 Poster: A snowHead
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Wish I hadn’t opened the curtains! Looking any better anywhere across the 3V?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@orange, OMG - that bad? 
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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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Terrible viz in Méribel-Village, about 50m
Lots of dissapointed kids @ breakfast table, really hope it clears up.....
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Yeah it’s prettg dire up here - lifting ever so slightly maybe 30m viz now. Looked at all forecasts and it should improve somewhat.
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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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I'm in mottaret I think it's looking like another day indoors! Looking at all the webcams it's the same in every village
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That's one of the issues of being based in VT, no trees to help in poor visibility.
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Starting to clear in VT, moraine and portette runs in the sunshine!
Cloud is stuck in the town.
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@kitenski, yes no trees definitely a disadvantage - although it feels like lots of runs clear above the cloud around moraine, portette and grand fond. Blue skies!!!!
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@Handy Turnip, sounds promising, have a good day!
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| Handy Turnip wrote: |
Starting to clear in VT, moraine and portette runs in the sunshine!
Cloud is stuck in the town. |
Scrap that - managed to do one glorious run in the sunshine on Moraine but we could see the clouds creeping their way back up the mountain.
At least we got one perfect run in!
Gives me a little hope it may clear later
Last edited by Ski the Net with snowHeads  on Fri 12-04-19 8:58; edited 1 time in total
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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I just got lost above the Altiport. Is borderline unskiable. Heading up over Saulire shortly. Will report back.
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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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Seems to have closed back in on mottaret too. Can't even see the roof of the restaurant below!
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Sun out again - I can’t keep up!
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You know it makes sense.
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Clear in VY
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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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Which are the easiest blues in val thorens?
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Poster: A snowHead
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Sun out at top of Saulire but cloudy below c. 2600. T
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Clear at village level in VT.
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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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| polo99 wrote: |
| Which are the easiest blues in val thorens? |
Gentiane is probably the easiest blue in VT.
Moraine’s a lovely blue too.
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Second the above, Gentiane is one of my fav pistes as a snowboarder as can just practice nice big carvy turns.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Thanks @Handy Turnip, @Drew Carey, still stuck indoors at mottaret but might get out for a few hours this afternoon. It just looks so grim
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@polo99, there are some nice blues of the Verdons lift from Courchevel.
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@kitenski, thanks. Not going to get out today. Just took the plattieres gondola up to the top and it is like pea soup. Visibility is only about 20m so gonna give today a miss
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@polo99, there are some nice blues of the Verdons lift from Courchevel.
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Are you sure? Wrong lift maybe? I can't think of any blues that you can access from Verdons.
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@kieranm, hmm, they may actually be greens, apart from Biollay - I was thinking that whole area with across the golf course was a blue! Seems to be family fun area now:oops:
but in that area there are a fair few once you get up there! Using this lift map here https://www.latania.co.uk/skiing/maps/2019/2019-Courchevel.jpg
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Beautiful blue sky for our last day. Heading over to the Meribel valley from VT. We only got as far as the mont vallons runs on Wednesday (Which we loved!) - any other must-dos over there, and given conditions/aspects which order should we go round the valley?
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The reds descending from Saulire all the way towards Mottaret.
The black and red pistes descending from Chanrosa. see that the red has a short parallel and interesting slightly off piste version
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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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@Pejoli, if you are up Saulire, I'd drop into Courchevel, and ski the reds and blacks off Vizelle, (Pylones, Suisses, M) for the blacks. then take the reds back to Meribel as @drporat, suggests
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Thanks - on the way up to Salire - just saw two marmottes under the pas lift, so kids very happy!
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You know it makes sense.
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Looking at various weather forecasts, there's no snow predicted in Val Thorens today 
However, looking out of the window of the BU5 4 DUB... it's hammering down! 
Contrary to most predictions, it snowed on and off throughout the night last night and fairly consistently throughout the day at varying intensity.
High up this afternoon, there was excellent snow - well, it felt like excellent snow underfoot, at the edge of the piste, but I couldn't see enough to even ski short off-piste sections that I know well.
However, lower down where there were more markers for contrast, there were still a few inches of fresh to soften up the squidgy/icy stuff underneath. Basically, it started getting feasible from just above the bottom station of the Grand Fond - so nice runs down each side of the Arolles under the Moutiere. The rocks of Boismint provided good markers of what way was down so that was fun too.
There's already a decent refresh down and there doesn't seem to be any wind, so if it keeps up much longer like it is at the moment, everything is going to be very lush indeed.
At some point soon, the sun is going to come out (no, I know it wont tonight!) and it could be one of the best days of the season, perhaps rivalling even the last Friday of the EoSB 
Anyone in the neighbourhood tomorrow?
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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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Thanks!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Thanks for the update, coming back in February so will be monitoring this thread with interest.
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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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Hello. Anyone here? Looking to head to Courchevel 1650 towards the end of March. Hoping it won’t be a slush fest 
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Last year’s thread!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Year, I realised after posting 
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| stellaps wrote: |
| Yeah, I realised after posting |
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