 Poster: A snowHead
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@munich_irish, hadn't realised anything was going on. Looks like they're racing along the Inntal today?
It's certainly not a day to be out on the bike, my phone is telling me it's about 6 degrees out there and it's currently raining.
Loads of snow forecast up the glacier this week! I have Friday off work, so i'll go and sample the powder. View it as my service to you all. 
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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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@Chris_n, yes, and i'm in my home office today
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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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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@swskier, say Hi to Tom Waddington for me, he is e amining this week.
Assuming you know him I hope you will be sponsoring him for his transatlantic solo row which his is starting in June!
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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@rungsp, I have no idea who he is (beyond seeing him appear on Insta sporadically) as i'm in the IASI system not BASI.
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Had a visit to Hintertux yesterday, more people skiing and boarding off piste than on. There were so few people that even at the end of the day a lot of the off piste was far from tracked out.
On piste the snow was soft (as in semi packed powder soft not wet and hot soft) nearly everywhere apart from where they were still making snow! Just about wall to wall sunshine apart from a small snow flurry round about lunchtime.
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@Chris_n, there's a BASI mountain safety course on the go up there this week, and mate of mine is on it. So that'll explain some of the off pisters.
We're hoping there'll still be enough snow at car park level in Hochfuegen on Sunday, and plan to tour up the pistes with the dog, assuming our travel home goes fine tonight/tomorrow from the UK.
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@swskier, lots of locals up there too, loads of KU, KB and SZ plates in the car park. There was also a bus load of Dutch snowboarders. Saw a few BASI groups mainly alternating between short and long turns on the Olperer T Bar.
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Ok we did see Fran at about 10 but didn't explain who we were as we weren't sure. Also felt a bit daft saying are you married to swskier.  if it wasn't the right person.
Just after then, things took a turn for the worse. Kim was coming down the steep slope just above the Schneekar Hut and caught at edge as she was slowly making her way down. As she went down, her left arm was caught in the snow, and fractured at the shoulder, the left leg then extended and she did some ligament damage to he left knee. Evacuated off the hill to a clinic in Ramsau, £800 later she was discharged and told to get another scan when she gets home.
We are now booked on the Tuesday flight from Munich to Edinburgh, £500 and another £400 for the taxi.
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Good result from Admiral travel insurance, they paid out in full today, medical costs, repatriation costs, and 5/7th of the total Holliday costs, plus 5.5/6th for my lift ticket.
We did get a late bill from the ambulance company (who were useless) for the trip from the Horberg Bahn to the clinic in Ramsau, 380 Euro but the NHS have said that they will take care of that.
As for Kim, it's slow progress, just started physio last week and back for more x-rays this week.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Get well soon for Kim
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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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@JimboS, a good result, and best wishes to Kim.
Wow at the cost of the ambulance. I drove there most days in our van during the winter, if i'd known that's what they were charging, i'd have parked in the ambulance spot and offered journeys to Ramsau (or Mayrhofen, buyers choice!) for €200 a go
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Over 50km open in Hintertux (and Stubai for that matter) on the 1st May. Bodes pretty well for late Spring / early Summer skiing?
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You know it makes sense.
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@8611, I nipped up there briefly yesterday morning as we had the day off work in Austria and the snow was decent. I actually didn't ski long at all as we had plans with friends, but i'll be up there again on Sunday for my final ski of the season 
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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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Bach home for the Summer or does your pass run out?
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Poster: A snowHead
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@8611, pass ends on May 15th, and we're away in Italy next weekend, so this will be me done for the season.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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You've had your fill  . Us mere mortals have to get on a plane to get in a few turns.
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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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@8611, i'll be at 72 outings come Sunday, I guess that'll do
In terms of actual skiing time (hours), I probably skied more last season, despite living in the UK, but i've had more skiing outings this season.
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