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Chamonix 24/25

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Lots of early snow up high filling crevasses and preparing the glacier for a great season ahead!
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAoPCIlg_mz/?igsh=dnpwZzl5MnFvejhm

Snow conditions on 2 October.
Heavy accumulations of blown snow created an unstable layer of snow over more than a metre and a half. High temperatures up to 4000 metres quickly stabilised this instability in the sun. A good base layer for this winter if temperatures remain low. These heavy snowfalls have filled in the crevasses that have been open since the summer
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@BobinCH, a chum is a guide and he reckons he's never seen so much snow high up.
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Snapping the boom on the crane at the Grands Montets construction site seems like the lift pass might get even more expensive/the lift opening be even more delayed!
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@galpinos, yeah!! that wasn't a good look Shocked
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Some sweet lines at the summit in recent weeks.

https://www.instagram.com/sebmontazstudio/reel/DAGmm5wN-UI/
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Are temps remaining low? Where is the snow line at the moment? Toofy Grin
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@capability, nowhere useful.
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Are temps remaining low? Where is the snow line at the moment? Toofy Grin


Warm at the moment. Temps moving in the right direction over the next couple of weeks. Need late Oct / early Nov snow for an early weekend opening
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Hi guys, what are the chances of the lifts being open next week? Iv a chance to be in Chamonix from Thursday 28th - Sunday 31st and would be great to get some skiing in!
Conditions look good on webcams but wondering about the situation with lifts opening and also any more expected snow after this weeks dump?

Many thanks
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@PortSki, CMB said yesterday that the optimistic potential partial opening of the GMs on the 22nd was put back at least till the 29th.

I've just looked at teh webcams again and actually, looks like there's more snow than when I looked at 08h00 (just better vis and light, not actually any actual more snow). There were tracks down to Lognan this morning.

Not a lot of snow forecast after tomorrow and it's been very windy. Forecasts:

https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/week/chamonix_france_3027301
https://chamonix-meteo.com/
https://meteo-chamonix.org/

So, it's possible. How late can you leave pulling the trigger?
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@PortSki, CMB said yesterday that the optimistic potential partial opening of the GMs on the 22nd was put back at least till the 29th.

I've just looked at teh webcams again and actually, looks like there's more snow than when I looked at 08h00 (just better vis and light, not actually any actual more snow). There were tracks down to Lognan this morning.

Not a lot of snow forecast after tomorrow and it's been very windy. Forecasts:

https://www.meteoblue.com/en/weather/week/chamonix_france_3027301
https://chamonix-meteo.com/
https://meteo-chamonix.org/

So, it's possible. How late can you leave pulling the trigger?


Hi mate, thanks for the reply. I was away for the weekend so not been on. I decided to leave it for this coming weekend and going to book something for mid-december when lifts will be open and HOPEFULLY a tonne more snow...wishful thinking i know!
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@PortSki, I hope it's not all that wishful!! probably a sound plan.
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So do we think anything at GM is going to open on Friday? It looks like ok cover on the webcams, but difficult to tell how deep of course. Not much looks bashed or any markers/signs set up though, so that doesn't look too promising unless they can get that done in a day.
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@hold_my_biere, update today ... if encouraging, Avoriaz is opening partially on Saturday ...
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@hold_my_biere, nope. Next Saturday, 7th.
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A bit of a shame, but not surprising. Probably would have been a tough day for the bases anyway.
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Ski season in Chamonix is getting shorter with every passing year.

November openings are getting harder.

Glacier retreat and snowless town are taking away the sparkle.
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Have you ever been to Chamonix @greyslush, or just in your febrile imagination?

We were skiing up Le Tour on November 8, 2021. And that year was a tip top, awesome season, just a pity no lifts were open.

rolling eyes rolling eyes rolling eyes
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Oddly not having a Grands Montets early opening season opening this year - over a good decade we kicked off our skiing season there.

Hopefully things will improve, I'm looking forward to at least stick to traditions for the season close in a few months.
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Limited openings of Flégère (Index only) and GMs on Saturday ... snowHead
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How is the parking down Flegere? Not been there in ages (and it was in summer).
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@patrick!, I doubt it’ll be too busy this weekend.
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@patrick!, @under a new name, if my memory serves me correctly, wasn’t the municipality plan to begin charging for parking at Flégère this winter?
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@HammondR, indeed. And there a barrier at Prarion as well, although TO suggests it won't be charged.
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Does anyone know what lift / infrastructure changes will be operational at GM? Looks like lots of construction still ongoing, cranes up etc? Surely it will all need to be packed up very soon?
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@capability if the piste map is anything to go by, neither Lognan or the top lift will be open any time soon. Looking at the webcam it’ll be a building site for the entire season (that’s assuming any work gets done during winter).

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Not great for GM this season then. Car park and plateau currently look like major construction sites by the looks of the webcams.
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Obviously the top lift won’t be open, but otherwise the cranes and portacabins won’t get in the way.
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@capability, I don't imagine it'll be much if any worse than last season? Doesn't look like anything's really in the way?
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Is the Italian bowl now a piste? "Blanchots"? Or was that always there and the off piste is still to the side?
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@8611, I think it's been marked like that for a while? Can't say I pay much attention!
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@under a new name, @8611, yep, it's been a "piste" (or at least a set of black poles) for at least a few years. The off piste is either side of it. As ever, the piste map doesn't really do justice to the scale of the mountain. Makes it all look a bit pathetic really. Which it is. Nobody should bother skiing there. Les Houches is much better. Go there.
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@snowdave, exactly
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How long has the top lift been out of action? Feels like a long time. Has there been no word on a projected opening date?
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@mountainaddict, just making this up based on vague memory, but I think that the projected opening date was about 2 years from now. That was of course before the giant crane up on the summit of the Grands Montets collapsed in the summer which renders all previous projections null and void.

I must admit that plodding up to the Col Rachasses has now lost its novelty/charm but anticipate at least 3 more winters of it.

The fire was summer 2018.
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@HammondR, last I heard, but pre crane plash (see what I did there wink ) was 2026 who knows now?
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Wow so it will be 8 years to rebuild, if they make 2026! I seem to recall about two years of no work, whilst it was investigated etc.

Is there anything new, infrastructure wise, in the valley this season?

Looks like all areas have at least some snow cover, just going off what I can see in the webcams. Hopefully this weekend brings snow!
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@capability, it took years to sort out the insurances. Been trickier than expected at the top.
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Wow so it will be 8 years to rebuild, if they make 2026!
Incredible that Shocked It makes the Cairngorm Mountain funicular repairs look almost speedy in comparison! Toofy Grin
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