 Poster: A snowHead
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| I suppose we call them piste bashers cos thats what they do |
Seems pretty open and shut to me...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Schuss in Boots, yes we did, which is why I put
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The upper slopes were often good to excellent esp. after the snow falls
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It's not clear if doctor_eeyore, got any or not.
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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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Megamum, Not criticising, just trying to understand the relationship between piste bashing quality and piste quality from the posts above. S'all. 
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Schuss in Boots, Sorry, that wasn't meant to sound terse. I didn't feel criticised, I just wondered if you had spotted that I'd mentioned we had all that lovely snow, which, as you know, does make a huge difference to the pistes. No problem here 
We found that when they had the big dumps of snow on the wider pistes it was almost as though they only deliberately pisted one half of the slopes in some places. The deep powder is fun to play in, but takes some skiing esp. if you only have thinner skis it was as though they left it deep for those that wanted the fun and/or had the equipment, but provided a corridor of bashed stuff for anyone that couldn't cope with it, esp. when there were only one or two easy runs off the top of a lif.
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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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[quote="bobmcstuff"]Didn't have that happen in 3Vs in January (in fact, pistes seemed pretty immaculate).
I agree they were perfect.
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From the FIS wiki.
" Normally snow will pack and groom best in a relatively narrow temperature range between -10 and 0 degrees Celsius. Extremely cold dry snow (below -20 C) does not pack well, and as a general rule, all grooming of extremely warm snow (above 0 C) should be avoided. Warm wet snow can be a sticky frustrating mess and if followed by a cold spell the resulting icy surface can be dangerous. But, the pressures applied by an impatient skiing public or an upcoming race may force groomers to pack and groom in less than ideal conditions."
"Warm, wet snow is another matter. Whenever possible the best course of action in extremely sloppy conditions is to leave it alone. This is especially true if cold weather is predicted for the immediate future. The extra compaction produced by grooming melting snow can turn trails into armour plate if temperatures drop suddenly. Still, there will be times when grooming in the slop has to be done, and in some areas (coastal zones, for example) where warm and wet are the norm, there will be no choice. Even in warm periods there may be times when temperatures and surface moisture levels drop enough for productive grooming (usually late night or very early morning)."
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Megamum,
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One thing I consistently think is brilliant in the 3V areas and seems superior to both what we have found in Austria and Les Arcs is the quality of signage and piste edge marking in the 3V's
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Hear hear.
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^^ thirded! Especially compared with NZ, where there is virtually none ! 
Very different H&S culture [fear]
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Pedantica, Compagnie des Alpes is currently (now and next season) upgrading all signage in La Plagne for consistency and durability. I guess once LP is done they may move onto Les Arcs.
Small piece on the subject on Romains site
http://www.perso-laplagne.fr/Actualites.htm#31_03_12
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No worries and thanks 
