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jbob has kindly offered to maintain this thread which will enable links to avalanche bulletins and other useful resources to be easily found - no need for a transceiver 
Take it away and thanks Jim.......
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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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What a fantastic resource! Thanks jbob! 
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There's an Android app called Snowsafe www.snowsafe.at that updates the Tirol Avalanche Report on your phone whenever the Tirol Avalanche Service updates.
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AndAnotherThing.., thanks I'll try and incorporate all robrar good work. It's a project in progress.
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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.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Courtesy of a post on pistehors.com:
Just a quick message to let you know that following on from the success of last season’s lectures there will again be a FREE Avalanche Awareness lecture in Chamonix every week this winter season.
The lectures are being held upstairs at La Terrasse bar in the centre of Chamonix. They will be at 18.15 every Monday from 10 Dec 2012 to 11 Mar 2013. NB: Christmas and New Year week the lectures will be on a Sunday night instead.
Lectures last around 45 minutes, and will be delivered by qualified Mountain Guides resident in Chamonix. The lectures cover a variety of topics, including avalanche avoidance and rescue techniques.
Lectures are provided courtesy of http://www.avalancheacademy.com.
There is no charge for attending, so please show your support for La Terrasse by buying a drink from the bar.
Have a safe season.....
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dsoutar, thanks I had already spotted it and linked above and AA has posted on SHs. I attended a talk last season and they are very good, a generous offer from AA.
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You know it makes sense.
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Hi
Hope I'm not hijacking this thread. I just wanted to let everyone know that we've been asked to give a presentation in Morzine, so we will be there this coming Tuesday (11 Dec 2012). The presentation will be at Beanies Coffee and Ski Shop on Rue Du Bourg at 6pm. It will be free, so we hope to see as many people there as possible.
Hope you all have a safe winter.
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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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Poster: A snowHead
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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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Well, I just spent an fruitless 1/2 hour trying to find a English translation of the Chamonix avalanche forecast. A remarkable decision to produce the official version as an image so preventing auto translation 
If anyone has a link I'd be grateful.
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AndAnotherThing.., funny you say that, I was conducting the same search last night.
Avalanche Academy translates it into tweet-sized bites (you can either see it on Twitter or on the home page of their site).
Does anyone know if there is an organisation that records each day's snowfall in Chamonix, along with a description of the type of snow that falls each time? Obviously I want to be able to access this info online.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I'm heading off next week and struggling to find a translation for the meto france avalanche info. Can anyone help
Thanks
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feshiebridge, I usually type it, word-for-word, into Google Translate (cos it's a bloody image, grrrr...). There may be local organisations that provide translations. Where are you off to?
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feshiebridge, Zero-G, a hobby horse of mine. If you are on twitter avalanche academy tweet a lot of good stuff.
@avalancheacad
He's a guide operating in the valley and reports what he finds.
Last edited by Then you can post your own questions or snow reports... on Fri 1-02-13 10:17; edited 1 time in total
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Zero-G, Have you tried saving it as a PDF then using an online OCR service, then translate.
bit of a faff but might work.
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tiffin, that may be a solution.
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| feshiebridge, Zero-G, a hobby horse of mine. If you are on twitter avalanche academy tweet a lot of good stuff. @avalancheacad. |
Erm...
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| Avalanche Academy translates it into tweet-sized bites (you can either see it on Twitter or on the home page of their site). |
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Thanks for all the help. I'm off to Serre Chavalier on Sunday.
It looks like I may have to type it in word for word - but by the time I do this all the freshies will have gone !!! - I 'll try the PDF route
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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.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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You know it makes sense.
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This season we will once again be running our series of Free Avalanche Awareness Lectures in Geneva, Chamonix, Morzine and Verbier. The lectures last around an hour, are delivered by qualified Mountain Guides from www.avalancheacademy.com, and are designed to cover the basics of avalanche avoidance, and emergency rescue.
Dates and venues for winter 2013-2014 are as follows:
Geneva Monday 09 Dec 2013 6.30pm. Venue: The Clubhouse, Rue Philippe-Plantamour 25, 1201 Geneva.
Verbier Wednesday 11 Dec 2013 6.30pm. Venue: Pub Mont Fort, Chemin de la Tinte 10, 1936 Verbier.
Morzine Thursday 19 Dec 2013 and Friday 10 Jan 2014 at 6.30pm. Venue: The Bec Jaune Brewery, 220 route de la Combe ?ore, 74110 Morzine
Chamonix. Every Monday night from 16 Dec to 10 March 2014. Venue: La Terrasse Bar, Place Balmat 74400 Chamonix. 6.15pm
Come along and be safer this winter.....
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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great stuff Ava, Academy. I'll be there in Chamonix on Monday the 30th, thanks, Horgand
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Poster: A snowHead
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For those planning or sharing UK (and Euro) ski tours this is a nice resource:
http://www.outdoorsgps.com/route/create
For the UK you get a printable OS map option while for Europe there is a terrain option for the road maps. What's handy is the ability to quickly estimate route distances and elevations.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Just been looking at the Ortovox training site and have to say it is pretty good with lots of animation and videos (German spoken in vids but there are subtitles). Think it has had a bit of a revamp since the last time I looked.
It's simple enough to find but the address is different to the one quoted at the beginning of this thread.
http://www.ortovox.com/safety-academy-lab/avalanche-basics
Also see there was a software update for the S1+ transceiver released on 24 Oct 2013. Will have to find somewhere to get mine done.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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@clarky999, thanks I'll alter the sticky above. If anyone spots any broken links please let me know, also I always on the look out for better info for France.
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@AndAnotherThing.., thanks I'll fix it.
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@Woosh, thanks I'll add it.
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