Poster: A snowHead
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Had an enjoyable time on the Grand Motte glacier today - pleased to discover I haven't forgotten to ski (sadly, though, I haven't miraculously improved over the summer just by thinking about skiing).
Friday/Saturday's new snow had improved the hardpack conditions from earlier in the week. Looks like 10-15cm fell at altitude (nothing at resort level), and the Rosolin area was very pleasant, with lovely soft snow all day. Champagny and 3500 still were hard-packed, with glacier ice appearing at many of the gate positions in the GS lanes. It was very mild this morning (-3°C) at 3,000m, with sunny weather. It clouded over after lunch and temperatures fell a bit. It's due to cool overnight with a little bit of snow tomorrow possibly down to 1,800m. The rest of the week looks like there will be a bit more snow, although not much and mainly at higher altitudes.
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Mon 20-11-06 16:32; edited 1 time in total
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Good to hear your report rob@rar, glad there has been some new snow higher up. Looks like the freezing level is dropping through next week & as you say, hopefully some fresh snow. Enjoy your course - starting tomorrow?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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rob@rar, More spectacular fall videos please
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rob@rar, good report, thanks for keeping us informed
Are you doing another snoworks race training course?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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It is snowing hard at the moment at resort level.
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Oooh thank you rjs! That's the sort of news I want to hear
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look at the webcams this morning .. .winters coming!!!
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Ray Zorro, yes, doing race course. First day today, no fall videos yet but there's still plenty of time
About 8cm of snow overnight at resort level, which freshened the pistes at altitude, but temperatures are relatively warm so not much snow left on the lower slopes. t]The fresh snow was not so good for skiing gates and soon built into nasty ruts. Weather was lovely today, with pleasant temperatures and sun all day.
Next few days are forecast to be a bit unsettled, with some snow but a continuation of mild temps.
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Shocked to get off the glacier to find most of the snow at 2100m had gone.
rob@rar - I will be in TCs & the Alpaka tonight. Ask Rosie (TCs) or Tony (Alpaka) to point me out.
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rob@rar, quite cold here. How odd is that? Normally it's the other way around. where are the pix?
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Hi Rob - Steve and I are very jealous... hope you have a gr8 time and hope we catch up with you at some point this season!
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You know it makes sense.
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jayne durham wrote: |
Hi Rob - Steve and I are very jealous... hope you have a gr8 time and hope we catch up with you at some point this season! |
It's only a short drive from BSM...
We'll definitely meet up this season - PM me some dates that you're out here
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Looks like on the webcams there's been a bit more snow overnight? Plus more forecast today & tomorrow:
Metcheck forecast - OK, but predict freezing level is going to rise pretty high by the weekend, with some rain due.
SCGB - I like this one! Lots of snow forecast today and at the weekend, with the freezing level at the weekend at about 1400m
Snowguess - on the 3 day one, again snow forecast today/tonight, freezing level quite high by Thursday, wind also picking up
I've got everything crossed - who else can I pray to?
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Poster: A snowHead
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rob@rar,
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Tignes is not very pretty without a blanket of snow
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It's pretty with
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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easiski - not quite what you had in mind, but another , Len Holgate, has posted some photos on his blog.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Snowed again today, but really needs 4-5 days of non-stop snow before Espace could be opened.
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PhillipStanton, Good to see - looks about the same as here. More snow/rain here today, so it must be accumulating quite nicely above 2000m.
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easiski - Avoriaz is looking good too. It's too early to get excited yet as the temperatures next week don't look good.
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About 30cm of snow overnight at resort level, but high wind at altitude meant that some parts of the Grand Motte (Champagny, 35) are still very icy. Rosolin was the only area open today, so very busy lift queues, but good snow quality. Currently -12°C at resort level.
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rob@rar, are you sure your location is right?
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rob@rar, great to hear!
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rob@rar, Would the ski and boot hire from Sport Glisse or Ski Center/Ardechoise both priced at arround 100 euros be okey places to get equipment?
Ski centre are offering a choice of 8 different models, Sport Glisse only one. tTis is prebooked through www.snowrental.net
also a pre booked lift pass is Total £137 through www.worldski.com which is then collected from the ticket office in Val Claret, does that sound like a sensible plan.
Open to any other suggestions.
What do you think?
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rob@rar, thanks for your continued posts - glad to know what the situation actually is as www.tignes.net suggests that there was 12 inches of new snow as of this morning! Can't imagine anyone claiming to have 12 inches when the reality is 2 or 3 at best..
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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rob@rar, We are arriving at Tignes Val Claret tomorrow evening skiing Sat/Sun/Monday. From what you say above, it looks like a full espace Killy lift pass wouldn't be worth the extra over and above a 'Tignes only' one as we'll basically be skiing the glacier. Does this sound about right to you?
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Renry, sorry I can't help on kit hire as I brought my own skis with me. Those people on my course who hired used Favre Sports in Val Claret, but I think that's because pre-season they are one of only two places open. The regular season pass is 163.50 Euros for six days (approx £115?) so I think that the Worldski price sounds a bit steep. Unless you get a discount I don't think that pre-booking lift passes has any great advantages.
BGA, the report on tignes.net of 30cm of fresh yesterday was spot on as far as I could see. I wouldn't dream of exaggerating the size of anything...
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Renry, I think the price quoted by rob for the regular seaon pass is for Tignes only as opposed to the full area whichis E 197. Still does not seem to be any saving so I would wait you may injure yourself why spend the money before you need to? There may also be a more convenient pickup point and they are dead easy to buy at the time.
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rob@rar, Thanks for the info. In fact last year the double M down was our favourite run, so if that's open we'll be well happy!
only 23 hours till we get there!
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AxsMan, have a great time!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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cathy, Thanx We'll certainly try!
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Double M was open today, but the snow was a bit thin.
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Kenzie, sorry I haven't been able to get down the Alpaka to say hello. I would have liked to but it's just been a bit too busy with evening feedback sessions and seminars, etc. Maybe next time...
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rob@rar, hope the seminar/feedback sessions aren't too heavy! Are they every evening & roughly how much time is taken up with it?
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cathy, about 30-45 minutes is typical I think. They are every evening, Sunday-Thursday, with an informal get-together on the Friday evening. They are not too heavy - one of the great things about Phil's courses is that they focus on the core concepts, trying to keep things as simple as possible. The video feedback is extremely helpful, although sometimes quite depressing It can also be an opportunity to ask any questions that you don't get time for on the mountain. For me it's one of the best parts of the course.
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cathy, no, it's not a big time commitment, but a useful way to round off each day. There's still plenty of drinking time left in the evening
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