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On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 14:48:32 +0000 (UTC), Switters
wrote: On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 12:13:49 GMT, Ace allegedly wrote: can say is that despite the first half of this season being generally poor, there's been no noticeable trend towards overall reduction of snow levels in recent years That does suprise me. I've had significantly less snow alerts this year. I guess when the storms have hit, they must have dumped more than normal. Sure. I agreed that this has been a bad season, but it's not like every ski resort had brilliant snow cover from start to end ten years ago. I remember my first time on snow, which was 1993 - end of January, in Chatel (PdS) - there was no snow below the 'SuperChatel' area, the links to Avoriaz were all closed and the daytime temperatures were up in the 20s Celcius. So good and bad seasons have been around for at least that sort of period, and I don't believe it was an exceptional phenomenon even then. -- _______ ..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom) \`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 (slightly broken, currently missing) `\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10 `\|/` ` |
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On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 15:09:55 GMT, Ace allegedly wrote:
So good and bad seasons have been around for at least that sort of period, and I don't believe it was an exceptional phenomenon even then. Exactly. I'm sure it'll be colder and snowier next year, and they'll blame that on global warming too. On the upside, it's been so mild (in the UK), it's been nice to get out and do stuff nearly every weekend. |
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Ace wrote:
Sure. I agreed that this has been a bad season, but it's not like every ski resort had brilliant snow cover from start to end ten years ago. I remember my first time on snow, which was 1993 - end of January, in Chatel (PdS) - there was no snow below the 'SuperChatel' I first started skiing in 1975 and people were whinging about the lack of snow back then. "if you'd have come last week you could have skied back to the village but the warm spell has melted all the snow" - they told us. If we hadn't have been told that we'd have been quite happy with what there was. |
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davidof wrote:
Ace wrote: Sure. I agreed that this has been a bad season, but it's not like every ski resort had brilliant snow cover from start to end ten years ago. I remember my first time on snow, which was 1993 - end of January, in Chatel (PdS) - there was no snow below the 'SuperChatel' I first started skiing in 1975 and people were whinging about the lack of snow back then. "if you'd have come last week you could have skied back to the village but the warm spell has melted all the snow" - they told us. If we hadn't have been told that we'd have been quite happy with what there was. My first season skiing was in Terminillo, only 100km from Rome 30 odd years ago. When I arrived early Jan there was no snow at all (I was working in Rieti). At the end of that month it snowed, and we were still skiing, admittedly in slush, at the beginning of May. Hmmm, just like this year ! |
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On 30 Mar, 11:57, BrritSki wrote:
davidof wrote: Ace wrote: Sure. I agreed that this has been a bad season, but it's not like every ski resort had brilliant snow cover from start to end ten years ago. I remember my first time on snow, which was 1993 - end of January, in Chatel (PdS) - there was no snow below the 'SuperChatel' I first started skiing in 1975 and people were whinging about the lack of snow back then. "if you'd have come last week you could have skied back to the village but the warm spell has melted all the snow" - they told us. If we hadn't have been told that we'd have been quite happy with what there was. My first season skiing was in Terminillo, only 100km from Rome 30 odd years ago. When I arrived early Jan there was no snow at all (I was working in Rieti). At the end of that month it snowed, and we were still skiing, admittedly in slush, at the beginning of May. Hmmm, just like this year ! Only got a few years to go on, but comparing this season to last, certainly anywhere below 1600M in the local area had a worse time of it than last year, but up here at 2100 it's been almost identical week on week. If anything, I'd say March has been consistently better this year. Matt |
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Matt T wrote:
Only got a few years to go on, but comparing this season to last, certainly anywhere below 1600M in the local area had a worse time of it than last year, but up here at 2100 it's been almost identical week on week. If anything, I'd say March has been consistently better this year. Snow at 400m today. Should be awesome tomorrow. |
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"davidof" wrote in message ... | Matt T wrote: | | Only got a few years to go on, but comparing this season to last, | certainly anywhere below 1600M in the local area had a worse time of | it than last year, but up here at 2100 it's been almost identical week | on week. If anything, I'd say March has been consistently better this | year. | | Snow at 400m today. Should be awesome tomorrow. Snow has been great through March at Les Arcs, and it's binning it down at Bourg St Maurice at the moment, the Foehn having kept the snow at bay until late afternoon. Pete http://mysnowsports.com http://buddingchampions.org |
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Keeping my fingers crossed.......took a flyer and booked a 5 day trip to
Chamonix on 20th......hoping it doesn't get too warm in the next 2 weeks! "pg" wrote in message ... "davidof" wrote in message ... | Matt T wrote: | | Only got a few years to go on, but comparing this season to last, | certainly anywhere below 1600M in the local area had a worse time of | it than last year, but up here at 2100 it's been almost identical week | on week. If anything, I'd say March has been consistently better this | year. | | Snow at 400m today. Should be awesome tomorrow. Snow has been great through March at Les Arcs, and it's binning it down at Bourg St Maurice at the moment, the Foehn having kept the snow at bay until late afternoon. Pete http://mysnowsports.com http://buddingchampions.org |
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