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| pjd wrote: |
| Alta Badia looks to have fared rather better than say Seiseralm. |
Who want's to go to the white golf course which is Alpe Di Suisi anyway? 
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Cortina d'Ampezzo looks to have done well today.
Re huts on the Seiseralm, the Radauer Schwaige is one of the best mountain huts I've been to - fantastically unchanged and run by a very nice family. Interestingly, the whole alp is very predominantly German speaking whereas down in the valley at St Christina it switches to Ladin.
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Oh yes, webcams looking nice & white this morning...some areas reporting 5-10cm new snow since yesterday, it's starting to look like a Winter Wonderland, cold temps should preserve that for a while. We'll see what next week brings!
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Looks like almost a full house for the sella Ronda.
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The superdolomiti are now reporting 421 out of 457 lifts are operational today, 1058kms of runs out of 1200 are open.
Impressive given how little natural snow there has been so far. 
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Arabba is claiming 12 cm of fresh today, with snow depth of 22cm in valley and 80cm at the top, looking fairly healthy! 
Selva looks a little leaner with 5cm new and piste depths of 8cm valley & 10cm mountain according to Bergfex.
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Bit hard packed in passo today but lovely at point de lingo the black runs had some other yesterday's little snow showers left and it was nice ! Top of the mountain was very windy so less joy on that. In madonna now and while off psite seems out of bounds the snow making seems top Notch! Delighted with our apartment at the bottom of the world cup run , great view and we can ski home, still hoping for snow , that would be cool, excuse the pun.lol
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It's really far out I know but the 06z GFS looks good for the Dolomites for the end of the month.
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@pjd, Fingers crossed then - that's my week !!
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You know it makes sense.
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Hi All
Does anyone happen to be in or skied in Canazei at the moment as I would love to know what the actual pistes are like to ski on, including back to the village?
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| pjd wrote: |
| It's really far out I know but the 06z GFS looks good for the Dolomites for the end of the month. |
Nice big spike on the last 3 days of the month!!
Dry & cold this week with N then E flow, getting a bit milder and possibly some snowfall at the weekend. The Med low is there this week, but struggles to get far enough North in recent forecasts.
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Poster: A snowHead
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In Canazei this week. All of the pistes in the area including the run to resort are in remarkable condition. In fact all pistes skied across the Dolomiti area in similar condition.It's very very cold n sunny,hopefully for 4 more days.
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Arrived in Alleghe yesterday. Looks like the great war tour between cinque torres and Lagazuoi lift has been downgraded to skibus. I can understand why the long flat link between Falzarego and Bai de Dones might be tricky but why are all the blues and reds up the hill (especially skiweg croda negra) closed when these are all high lying? Anyone know what the plan is and when they might be open again?
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| chomski wrote: |
| Arrived in Alleghe yesterday. Looks like the great war tour between cinque torres and Lagazuoi lift has been downgraded to skibus. I can understand why the long flat link between Falzarego and Bai de Dones might be tricky but why are all the blues and reds up the hill (especially skiweg croda negra) closed when these are all high lying? Anyone know what the plan is and when they might be open again? |
No snowmaking perhaps??
The Croda Negra chair wasn't running when I did it last Feb and I clubbed together with some Germans to get a shared Taxi from Bai de Dones up to Passo Falzarego, to save waiting for the skibus.
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@luigi,
On that image, how do I interpret it? Is it that black spike on the 31st?
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| albob wrote: |
@luigi,
On that image, how do I interpret it? Is it that black spike on the 31st?
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Yes it's the black spike, but as that shows the "Run GFS" is an distinct outlier. Of the 20 different perturbations they run most show little to no snow, with a few showing some but less than the op run. That far in the future a GFS op prediction unsupported by the other scenarios (or even the other GFS runs throughout the day) doesn't mean that much. The scenario average (the thick red line) is a better guide of what there is any support for.
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@albob, as Drogue says and before anyone starts panicking, it's an outlier and a long way off, so far from a prediction at this stage, more a 'watch this space'...and with all likelihood it will disappear or get downgraded as so often has happened with snowfall for the Dolomites this season.
