reminder of how much avi debris sets like concrete once it stops moving. Don't want to get caught in that! 
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Quite bizarre to think that we cycled along that road this summer.
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i"m assuming theres enough snow to last the season now
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Vasta - - thanks!!!!!!! Keep it real!
moosepig - no you dont want to get caught in something like that.... certainly the snow does set like concrete - scary!
frozennose - yea there wasnt any snow then was there!
compostcorner - hell yea!
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