 Poster: A snowHead
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Just been looking at the forecast as I'm off to 3 Valleys on Saturday, and some very cold temperatures are forecast across the Alps. So, bit of a competition for fun, who can get a picture of the coldest temperature on a thermometer!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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this will be interesting, I should have kept the one from two years ago -22 in La Fornet
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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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someone will need to be up on an Alp at 4 am to get the lowest temperatures......
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pam w, if someone wants to hike several thousand feet and get a picture with a thermometer then be my guest!!! like I said it's just for a bit if fun and must be taken from now onwards. When i get to Les Menuires on Saturday lunchtime, it will have warmed up to -23!!! 
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whats the lowest temp you can still ski at?
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Russeh, Until you freeze to death probably! I've done -35c at Killington, Vermont. Uncomfortable is an understatement. Just been looking, Friday morning with a 10mph wind on Chamonix' highest slopes -65c 
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if someone wants to hike several thousand feet and get a picture with a thermometer then be my guest!!!
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Well I won't be doing that but might pop out in my PJs onto the terrace.... 
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I do remember the dog refusing to go out one morning because it was -22 and her paws kept freezing up. The diesel didn't like it either and we needed a new fuel filter. As we couldn't start the car and collect sons from the railway station, they arrived in a taxi in t-shirts  .
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Snowforecast.com has air temps down as low as -40 on the Grande Motte and Klein Matterhorn by Wednesday.
Thats way too unpleasant and and I would think probably too cold to let people up there if it gets anywhere near that
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Peter S, Chamonix on snow forecast. Earlier it was saying -65c for Friday evening!
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Rick, that would have been a windchill (feels like) temperature, rather than a predicted actual temperature, nevertheless -41 is still impressive by any standard
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You know it makes sense.
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Ricklovesthepowder, can you recomend anything extra we might want to pack to deal with extreme colds like whats being forecast? We have icebreakers, fleece mid layers and stuff to cover neck and face.
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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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In a ski exam at -19 I was amazed how cold I was and had to go to a restaurant to thaw out my feet at down time, I exclaimed how cold I was but only -19, a bar dweller shouted, “Boy this is America that’s Fahrenheit”. Later my examiner said “You’ve got 10 seconds to tell em what to do, any longer you’ve failed” I think that advice is very good for every instructor I see jawing on the slopes in cold weather.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Russeh, balaclavas - I'm being serious as well. Go online and look at them. Also hand and feet warmers are brilliant at keeping limbs warm. 6 thinner layers is better than 2 thick layers. Working upwards I will be wearing underwear, socks x2, thermals, ski pants, base layer, t-shirt, jumper, fleece, coat, thin gloves then ski gloves. Ski mask/balaclava, kneck warmer, hat, goggles. That should do it! At those temps, and exposed skin withthe added wind caused by you skiing at speed will result in frost nip, or worse frost bite. Wrap up warm!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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warmest inner gloves are ?
to go inside hestra gloves, yes hestra!
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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 skied in -48 (inc windchill) on the Stubai, when I was about 11 or 12. Not so fun.
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The coldes temperature I have experience of was 13 januari 1987, -48 that was in Vemdalen Sweden, and that was without windchill, there was no wind at all, 10km from that place I was living for that time it was record of cold degrees for sweden that date, -53.2,, all skistation in the area was closed for near one week. Record for scandinavia was also that date near Enare Träsk in Lapland Finland -56
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Spare a thought for the World Cup Downhillers racing there this week (including TJ)! Doing 80mph in that cold wearing a permeable catsuit. Brutal!!! Will make a fast slick course though.
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A good tip is make sure your boot inners are thoughly dry. Its worth taking them out each night and placing them in your room or somewhere where they will definately dry out. The slightest damp in them will quickly lead to cold toes.
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Ricklovesthepowder, thanks for the advice, good to know i think i'm covered most of that. May need to aquire a balaclava and some hand/foot warmers though.
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Throw a cuppa hot water up in the air and watch it snow.
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Russeh, hand warmers on ebay, ive just bought 10 for less than £4 delivered!
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Throw a cuppa hot water up in the air and watch it snow.
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yes, might try that if it gets cold enough. does it have to be hot water?
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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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pam w, yup.
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-32 in Canada at Lake Louise, -50 odd up top. Exposed skin freeze time was about 5 minutes. Mmm, brisk!
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You know it makes sense.
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| Ricklovesthepowder wrote: |
| Russeh, hand warmers on ebay, ive just bought 10 for less than £4 delivered! |
cheers, yeah spotted them but i think i'm going to have to take the hit at ellis brigham or trespass. fly out on saturday morning and might not get them in time if i order online.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| Whitegold wrote: |
| Throw a cuppa hot water up in the air and watch it snow. |
always wanted to try that
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Poster: A snowHead
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Russeh, you can probably get them in resort if they haven't sold out! Definitely get some, they'll make a big difference. Well worth the money even if you have to pay a bit more.
Get a neoprene face mask too, if you haven't got one already.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I was skiing in glenshee the day the uk record was set in braemar at -27.5. IIRC it was a sunday- the other reason i remember that day clearly is that some weegies let go the (wooden)T-bar on Carn Aosda which cracked me on the head and blood was flowing profusely.- by the time i skied down to the emergency station at the centre it had more or less stopped bleeding due to the cold. no one was taking it very seriously until it warmed up and started flowing again!!
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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 have a big box of handwarmers (tea bag type) that we bought in Costco in the States last year - I just dip in for a packet every morning and don't seem to have taken the top layer off the box yet. They were soooo cheap there. When I have finished those I will have to start on the toe warmers as I don't think there is anywhere I could fit those into my boots.
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down in Antarctica once and it was a cold one. Must have been -70c and I woke up with a small sphere about 1" in diameter at my bum.
Not knowing what it was I chucked it in the fire and it went "fart". Now THAT WAS COLD.
Yessssss I know.... its a Billy Connolly joke.
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I think there should be a distinction between temperatures skied in and those just seen. here is my effort in Norquay, near banff. We rode and hiked most the day. with a few defrost stops throughout
Do I win?
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When I was in Banff it was -40 on the night, on the coach in the morning the driver asked if everyone was a Brit, we were. It was -35c when we started skiing, I had six layers but had problems with cold air getting in my eyes. There was a frost bite checker on the lift looking at people cheeks if there were white you got sent to the cafe. The snow was very sticky, when I asked the ski tech what wax he recommend he suggested removing all the wax!
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if you have a old spare pair of goggles, because even good ones will eventually freeze up.
and snowshoes or skins as a lot of resorts will shut down in very cold temps 
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thanks for all your help pam, you've been a great help right from me signing up to snowheads 