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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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change over day though. Enjoy it while it lasts
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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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holidayloverxx, I'll just stick to skiing on Saturdays 
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Patch, it's all right for some!
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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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Seriously though, fantastically quiet day, even considering its changeover day. Even the roads are very quiet.
Bleedin' cold though
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getting same reports from Montalbert/La Plagne
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| Patch wrote: |
The Chaudanne, 9am this morning 
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Can you post tomorrows photo at the same time please
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bertie bassett,
+1
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| bertie bassett wrote: |
| Patch wrote: |
The Chaudanne, 9am this morning
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Can you post tomorrows photo at the same time please |
What, you want me to get up early, go out in the cold, and ski ?
OK, if I must ....
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I just missed out on being in that photo! Looks like my class just arrived at our (New Gen) meeting point in the background. It was nice and quiet today. Calm before the storm! I went to St. Martin twice today with clients. Won't be trying that again for the next 2 weeks. Made that mistake once at Feb half-term and had to wait nearly 45 mins at the St. Martin 2 chair, and that was the ski school lane (I gave extra time at the end to make up for it). I'll try and take my camera as well for the same photo at 9.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Made that mistake once at Feb half-term and had to wait nearly 45 mins at the St. Martin 2 chair, and that was the ski school lane
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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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simon_bates, I'll try to catch you in tomorrow morning's photo 
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I might be more obvious in the bright green uniform. Wonder if I'll be able to spot you in the crowd taking the shot?
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You know it makes sense.
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Some UK school groups arrived in Alpe D'Huez yesterday. Still not TOO busy unless you arrive at a lift just after them.
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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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simon_bates, Look for Orange jacket and green skis with white dots on them 
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Poster: A snowHead
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The Chaudanne, 9am this morning
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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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Is it half term or have I taken the kids out of school for the wrong week as 3v was strangely quiet today 
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Half term is always fine. This whole 'keep away at all costs, it's horrifically busy!' thing is a total myth. I'm sure this gets proved every single year.
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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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v quiet in Mottaret as well, heard of late availabilty at a few chalets which is unheard of for the half term..
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I've been wondering about the effect of the recent few years of financial turbulence on the number of beds filled, especially from Britain. I haven't really kept up with the general scene news, so apols if this has all been discussed before.
Sometimes it does seem to be just too busy. Personally I would rather drop a summer holiday than a winter one, but that said, I've taken a time out from skiing to raise two puppies ) Next season it's back on though and I can't wait.
It's really good to see pictures of the actual reality, so thanks to the op.
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aw, I wanted a pic of Patch and simon_bates running into each others arms 
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| alti - dude wrote: |
| Is it half term or have I taken the kids out of school for the wrong week as 3v was strangely quiet today |
I looked at a 3pm web-cam shot from off the top of the Derby in Les Arcs, also much much quieter than I would have imagined on day 1 on the 'busiest week of the year'
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Paris kids not on holiday until next week, so that should help
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I arrived into the Chaudanne at 9.03 according to the electronic scoreboard at the bottom of the Stade. I stopped and chatted to Martin Jeffers (BASS instructor in the foreground) but didn't see anyone taking photos. My own camera battery died before I could take my own one. Guess I was just a couple of minutes late to be in it.
Today I noticed a couple of queues - Tougnette 2 in the morning, and Pas du Lac in the afternoon, but nothing horrendous. A couple of pistes got busy later in the day, perhaps as more people arrived, or yesterdays arrivals found rental equipment and got out on the slopes. However my flatmate does airport transfers and reckons the roads haven't been as bad as normal for half-term so that would seem to confirm a slightly less chaotic but still busy week. We'll see what 9am tomorrow brings...
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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simon_bates, It was just a quick snap on my phone camera, then quickly off up Plan de l'Homme before the crowds got there
Shimmy Alcott, 
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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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Oh, and no photo from me at 9am tomorrow, I'll be on my way to Mozambique
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You know it makes sense.
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Patch, I hope the ski conditions are equally as good!
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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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Patch, I wondered why you weren't home when I got back from work! You'll get no sympathy from me going direct from piste to beach and then back to piste again next Saturday 
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Poster: A snowHead
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But 9am is about the only time Meribel is that quiet, half term or not. Take the same shot at 11am when all the oiks have slobbed their hungover back-sides out out of bed .
I passed through Meribel in mid-Jan on the way to Les Menuires and back, and despite the fact that I'd not seen a queue in Courchevel all week, and there were no queues for any of the Les Menuires lifts, there was a 15 minute wait down in Meribel for Tougnette 1 (and a further 10 mins for Tougnette 2) on the way out and a 20 minute wait for Saulire 1 on the way back. And don't even get me started on the comparative quality and busyness of the pistes. If I could Teleport from the top of Loze or Saulire to the top of Tougnette or Mont de Le Chambre I'd quite happily cut out Meribel.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Got this from my lad yesterday over in La Tania, I think this scary site is what is keeping peolpe away, hope its not a SH or anyone you know
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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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livetoski, OMG that is a scary sight...not one beer to be seen!
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The yeti fell into a vat of ribena.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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hammerite,
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All the scare mongers have kept the 3 vallies all clear of lift queues. Awesome. 2 or 3 minute queues in Val Thorens and Les Menuires since Saturday and max 5 minutes in Meribel today.
It does not get any better than this. Keep the scare mongering going please.
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