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Thread: Snow for the Euros.
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01-16-2013, 06:46 AM #12126
Some of the craziest reports I've ever seen coming out of the pyrenees this week. Many resorts in the North West reporting >200cm since saturday... in town and still going strong! I'm gonna be checking it out over the weekend. It's supposed to be blue tomorrow and then another top-up Friday/Sat and Blue again Sunday. Froth is high! I'm desperate for local advice though as I'm new to these parts. Anyone has any pointers let me know please!
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01-16-2013, 08:17 AM #12127
^^ dude avalanche danger at 5. Some times deep is deep and then there is just stupid and dangerous deep that is what is going in in the pyrenees. I would stick around in the alps cold smoke is coming down right now so tomorrow should be a good day. Nice cold dry snow. Stay safe out there.
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01-16-2013, 08:22 AM #12128Registered User
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Advice: stay in bounds tomorrow. 5/5 in the avalanche risk scale.
Tomorrow is the D-day but the snow quality has suffered lots due to today's warmer temps and water/rain. Sunday will be worse due to possible rain on Saturday.
More snow due for the first half of next week.
I guess my skins will have plenty of time to dry before I get to use them again.
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01-16-2013, 08:47 AM #12129Registered User
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Fucking awesome here in the French Alps at the moment. Got a few laps of some super cold dry powder and if you chose your line so you weren't on old tracks it was full speed bottomless stuff.
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01-16-2013, 09:16 AM #12130
it was a lot heavier today, setting up decently (for skiing until the springtime) but still some fluffy to be had. Parts were just bottomless and (gasp) nearly unskiable with a lapful of pow, but with some angle it skied ok. Hopefully they can safely open Bonaigua tomorrow, as it has been closed for the entire storm cycle!! The fog/cloud has been the hardest thing to deal with as its flat light with no tracks or rocks to give you any perception of depth!!
Misty, if you're in the area give me a shout!
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01-16-2013, 10:01 AM #12131
off topic question: Does anybody knows how many weeks before the Freeride comp in Verbier they usually close Bec des Rosses? I guess its different from year to year but just a approximation.
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01-16-2013, 10:33 AM #12132
^They close it? How? Serious question. A fence and a sign doesn't seem to stop many in Euroland...
Meanwhile, still some decent turns to be had in Verbier today, at least Mt Gele and backside of Mt Fort, most of the obvious stuff is already bumped out though
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01-16-2013, 10:42 AM #12133Alp Rausch
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Anyone wanna hit up Montafon this weekend or next week? From yesterday we're already at the 30cm mark and its supposed to continue off and on through the weekend....
Yesterday was 30-40cm of Silky pow, lovin it here!...
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01-16-2013, 11:05 AM #12134#1 goal this year......stay alive +
DOWN SKIS
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01-16-2013, 11:27 AM #12135
I'll second that, but pretty chilly at -25C with a stiff wind....
a border caught an edge and launched 10m into a crevasse below the Requin hut.... broke his shoulder...pghm winched him out...no gear, no clue...didn't realize they were on a glacier (!) .... Luckier than some....
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01-16-2013, 11:44 AM #12136
The floggings will continue until morale improves.
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01-16-2013, 11:55 AM #12137
Hey...
The bec is not a run, it's not a face, it's not a slope. The bec is a mountain with several different possible access, none of which by lift. It's true that in the 3-4 weeks of late feb-march before the xtreme there is a guide who is supposed to stop who is willing to ski the bec, but I've seen the bec tracked before or after the xtreme just a few times in my life. Usually people climb a ridge of the bec, realize what they're doing and ski some lateral lines that have nothing to do with the lines that are skied during the xtreme.
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01-16-2013, 12:13 PM #12138Registered User
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Meathelmet, wind hasn't had a big effect where I am, further south. There is some funky stuff a bit deeper down in isolated spots, but by and large the snowpack is pretty favourable in the more sheltered spots I seem to be frequenting. Even the gasex's here are struggling to produce anything but sluff (although today's cold pow sluffed pretty easily). No slabs here yet, not on top anyway. Very slight possibility of deep hard slab, very location specific and not at all widespread. All my uneducated opinion, of course, and only really applicable to where I am.
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01-16-2013, 12:24 PM #12139
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01-16-2013, 01:25 PM #12140
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01-16-2013, 01:39 PM #12141Registered User
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I've been here for three weeks and only ridden one ski - 115mm CD2s - and they've been perfect as daily drivers. Another mag's been on Praxis Big Mountains and also no complaints AFAIK. Looks like we'll get a good top-up this weekend, so pow-skis will be fine.
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01-17-2013, 07:41 AM #12142
Today was EPIC. Not very often the snow is that light and dry in the Alps.
My cousin getting deep before class in Tirol.
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01-17-2013, 08:24 AM #12143
A question about Chamonix--we'll be there 9-16March (Paris school holidays I think) and will want to join a group with the Compagnie des Guides most days. When I was there 2 years ago we signed up at the guides bureau the evening before--is that still the case or would it be better to book in advance?
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01-17-2013, 09:42 AM #12144
FYI this weekend @Bruson only 20CHF
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01-17-2013, 10:24 AM #12145
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01-17-2013, 01:01 PM #12146
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01-17-2013, 01:04 PM #12147
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01-17-2013, 01:06 PM #12148
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01-17-2013, 01:08 PM #12149Registered User
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01-17-2013, 01:18 PM #12150Registered User
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Yeah, like blondin says wind changed things here too. Soft slab now present in some places, although it's not a big problem here (they're generally small and easily avoidable with terrain management).
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