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Thread: Snow for the Euros.
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08-17-2022, 12:12 AM #18751
"Another one that is intersting is La Thuile/La Rosiere. Kind of an odd layout, but straddling the FR-IT border. You can easily leave a car in La Rosiere, ski over to La Thuile in Italy and get a bus to Courmayeur."
La Thuile is a sleeper. Front side is flat and dead boring, but the NNW facing Fourclaz and Belvedere chairs are gems: Lots of dry stuff in the mornings, and west facing bits get great corn. We've been twice in spring, and had very good skiing. La Rosiere side was too warm. Also incredible high alpine touring off Piccolo San Bernardo pass (Lancebranlette etc).
Another unreal touring option is to drive to Colle San Carlo and park by La Genzianella Restaurant, then skin to Lago d'Arpy: it's an absolute wonderland for touring, and all yours. Mellow corn to steep powder couloirs. Drive back down to Morgex and have gelato at Cafe Pilier Centrale, then a Negroni at Cafe Mont Blanc. You will never have a better day.
Lago d'Arpy:
https://imgur.com/RORpea3
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08-17-2022, 12:31 AM #18752Rod9301
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If you like skiing steep couloirs, French pyrenees are the best. Barege/la Mongie, where i ski, has 80+couloirs, accessible by lifts.
Lots of snow
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08-17-2022, 01:20 AM #18753
You always make me want to go back to The Pyrenees :-)
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08-17-2022, 03:28 AM #18754Mike Pow
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08-17-2022, 06:01 AM #18755
La plagne is complicated.
Rather boring normal off Piste. But very very Bug terrain from the top which needs much snow and stable conditions.so I wouldn't go there fir a casual trip.It's a war of the mind and we're armed to the teeth.
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08-17-2022, 09:44 AM #18756
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08-17-2022, 09:45 AM #18757
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08-17-2022, 09:50 AM #18758
Thanks for all the info! I'd already read through a lot of your previous posts for info and was hoping you would chime in!
Putting La Thuile on the list now. Been through there on my bike and liked the town. Skiing over from France with a small pack would be fun!
And yes, we realize that even with extensive experience in the Canadian Rockies, we lack local knowledge and might need a guide in places like La Grave or Chamonix. The bank account just won't allow that too many days on the trip!🤣
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08-17-2022, 01:20 PM #18759
Around Briancon, the old town itself is really cool, but the best town in the Serre Chevalier zone is Monetier Les Bains and the best skiing there is above Monetier.
Over in the Italian part of the Milky Way, Cesana is the best authentic old town.Last edited by Buster Highmen; 08-17-2022 at 01:44 PM.
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08-22-2022, 03:56 PM #18760
After lots of great feedback from folks here, I booked 6 weeks of refundable Airbnbs for this current winter. Hopefully the snow cooperates or I guess I'll be scrambling to reshuffle everything. Thanks again for all the beta. Let me know if anyone is going to be overlapping with these plans. There should be a couch available for mags passing through except when family is in town.
Andermatt: 2/19-2/26
TBD: 2/26-3/8
-No Skiing-
Engelberg, CH: 3/13-3/18
TBD: 3/18-3/20
Chamonix, FR: 3/20-3/31Last edited by HellgateBasement; 10-04-2022 at 01:26 PM.
Everybody's gotta have parkas. I'm talking custom parkas. Two words: "client development." They see all of you out there cutting the powder in your matching Schweikart & Cokely parkas, you'll make an impression. You will thank me later.
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08-23-2022, 04:30 AM #18761Registered User
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From La Grave we skied some cracking routes at Pelvoux and Montgenevre with a guide. A dedicated guide is ideal but if there’s just 2 of you and you are on a budget lookup skiers lodge or Snowlegend who will put you in a guided group and seek out the best conditions around the area.
Agree also on the suggestion above to get into Italy if conditions are good. Courmayeur/Hellbronner are just through the valley from Cham (and skiable with care without a guide) and Monte Rosa is a fabulous area in good snow. Can’t beat Italian food and ambiance.
From Cham you are also less than an hours drive from Verbier where the numerous unpisted itineraries offer lots of options and the sky is your limit with local knowledge
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08-24-2022, 12:24 AM #18762
Booked our flights today! Super stoked! Fly into Geneva Jan 10, out Feb 10. Hopefully the snow comes, and we get to ski with some Mags in a few places!
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08-24-2022, 07:47 AM #18763
Question for the Euro weather gurus...
We're looking at a third La Nina in a row here in the States. It's usually above average snowfall for my intermountain stomping grounds.
How does it affect Yurp and where does it help or hinder?
Thanks.
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08-24-2022, 11:48 AM #18764
subtle is your guru here, but from what I recall, there's not much correlation one way or another.
Too bad klar isn't around much, she's also very much up on that kind of data.
Here's a thread from wepowder.com:
https://wepowder.com/en/forum/topic/228509Merde De Glace On the Freak When Ski
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08-24-2022, 11:11 PM #18765
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08-25-2022, 05:41 AM #18766
bro, do your own leg work.
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08-25-2022, 06:50 AM #18767
^^^^^
That's fucking hilarious.
Thanks mags. I know SP's our old country weathermag. Didn't wanna pressure him for a forecast.
It's so far from the EPAC to western Euro, wasn't sure if it even gets that far.
-funny that 2 PNW mags reply, knowing La Nina is likely to wallop youse guys again.
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08-25-2022, 02:57 PM #18768
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08-25-2022, 08:59 PM #18769
Thanks Subtle, and mags.
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09-17-2022, 02:07 AM #18770Registered User
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Not winter yet but a low snow line today and miserable rainy weather in The Valley. Summer is definitely over.
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09-17-2022, 04:56 AM #18771
It's the begin of Fall. The polar Vortex is not yet at it's full strength, which would result in more Westerly weather, but some colder air is already available and if you are in the trough it can get cold.
meridional weather patterns are quite Common in fall. And right now we have a perfect example of that with a northerly flow.It's a war of the mind and we're armed to the teeth.
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09-17-2022, 10:22 AM #18772
Detailed discussion with ECMWF, CanSIPS and CFSv2 models. The former 2 are predict less than normal snow, the latter predicts average to above average.
https://www.severe-weather.eu/long-r...tes-europe-fa/
I'll be there end of March, maybe even for subtles birthday.Merde De Glace On the Freak When Ski
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09-17-2022, 12:32 PM #18773
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09-17-2022, 01:53 PM #18774Registered User
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All I can say about forecasting a coming winter is, whenever I ask old timers around here what they think is coming, the answer is always “who the hell knows”
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09-17-2022, 02:07 PM #18775
There's some old farmer in Europe that make winter predictions based on plants. I can't find his forecast.
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