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Thanks to both...
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Long time listener, first time caller...
We're off to Corvara on Feb 4th and a little concerned at our ability versus snow conditions - scraped out snow and ice is definitely not my friend. Any reassurance about the ease of skiing on man-made or advice on where to go for best, easy-cruising conditions would be very welcome. We have a car - so can move around a bit... Thanks
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@Barbs007, Don't worry, it will be fine. The snow making and piste grooming in The Dolomites is probably the best in the world. Even if there is no fresh snow before you go the pistes will be in fine condition.
You should be concerned about 120 lunatic Snowheads that will be in the area at the same time though!
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Getting a little milder in the sunshine as the week progresses. High Pressure dominates over N Central Europe is allowing a couple of storms to pass through the Med this week and over the weekend, both look to be too far South to interest the Dolomites. There's been catastrophic snow in C Italy along with a medium earthquake and some heavy falls currently predicted at the weekend in SW Piedmont, but the weekend storm track is uncertain...if the High were to slip W of Britain allowing a Genoa Low to track from SW to NE...clutching at straws! 
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Poster: A snowHead
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| luigi wrote: |
| Getting a little milder in the sunshine as the week progresses. High Pressure dominates over N Central Europe is allowing a couple of storms to pass through the Med this week and over the weekend, both look to be too far South to interest the Dolomites. There's been catastrophic snow in C Italy along with a medium earthquake and some heavy falls currently predicted at the weekend in SW Piedmont, but the weekend storm track is uncertain...if the High were to slip W of Britain allowing a Genoa Low to track from SW to NE...clutching at straws! |
Amazing how the lows are avoiding the dolomites this year. But if I remember well, it was the same last year in December-January, but then quite snowy from somewhere in February. Hoping so, cause I'll be there the end of February...
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I can't quite understand given the very low temps why the valley runs in Cortina appear to be the only pistes in the region not to be opened?
Given the amount of snowmaking facilities available it's baffling.
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I suspect Cortina hasn't invested as much in Snowmaking as other resorts actually on the 'Ronda' :: Still living on its past reputation as a 'top' resort...
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| albob wrote: |
| I suspect Cortina hasn't invested as much in Snowmaking as other resorts actually on the 'Ronda' :: Still living on its past reputation as a 'top' resort... |
Apparently the South Tyroleans have enjoyed tax concessions from Rome on ski installations as if they were a form of public transport, to keep them sweet. One reason why Cortina wanted to secede from the Veneto and rejoin their former Tyrolean compatriots.
As it is, Cortina just doesn't get the traffic (and lift-pass revenues) of the Sella Ronda. It's still popular with wealthy older Italians who own holiday places all over town, but they only turn up on high days & holidays leaving it pretty underused most of the season.
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I heard that conditions on the sella ronda are deteriorating. Anyone to confirm (or deny)?
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| bart_bdv wrote: |
| I heard that conditions on the sella ronda are deteriorating. Anyone to confirm (or deny)? |
Im due in Selva a week today, that is worrying news! Where did you hear this?
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Skied round Ciampinoi, Sellajoch, Piz Sella , Col Rodella and top of Canazei today. The pistes were in very good condition- no real difference from previous years, save that not so many mounds built up during the day. There was a bit of hard pack on the valley run to Selva in the late afternoon, but that's pretty normal. We are all amazed at how, with so little natural snow, they have created such good conditions. Anyone coming out here soon should have a great time. Cold weather is helping preserve the pistes and artificial snow was being pumped out at the Sellajoch today to be spread around the pistes later.
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@pjd, all good to hear, esp as the outlook is dry for the next week at least, temps are creeping up from the deep cold of late, probably not enough to spoil conditions if they are continuing to make snow.
There is a huge spike of precipitation at the end of the month/start of Feb showing on this mornings 00Z GFS output, but with little support from the ensemble, so as Noza says on the main weather thread, it's too far out to take seriously at this point, once it gets within 7 day-range and it's still showing with more support, then we could start to get excited!
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Can I ask. When did the Dolomites last receive any significant natural snow and down to what level?
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