Poster: A snowHead
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My translation: Access to Tignes and Val d'Isère is currently impossible due to an avalanche at around 19:35 this evening (Tuesday) on the RD 902 at the entry to the Brévières tunnel. This area is often witness to avalanches and rockfall despite the installation of numerous avalanche barriers. At the moment it's unknown if there are any victims. The road is used very often given it leads to two of the main Savoie ski stations, which are still open for business.
http://www.ledauphine.com/savoie/2013/04/16/la-route-de-tignes-et-val-d-isere-coupee-par-une-avalanche
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Wow! Let's hope there was nobody under it. It's certainly a busy road. Not one I've driven very often and I don't enjoy it. It's bleak and miserable and people drive like nutcases along it.
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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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Just read this - I am currently in Tignes so looks like we are cut off from the world! Can see police signs from where we are staying. Will post any further info we get. Saw 2 massive avalanches driving up here this afternoon. One lasted over 10 minutes and the other was the biggest I have ever seen.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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was only up and down there twice last week on trips out from our base in Ste Foy.............
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maybe that's why they all drive so fast down that road?
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stefoy4me, yes but the isotherm was not at 3500 last week !
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pam w, I hate driving that road too but mainly because im always scared of avalanches!
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I've driven up and down that road more times than I can recall and not once have I given even a first thought about avalanche danger, never mind a second thought. Local taxi drivers, on the other hand...
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weathercam...no it wasn t, but there were plenty of releases visible last week as it was still quite warm
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stefoy4me, yes but the isotherm was not at 3500 last week ! |
I think you'll find it was.
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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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The road will also be closed today from 2.30 onwards as further avalanches will be set off to clear the remaining snow. How long depends on the amount of snow that comes down.
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You know it makes sense.
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the isotherm was not at 3500 last week
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it's at 3600 today, according to Meteo France. Rather lower last week, I think. IIRC the first really hot day was Sunday.
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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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DT68 ERK!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Road now open again
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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TheGeneralist, sorry but I've been out here beginning of March and keep a very close watch on freezing levels and the like as we have to when considering ski touring, as well as taking a keen interest in over night and morning temps, in fact it's not uncommon to go out at 06:30 in the morning and test the snow, to see if it's worth going touring or not as early starts are often a necessity, or just go back to bed.
And down here in the South as it's not as high as Tignes / Val etc it's even more important to us as if the level is 2800 that's just about as high as we climb to give or take a few hundred ms
In fact it has been a pretty rubbish spring so far with no prolonged periods of freeze / melt, but it is only this week we're we've seen such high values , hence the slides !
We timed it to perfection last Sunday though
http://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=99908
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