 Poster: A snowHead
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I'm sure 1 or 2  s have done this already this season, so come on, show us your skills 
In short, the Meribel Couloir has been pisted (partially) and you can register, free, at the top for them to video you and pick it up at the bottom on your 'mobile device' or have it sent to your facebook account, apparently. It's a 37 degree black, so not for everyone but for those who fancy the challenge, it's a nice free souvenir.
I'm out there next week with a group of friends, so, with a lesson mid-week, we'll be doing a before and after video to see if we've learnt anything at all!
http://www.merinet.com/events/news/test-yourself-on-the-brand-new-black-run.html
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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grazzenger, Not sure that it's been "pisted" exactly... it's a bit steep for that, but they have marked the route with black piste markers, in case it was difficult for anyone to pick out the route 
Until last season, it was a great little off-piste couloir, but now that it's a "piste" it gets closed regularly - in fact I think it's been the only piste in Méribel to have been closed for the last week. So, shame they couldn't have left it how it was
Have fun on it next week, if it's open !
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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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ahhh. thanks for the info. fingers crossed i can get a video next week of me sliding backwards down it on my arris!
on another note, we've got an off-piste lesson booked for tuesday. do you think that there is likely to be any off-piste left, given that the forecast has little or no snow in it between now and then? i'm sure there are secret stashes and if worst comes to the worst, we'll get a 4 hour on-piste lesson (which never goes amiss) but i would like to finally get professional instruction in the deep arts!
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| do you think that there is likely to be any off-piste left! |
There is always off-piste left. What you can't guarantee is what the off-piste is going to be like.
As a good skiing friend of mine regularly points out, the only thing you can guarantee about off-piste is what you are not going to be skiing.
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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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RobW, not strictly true, parts of the Vallee Blanche regularly look like poorly pisted bumpy runs.
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moffatross, yebbut THE FRENCH have always been the flouncier side of the Auld Alliance. 
Caps for any of the racism monitors to score me
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I will demonstrate my skills by cleverly going nowhere near the place in question.
My skills will be seen to best advantage as I time my arrival at the bottom of Folyeres for happy hour at the pub ski lodge.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Did it on the video in January - not bad .... but not great quality .... the video that is !
Not sure it's still available on line - will look and see if I can post it.
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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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Sorry - lost the link .... obviously didn't think it worth saving.
Technology is pretty good .... worked well with 2 cameras I recall for different sections.
Film link texted to mobile pretty quickly after the run.
But you do feel in a bit of a rush to get down the ridge and into the couloir as they say you have only 10 seconds after logging your pass before filming starts ..... but wasn't sure exactly where the filming starts so didnt know where you had to be in the 10 seconds if you know what I mean.... rushing down the ridge is not the best idea !
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emwmarine, on its day there is no finer skiing or views anywhere in the skiing world than Scotchland. I pity those who limit their horizons to just one country or type of resort.
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You know it makes sense.
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I have only come down one piste on my arris before but it did cause much amusement. Very short, steep mogul field at the very top of kaprun. Underestimated the size of the bumps at the top, lost 1 ski and slid from top to bottom looking back uphill at my errant ski following me. A salient lesson!
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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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I have only come down one piste on my arris before but it did cause much amusement. Very short, steep mogul field at the very top of kaprun. Underestimated the size of the bumps at the top, lost 1 ski and slid from top to bottom looking back uphill at my errant ski following me. A salient lesson!
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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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So how does this slope at 37 degrees compare to some of the backs in Val Thorens, such as Goitschel or roseal in Orelle. Is it a lot steeper/harder??
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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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emwmarine, It felt a lot steeper than Goitschel the one time that I have skied it, though maybe some of that was down to it being the first run of the holiday.
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emwmarine, It is a steep, fairly narrow couloir ... do not confuse it with a piste
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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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Mike3000, great video but that's the Grand Couloir, the Meribel coulouir is immediately to the left as you go along the ridge, my memory of it is that it looks far steeper than the GC. There was a sign in January at the top showing the gradients on both and seem to think the Meribel has a steeper section than the GC.
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Mike3000, nice video. I didn't remember it being as steep as it looks in the video though.
Also, the bits under the big gondola are good to do; usually better snow on them too.
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FAQ
I met an Austrian woman a couple of years ago who had skied the Couloir Tournier (Meribel Couloir) and broke both her legs on it when someone above her fell and crashed into her. 
