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Pretty grim start to season
Ok we've had a bit of snow in the Alps, but when you look at snow levels
around France it's pretty grim just about everywhere, from the Vosges to the Haute Savoie to the Pyrenees via the southern French Alps. Resorts have been delaying their 'official' openings by a week, two weeks, and now even the fall-back date of December 16th is going to be a struggle just about everywhere. No snow forecast until the weekend at the earliest, and even then no guarantees. O°C isotherm set to climb for a day or three, (Meteo France has it hovering around 3000m to 3400m for the Tarentaise), so the snow cannons won't be working too hard. Rumour has it that the likes of Les Arcs will only be opening the top part of the domain (Arc 2000) to start with - a bit tough on those that have booked accommodation in Bourg, Arc 1600, and Arc 1800. But Les Arcs is far from being alone - snow at resort level is a problem even for those relatively spoilt at altitude (like Flaine, with over a metre higher up). Pete http://mysnowsports.com |
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Pretty grim start to season
On Wed, 13 Dec 2006 12:42:31 +0100, "pg"
wrote: Rumour has it that the likes of Les Arcs will only be opening the top part of the domain (Arc 2000) to start with - a bit tough on those that have booked accommodation in Bourg, Arc 1600, and Arc 1800. But Les Arcs is far from being alone - snow at resort level is a problem even for those relatively spoilt at altitude (like Flaine, with over a metre higher up). IRTA " (like Flaine, which is over a metre higher up)" It caused a minor boggle. -- -Pip |
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Pretty grim start to season
"pg" wrote in message ... | Ok we've had a bit of snow in the Alps, but when you look at snow levels | around France it's pretty grim just about everywhere, from the Vosges to | the Haute Savoie to the Pyrenees via the southern French Alps. | | Resorts have been delaying their 'official' openings by a week, two | weeks, and now even the fall-back date of December 16th is going to be a | struggle just about everywhere. No snow forecast until the weekend at | the earliest, and even then no guarantees. | | O°C isotherm set to climb for a day or three, (Meteo France has it | hovering around 3000m to 3400m for the Tarentaise), so the snow cannons | won't be working too hard. | | Rumour has it that the likes of Les Arcs will only be opening the top | part of the domain (Arc 2000) to start with - a bit tough on those that | have booked accommodation in Bourg, Arc 1600, and Arc 1800. But Les Arcs | is far from being alone - snow at resort level is a problem even for | those relatively spoilt at altitude (like Flaine, with over a metre | higher up). Hmmm. Suddenly they're promising more at Les Arcs (some of 1800 and 1600, if few reds). I wonder why. It will be interesting to see if they do an about turn on Saturday morning and decide there's not enough snow after all... Pete http://mysnowsports.com |
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Pretty grim start to season
They've just built the lifts in the wrong places! We found some nice
skiing last Thursday, 800 m of vertical from a summit of 2550 m without touching a stone, we could have skied a bit lower but it was getting late. http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...14344848243699 My local resort, les 7 laux, opened one lift today although the conditions are nothing like as good as last year when they opened towards the end of November. |
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Pretty grim start to season
"davidof" wrote in message ... | They've just built the lifts in the wrong places! We found some nice | skiing last Thursday, 800 m of vertical from a summit of 2550 m without | touching a stone, we could have skied a bit lower but it was getting late. | | http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...14344848243699 | | My local resort, les 7 laux, opened one lift today although the | conditions are nothing like as good as last year when they opened | towards the end of November. Yes - that's pretty much what we found at La Plagne last Sunday... Skied off piste all day, barely touched a stone, but the pisted runs had stones coming through from early on - despite no one skiing on them, and it being the first day of the season after 20/30cms snowfall the previous day. (Nice vid...) Pete http://mysnowsports.com |
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Pretty grim start to season
pg wrote: "davidof" wrote in message ... | They've just built the lifts in the wrong places! We found some nice | skiing last Thursday, 800 m of vertical from a summit of 2550 m without | touching a stone, we could have skied a bit lower but it was getting late. | | http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...14344848243699 | | My local resort, les 7 laux, opened one lift today although the | conditions are nothing like as good as last year when they opened | towards the end of November. Yes - that's pretty much what we found at La Plagne last Sunday... Skied off piste all day, barely touched a stone, but the pisted runs had stones coming through from early on - despite no one skiing on them, and it being the first day of the season after 20/30cms snowfall the previous day. (Nice vid...) Pete http://mysnowsports.com Nice vid and lovely pictures of La Plagne on your blog Pete. I really must get around to learning to ski powder this year.... You weren't up here in the Loop, Tignes last night were you, Pete? Someone who looked a bit like you was eating peanuts, but I was a bit too drunk to ask. Pistes in Tignes are now officially "a bit crap" - dear Santa, I'd like some snow please. Matt |
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Pretty grim start to season
"Matt T" wrote in message ups.com... | | pg wrote: | | "davidof" wrote in message | ... | | They've just built the lifts in the wrong places! We found some nice | | skiing last Thursday, 800 m of vertical from a summit of 2550 m | without | | touching a stone, we could have skied a bit lower but it was getting | late. | | | | http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...14344848243699 | | | | My local resort, les 7 laux, opened one lift today although the | | conditions are nothing like as good as last year when they opened | | towards the end of November. | | Yes - that's pretty much what we found at La Plagne last Sunday... Skied | off piste all day, barely touched a stone, but the pisted runs had | stones coming through from early on - despite no one skiing on them, and | it being the first day of the season after 20/30cms snowfall the | previous day. | | (Nice vid...) | | Pete | http://mysnowsports.com | | Nice vid and lovely pictures of La Plagne on your blog Pete. I really | must get around to learning to ski powder this year.... Ah - you didn't spot the clip of me taking a gentle fall then, to the kids delight :-) | You weren't up here in the Loop, Tignes last night were you, Pete? | Someone who looked a bit like you was eating peanuts, but I was a bit | too drunk to ask. Not as far as I remember ;-) | Pistes in Tignes are now officially "a bit crap" - dear Santa, I'd like | some snow please. Sunday through Tuesday we're hoping for a bit, but it doesn't look that promising at the moment ... Pete |
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Pretty grim start to season
"pg" wrote in message ... Sunday through Tuesday we're hoping for a bit, but it doesn't look that promising at the moment ... It'll be alright come last week in Jan, I always bring snow. -- Mike W |
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Pretty grim start to season
On Thu, 21 Dec 2006 15:32:44 GMT, "visionset"
wrote: "pg" wrote in message .. . Sunday through Tuesday we're hoping for a bit, but it doesn't look that promising at the moment ... It'll be alright come last week in Jan, I always bring snow. From the sounds of things, you're gonna need a big rucksack. -- -Pip |
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