see ya there! I'll have a acid green eider jacket and two kids around :DQuote:
Originally Posted by hemas
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see ya there! I'll have a acid green eider jacket and two kids around :DQuote:
Originally Posted by hemas
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Originally Posted by Schnappi
We'll see what we can do...
PS I always wondered what your handle here was.
Chamonix, France - Thurs Feb 16, 1:54 AM --- It's snowing like a motherfucker and I'm drunk with joy (and beer).
Well, that makes 2 hangovers then.
Pissed like a motherfucker last night at 1264m.
Snowline seems to have risen up to about 1800m.
Let me know if there is any snow in Cham, and where it is.
Ditto for anything in the Vallais or Berneuse Oberland.
Edit=what a sat image! A direct hit. At least we are in stream of weather.
http://www.met.fu-berlin.de/wetter/meteosat/met_512.mpg
Chamonix, France - Thurs Feb 16, 8:29 AM --- Still snowing down here at 1000m although it is of the "almost rain" variety. Slight hangover but meeting the boys at 9:15 to see what we can shred. Reports of 70km/h winds at the summit and website says most of the joint is shut but reckon we can find something. Pow!
snowed a whole tonne here, but it is of the elephant snot variety. tough, wet skiing. odd part is the snow is lighter in the valley than it is on the mountain
:confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by powslut
Due to southern exposure or wind effect or inversion?
I think there's some weird temp inversion going on. This morning the car was covered in clear ice but it was raining :confused:
Great info people. Thanks.
Keep me posted, especially y'all in the Cham valley.
I might have to make a ride over if the line was at 1000m.
Anyone from La Grave got info, or should we assume
that the silence is the result of being skiing? :the_finge
Seconding powsluts assesment of st anton conditions. I think the snow was still very skiable, though heavy. The biggest problem was visibility; at times I couldn't see 5 meters in front of me, never mind the terrain. Made it difficult. A good opportunity to play the "hide and find the beacon" game.
Right now it is clear here. But the temperature is like + 5 c, so it might be difficult tomorrow - which is my last day skiing in st anton by the way.
So here's the Cham-o-update -- there's around 50-60cm fresh on the ground at Les Grands, very thick, at least down at Longon / Plan Joran, but quite skiable. Low vis but who cares in the forest -- we got fresh lines all day with a 10min hike out. Nice to be able to let'ter rip and not have to worry about hurting yourself. It was really, really like "the perfect day" in cham' -- start off with a cafe creme and a quiche lorraine at my favorite little cafe, an awesome, awesome day of skiing with my little group of friends, beers in the Grands Montets parking lot, climbing at the ENSA gym, and late night beers at Chambre Neuf. ROCK ON.
Now a hard rain is falling and snow continues to appear prominently in the local forecast. High winds forecasted as well and reports of 70 kph winds at the Midi this morning so we're just hoping it keeps snowing and the wind magically dies down.
bbirtle...you have my permission to GET SUM'
courtesy of pistehors.com...
http://pistehors.com/comments/566_0_1_0_C/Quote:
If you are in the French Alps you may have noticed that the westerly wind has been gaining strength since 8pm today. This message is to warn you that the avalanche danger has been raised to Extreme for the Beaufortin and Haute-Tarentaise areas of the Savoie and is High elsewhere in the Northern Alps. The Haute-Tarentaise includes ski resorts such as la Plagne, les Arcs, Tignes and Val d'Isère. Extreme danger means that widespread natural or human triggered avalanches are certain. There are very unstable slabs on most aspects and slope angles and large destructive avalanches are possible. Some avalanches may reach communication links and buildings.
be careful out there!
and there will be more.
much more.
btw. it looks quite good or a wintery and cold end of feb.
Cham-o-update 2/17 --- it's been dumping like a motherfucker all day in town, where I am unfortunately stuck at home working. My friends on the hill have called reporting incredible powpow. My boss can fuck off tomorrow.
High winds and a large amount of new snowfall in a short period have made everything very dangerous... we set off many fairly sizable slabs in the forest yesterday with shocking ease. Ripzalot is right - be careful out there.
It's amazing how a bit of snow can set the entire town OFF the scale... everybody is amped to the max here, lots of big smilies just walking down the street, snowball fights... the kinds of times that remind you why you're here.
Your boss should be fucking off today mate. Go get it!
Things are looking good in Euroland! Now that i'm back on this side of things i'll be roadtrippin' come march. No set plans yet as we will be trying to go where the snow is. Austria and France are definitely on the map (powslut, my fellow canuk, i might be in your neck of the woods in a bit). But for now the small hills around Bosnia will have to suffice.
I'll be checking back here as much as possible, great snow reports. Now if work would just stop getting in the way...
Snowed nicely today.
Wet heavy layer underneath very nice snow.
Over the calf high. Let 'em rip.
My dream :
the present snowfall snows every day between here and the 3rd of March and puts a safe rock / crevasse covering layer down in La grave. I arrive on the 4th to a bluebird full powder mission day that results in nothing but face shots and ear to ear grins.
