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Gressoney - amazing powder
Hello everyone!
Thought the season was over? - think again. I've just returned from Gressoney where 55hrs of moderate snow has left at least 50cms of powder above mid station. Indeed one can currently ski down to La Trinite and the snowline descended down to Gaby and beyond. The downside yesterday was poor vis - though managed some lovely runs on empty pistes over in Champoluc. Off pisters didn't seem to be deterred on the Alagna side as many put fresh tracks down on the slope above the Olan piste. The weather in resort this morning was -5c and (at last) clear sunny skiies. Unfortunately the day I had to return to Blighty... I won't bore you with any more details but if you get the chance get some late season tracks in. And to Paul Healy - I'm glad I ignored your advice!! |
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In message , Ace
writes On 10 Apr 2005 12:18:14 -0700, (Scott Whitehead) wrote: Hello everyone! Thought the season was over? - think again. I've just returned from Gressoney where 55hrs of moderate snow has left at least 50cms of powder above mid station. Indeed one can currently ski down to La Trinite and the snowline descended down to Gaby and beyond. I do like Gressoney, but it was by no means the only place with good powder over the weekend. We skiied Flaine Fri-Sun, during which we had probably a metre of Fresh snow. Yesterday was just about perfect, with the sun shining for much of the day. They even opened up the Gers bowl, which surprised me. But pleasantly, IYSWIM :-) It's looking pretty good for the rest of the week (and beyond?), but I'm afraid that's it for me this season :-{ Roll on November. Going to Val d'Isere on Sun. I just hope it holds up. Forecast seems to be changeable. Jealous about Gers in powder btw! -- Pete Devlin [{//////news03//////at\\\\\secondrow/////co\\\\\uk}] "Mind the oranges Marlon!" |
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pete devlin wrote:
Going to Val d'Isere on Sun. I just hope it holds up. Me too. We may bump into each other! Then again, maybe not such a good idea.... Walter |
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In message , Walter Wright
writes Me too. We may bump into each other! Then again, maybe not such a good idea.... I'm staying in La Daille for the 1st time ever. This probably means that I'll be at the bar at the bottom every day after the last run at 1700ish. I'm the big Scottish guy with a skin head, probably surrounded by chicks. If you can fight your way through them say hello! In reality that means that me and my short fat mate and the gay on the tray with us will be the ones that everybody is giving a wide berth to! I bumped into a French man once on the way down the Stade de Slalome. His skis stopped dead and he went flying. I could tell he was alright by the way he managed to force out a grunt once he managed to fit some air back into his lungs. I skied away before he had recovered sufficiently to give me a mouthful. It _was_ his fault btw, I'm just used to bodily impact and managed to dip my shoulder in time! -- Pete Devlin [{//////news03//////at\\\\\secondrow/////co\\\\\uk}] "Mind the oranges Marlon!" |
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On Mon, 11 Apr 2005 17:39:37 +0100, pete devlin
wrote: In message , Walter Wright writes Me too. We may bump into each other! Then again, maybe not such a good idea.... I'm staying in La Daille for the 1st time ever. This probably means that I'll be at the bar at the bottom every day after the last run at 1700ish. I'm the big Scottish guy with a skin head, probably surrounded by chicks. If you can fight your way through them say hello! In reality that means that me and my short fat mate and the gay on the tray with us will be the ones that everybody is giving a wide berth to! I bumped into a French man once on the way down the Stade de Slalome. His skis stopped dead and he went flying. I could tell he was alright by the way he managed to force out a grunt once he managed to fit some air back into his lungs. I skied away before he had recovered sufficiently to give me a mouthful. It _was_ his fault btw, I'm just used to bodily impact and managed to dip my shoulder in time! May be it's just as well I'm unable to go this year... Perhaps '05-'06 season - I'll keep my eyes pealed. P. www.craigieburn.co.nz |
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