 Poster: A snowHead
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Is it me or is the Tignes Glacier looking in a rather sorry state. I cannot remember seeing it in such a sorry state over the last few years.
http://www.tignes.co.uk/webcam.htm
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Using the webcam's own archive, it looks pretty much the same as this time last year.
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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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Jerby: Yes, it's you! As feef says it ends up looking like that each year - ie just about down to the glacial ice by late July/early August.
However, skiing-wise, it's often a lot better than it looks. We were horrified the first time we emerged from the funicular to see the glacier in it's midsummer state - but were pleasantly surprised at the snow conditions from the top of the cable car and off the top left T-bar (when viewing the webcam). Those runs aren't all that visible on the webcam image.
Last edited by Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see? on Sat 25-08-12 10:49; edited 1 time in total
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Iam sure you are correct. Maybe i have not looked this late in the summer before.
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I believe L2A isn't in great shape either.
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I was sitting eating my cheese sandwich in a pretty spot overlooking Hauteluce, an hour ago, contemplating Mont Blanc. I don't remember seeing so little snow up there since the canicule of 2003 - but it's always hard to remember exactly.
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It's August, ithasn't rained rain that much this summer, it has been consistently very hot for a month or even longer so it's not surprising. Mont Blanc doesn't look too bad - it definitely looks much better than it did in March/April last year.
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| I don't remember seeing so little snow up there since the canicule of 2003 |
What eez zees, 'ow you say...canicule 
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it definitely looks much better than it did in March/April last year.
Not from my point of view it doesn't. This was March 20 last year.
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Canicule = Heatwave. I remember I was doing french conversation evening classes back in 2003 and we had many discussion on the effect in France, many died that summer. I think I was there on holiday as well on the Med coast.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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and this was last week.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I think I was there on holiday as well on the Med coast.
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So was I, and I remember a conversation with a very scornful beach barman who pointed out that they knew how to deal with heat, and how to look after their grandparents, and nobody had died in the Midi!
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L2A hasn't opened today, the snow conditions are so poor  Apparently it's suffered from warmth/winds the last couple of days. It doesn't look good for it re-opening again (it would have closed next weekend after the summer anyway).
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You know it makes sense.
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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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If you look at current webcam and the 2009 image the glacier has shrunk a lot and is looking VERY sorry
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Poster: A snowHead
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When we skied in Tignes a few years ago the instructor, Kevin, pointed out where the glacier had been when he started teaching there - about 15 years previously, I think. The contrast was striking. And sad.
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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 worked on the glacier in 1987 & 88 and it looked VERY different then.
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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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This pics's doing the rounds on facebook
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A friend was in Tignes towards the end of their summer season and said that although the snow looked grey and dirty it was perfectly skiable in the mornings, just like mountainaddict reported. It won't take much fresh snow to make the glacier look more appealing. I've been there at the end of September/early October for the last couple of years and had some nice fresh tracks in new snow on the glacier. Fingers crossed for more of the same this year 
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Rob
I'm not talking about ski-ability, There was NO rock in the middle of the glacier back in the 80s. I'm trawling through thousands of old slides to see if I have a shot which will show the vast loss of base glacier.
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Check out latest webcam today!
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| Rob D wrote: |
Rob
I'm not talking about ski-ability, There was NO rock in the middle of the glacier back in the 80s. I'm trawling through thousands of old slides to see if I have a shot which will show the vast loss of base glacier. |
Yes, even in the 10 years or so that I've been skiing at Tignes out of season the shrinking of the glacier is obvious.
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Today's view.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Rob D, I'd be interested in seeing such pics!
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| pam w wrote: |
So was I, and I remember a conversation with a very scornful beach barman who pointed out that they knew how to deal with heat, and how to look after their grandparents, and nobody had died in the Midi! |
Hah, smug provencals. Obviously they didn't feel the same need to make sure granny was warm last winter where the PACA had an extra 6000 deaths of old people due to the cold.
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You know it makes sense.
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By the way, did you see latest webcam. That snow is all gone again.
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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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Not surprised it was 24 degs in resort yesterday - shame I'm painting!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Wow, that pic of the Glacier in July is quite shocking, anyone get any pics dating back 10/20/30 years to compare?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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chocksaway, Oils or watercolour ?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Farley Goode, Dulux Matt
Currently in the middle of a thumping thunderstorm in resort and snow forecast for the peaks tomorrow.
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Which has duly arrived - rained allday in resort until 4 when it started snowing - so if we could see the glacier...........
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chocksaway, good news from up on top is that there's been a goodly amount of fresh snow  Getting v. excited now. 21 days to the start of 2012/13
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rob@rar, its looking pretty good, the long range forecast for overnight temps is about freezing level in Tines and well below higher up, but hey we all know long range forecasts suck, it could be powder heaven for you guys again 
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Always my favourite time of the year, when the first snow starts appearing on the webcams !
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rob@rar doing the Mo......
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lordh, that's not me, but hopefully will be in three weeks...
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