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Snow - and I mean SNOW - report, from Tignes, etc...
Currently holed-up in Tignes, while driving snow hurtles past the hotel
window. Of which more anon (see below). We started our current 'little tour' the week before last in Montgenèvre, which is now looking very different after most of the through traffic has been banished underground. The snow conditions were surperb, even though the sun shone most days - high altitude and low temps kept things well nigh perfect. Ventured over to Clavière, Cesana and Sansicario while there, where snow was if anything even better, but cloudy (while Montgenèvre was still bathed in sunshine). Great skiing there right now, I'd say. Next up was Valloire, which looked less well-covered (apparently due to high winds blowing it off higher terrain) on our arrival last weekend, but got steadily better with almost nightly fresh falls. No sign of snowmaking, then, even over towards Valmeinier (which has plenty of snow right now). Yesterday was glorious when we left, and temps low - around -3C - making the descent a tippy-toe affair. But we made it, and had no trouble once we reached the Autoroute on the valley floor. Then headed up to Bourg and ran up to Tignes, again with no problems on standard tyres. A bit slidy in Val Claret, however... And so to today, which was interesting, to say the least. The expected heavy snowfalls appeared around dawn, despite which we headed out in a large group up the mountain, before things really clamped down. Which they did, big-time - sooner than expected. Then the wind increased. The fast-accumulating powder was pretty floaty and forgiving, but visibility was a real limiting factor. After somehow making it intact over to La Daille, we headed back in the gondola pretty hastily, as things were getting now a getting 'marginal'. Progress from here on was interrupted while our piste was closed for a precautionary declanchement by the avalanche teams - oh, and a warm-up lunch break. When we re-emerged into near white-out the fresh snow was knee-deep, and for the first time since I began skiing, I took the chairlift back down, amid gusts which made the ride, er, interesting. Saw no-one else doing ski-heroics on the way down, and from the comments of the lift-guy, things were on the point of closure. Currently in real blizzard conditions, as winds increase. Tomorrow looks like bringing even heavier falls, before fine weather returns for Sunday/Monday - I'll try to keep everyone posted. Roger http://mountainpassions.blogspot.com/ www.mountainpassions.com - an Online Magazine with Altitude |
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