pam w,
yes i'll let you have that one on me, should say "coaching"
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Another lovely day on the glacier, slightly warmer than yesterday so the snow softened a bit earlier in the morning. The weekend group turned up last night so it was their first day skiing. Everyone seemed to enjoy it, even if it was a tough morning.
After skiing most of us headed down the valley to Bourg St Maurice for an afternoon of white water rafting. It's a 22km route taking a couple of hours, graded up to level 4 in some parts. Enormous fun!
Why only 'semi' hot and 'semi' milfy? How fit are you?
Great pics Rob, I'd love to be there!
I am a supreme athlete, son.
Get used to it.
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
A slight cautionary tale about glacier skiing. Found a small crevasse which was just wide enough to allow a ski to drop in to it and get jammed. Pisteurs were on the ball and were on the scene quickly to extract the ski and make sure the situation didn't get worse.
After all it is free
After all it is free
rob@rar, Wow, that brings it home!!
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
kitenski, it was pretty sketchy, one leg dropped in thigh deep and he didn't want (rightly) to take off the ski on the leg still on the piste, got all twisted up and jammed into the crack.. This was the after photo, I was helpfully 100 metres lower down about to film when the pistueres were fishing him out...
Ski the Net with snowHeads
Ski the Net with snowHeads
Cool photo.
Was the crack on or off the main trails?
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
Whitegold, on
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.
but it didn't put him off... we ripped some big fat GS turns down the same piste
So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
rob@rar, looks fantastic, out 2 weeks today to Montchavin and will head up to Tignes to have a fly round with the skis.
Can you just remind me what time it opens?
Cheers
You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
roche1800, first funicular up is at 7.30am. By midday the snow is typically too soft to be enjoyable so we've been skiing from 8.15am to 12.00pm. Funicular runs about every 30 minutes.
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
rob@rar, thank you for that, when I've been before I have just turned up at before 7am and sorted my kit and had a coffee but never paid attention to the opening time.
One summer I went up there twice in a week and both days the Furnic was broken with 'intermittent' problems, so very hit and miss. Thanks . . .
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Whitegold wrote:
I am a supreme athlete, son.
Get used to it.
By 'fit', I meant good-looking. Also I'm female, so no 'son' needed.
Would love to do a bit of summer skiing one day, just to stem the ski cravings. Even a long weekend would be good.
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
I am sat at my desk, it is raining (again) and that looks awesome - I wish I was there
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?
skimottaret, do you know of evolution 2 ski school?
o dear. Huckacliff duckabranch, I had lessons with Kevin from Evo 2 a few years ago - he was excellent. Kept a group of 5 of us, with quite a wide range of ski abilities, very productively occupied on one piste. Looking forward to some more lessons in October, from Inside Out.
Any update on what the snow is like? We are driving out on the 20th and hoping to still have a couple of days skiing. Are the bumps and park still serviceable/ open?
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...
rob@rar finally got my replacement laptop, so busily uploading new photos to Facebook now (you may have noticed). Thanks to you, skimottaret and everyone at Mountain Sun for another awesome holiday. Still need to get my clips off of you, I'll do that next time I'm in Hemel. Will be booking onto the Meribel trip shortly, can't wait! Cheers!
rob@rar, nice. (I always like the background music you choose too.)
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.
Pedantica, glad you like it. Newton Faulkner's "Dreams Catch Me" is the music track.
So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much
rob@rar - brilliant
You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.
just back from our summer camp to Tignes. Excellent conditions for training and great weather.
On arrival, the glacier looked a bit dicey but turned out to be great. some snow in the middle of the 10 days freshened the glacier up for us and we had a great 10 days.
The huge amount of readily available and conveniently located afternoon activities helped to make it one of our best ever summer training camps.
rob@rar, It looks like the Roche d'Toviere (http://viaferratafr.free.fr/via-ferrata.php?via=6, which is one of the best via Ferrata in France.
We messed up a couple of days in the Alpes during this this summer holidays (Like hut bookings) so one day ended up climbing the Grande Motte. A lovely climb from the top of the telepherique, but due to taking too long we arrived back at the funicular station about 15:30, hours after it was supposed to be closed. They ran a special train for us to descend. As we strolled down the piste I couldn't help but notice that the snow was in very good ondidtion.
My son thought Tignes looked much better in the summer with flowers everywhere and sailing on the lake than in the winter.
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Poster: A snowHead
I love that video of Philbo's! Some crazy goings-on in the lake.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Wow. Looks amazing! What are the temperatures like during august at Tignes?
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?
BREAKING NEWS: Que calor! It’s getting hot even above 3.000 m! To guarantee the best ski conditions to all, the top of the glacier only will be open from August, 22nd 2012 on (“Glacier” piste and snowpark).
FAQ
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(I always like the background music you choose too.)
, which is one of the best via Ferrata in France.
