 Poster: A snowHead
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http://alpes.france3.fr/info/albertville--12-mois-de-sursis-pour-le-moniteur-73678472.html
On December 31, 2009, in Orelle, Maurienne, a skier was caught in an avalanche. Two monitors were prosecuted. The court sentenced the instructor who was skiing ahead to 12 months suspended sentence and various fines. The second was acquitted. No disqualification has been imposed contrary to the prosecutor's request.
Not sure if the two were Guides or instructors they are referred to as moniteurs which translates as Instructor. Maybe someone more local could suggest if they were Guides or Instructors.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Moniteur for me usually implies a group leader, e.g. a UCPA guy or tour-op ski host leading clients around, rather than a teacher. The snowhead with a place in Bareges referred to himself as a "moniteur" on that TF3 video he posted
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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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"Moniteur" is used very loosely in France.
It can be an actual official qualification, or just referring to someone simply looking after a group.
A bit like "Engineer" in the UK..
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....or a snowhead "leading" a group of fellow snowheads despite the fact that no consideration has passed? I understand that there is some fairly murky water you can get into fairly quickly, one man's "mates" is another's "moniteur & clients".
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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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boredsurfin, as far as I am aware they were both instructors for the ESF in Val Thorens.
Moniteur in France usually implies an instructor with a qualification (be it skiing, sailing etc). People referring to themselves as Moniteurs but without qualifications are treading murky waters... (especially "moniteurs de nage en eaux troubles"...)
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I don't think fatbob was talking about people who call themselves moniteurs but those who the courts might decide were in that capacity because they were more experienced than the others or knew the resort better. This latter is a worrying subject for those of us who ski off piste, sometimes without a proper guide.
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