It snows every night and bluebirds every day for the rest of the week.
that is all
ullr has proposed something different to me.
in case i can get any money soon :)
We are getting nuked this morning!:biggrin:
And it snowed last night too.:cool:
around the same time as al's post....Quote:
Originally Posted by TeleAl
i'm only about 2km from the leysin turnoff, the rain went to sleet to heavy snow in all of about 10 seconds. my traction control warning light starts to flutter and continues to get worse as i approach the turnoff. behind me is a stream of angry and impatient swiss drivers. either i am going to have to chain up or hitchhike the rest of the way up. i park at one of the rare free parking spots in switzerland, hop out eagerly and as i start to rummage thru the trunk for the chains i realize this is going to be impossible with my hand in its condition (see avatar pic for details). so i gear up and stick my thumb out. no one came by for about 10 min and by then i was frosted with white. i didnt think anyone would want to pick up a 6'4" 220lb wet frosted freak with an equally large and freakish snowboard (my trusty 178 swallowtail), but someone did. bernard ranger, socialist candidate for mayor of leysin. he stopped in the middle of the road and i scrambled to get my board and bag in the back of his subaru, and in my rush to hop in, i grabbed the rain gutter with my bad hand and somehow slammed the door on the ends on my fingers. if i had any feeling in my fingers, it would have hurt like hell. i yanked my hand out, leaving my glove caught in the door and we both had a good chuckle.
i made it with time to spare. lifts were delayed till 10am due to high wind on top, but that quickly subsided. al made first chair, i made second, and we were greeted by a ton of fluffy goodness. how much? no idea, but at least 50cms i'd say. other than the 50 or so people on the first lift rush, there were very few people on the hill. it pounded snow for the first hour or so, then started breaking. by noon we could see across the valley to g3000 and les diablerets. i split from al and the gang and did laps entirely alone thru les fers and solepraz. seems the people that were there were content with the boot deep pow on piste.
great day, EXCELLENT day, i just wish i had me legs back - this was day two after my 10 week injury timeout. i feel like an old man!
not much time for pics, a few from the chair...
http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/5513/img07531dv.jpg
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http://img219.imageshack.us/img219/6611/img07763ey.jpg
I love this picture .... its €€€€€€€€€
Good to see you're back in the swallowtail saddle .......
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Originally Posted by Ripzalot
just back from verb. 25 cm of snow in the village during the night, but strong gusty wind forced televerbier to switch off every lift over 2400 m. The bowls around ruinettes were OK, though, with 30-40 cm of snow to track. A bit wet and heavy, but much better than no new snow.
Haha! Finally Chamonix was the epicenter. Here's the latest estimate: 50cm of heavy pow on the 16th, plus 30-40cm of light pow on the 17th. All lifts closed today the 18th and snowing like mad all day - perhaps another 25cm fell? Add it all up it's well over a meter - more likely 150cm, and those numbers are from Longon - the Grands Montets midstation. There's a rumer that Le Brevent has 3m of fresh snow.
Storm of the year, no, of the last THREE years. And it ain't over yet, there's another 30cm in the forecast through Monday night and continuing into Tuesday... nobody can remember this much snow ever falling at one time before...
All lifts closed today due to avo danger and high winds so we're on call for an 8 AM CompanieDuMontBlanc.com lift status check tomorrow morning. Guess is that it will stay closed tomorrow too, unfortunately.
Happy powder dreams, Euroland.
sooo if no one can remember it there can be two possibilities: they've lost memory of 99 or they haven't been there very long.
BUT it may be the best storm in 3 years. granted ;)
Get it boys, GET IT!! (please get it for me) Unblievable. Birtle, you're killing me but keep it coming. Geeze, what a time for brain surgery. (as if there is ever a time for it :rolleyes2 )
It about killed me as well to call Delta last week and cancel my flight to Euro later this month.
You can all thank me now - I predict the first two weeks of March to go off like it is now.
Edit: Top page!
99 was my first year in euroland. seems every weekend i went i was in knee deep pow. i took it for granted that it was normal. sadly i was mistaken. :nonono2:Quote:
Originally Posted by subtle plague
btw, there is a spot that is up 90cms over the last 3 days (more coming) and has been closed since. can u guess where? :biggrin:
i don't really care which spot. i cannot come down anyway.
but i hope it stays closed until you have to work again.... :FIREdevil
sorry, that wasnt directed at you specifically, but to all.Quote:
Originally Posted by subtle plague
btw, i'm on 50% disability until march 12 but also have the ability to take off any day i want. (that was directed at you ;))
:FIREdevil
ROAD TRIP! Who's in?
Guys, I'm sick of Chamonix skiing. I had an OK day today at Les Grands today but I'm fed up with the baggage that comes with this resort. I won't go into the "why" 'cause I'm trying hard to stay upbeat.
I have three free days in any Aosta resort, at Verbier, Zinal, Portes du Soliel. Anybody want to meet up and rip some turns? I *know* there's amazing skiing to be had somewhere out there, and I want to rip it up! My local friends seem incredibly stuck in the valley... Suggest something, PM me the when and where I'm in. Verb? Al? Ripz? My only request is that I want to ski pow pow and more pow.
PS - On the bright side, there's around 120cm fresh snow at Longon-Les Grands Montets!!
See my email. Lots of suggestions proposed.Quote:
Originally Posted by bbirtle
The silence from La Grave is suspect. :FIREdevil :FIREdevil
If any maggots there hear some Telemarker bellowing "CHARGE!!!"
you'll know it's me.
Otherwise, game on, let's go, I'm in.
BTW, Leysin had great snow today. On the snow update:
Temps on the rise, Foehn blowing, snow getting heavier. Think COLD!
damn it's snowing like hell down in turin.
the slf expects 70-100cm in the tessin OVER NIGHT.
road trips to the western alps won't get as much, but you can still harvest the remains of the past storm.
the new storm is southbound.(ok new branch of the storm :) )
I'll be in verb from the coming saturday to March 5th. Yeah I know it's carnival holiday but this is why I can stay permanently there for a week. My kids have no school.
i heard from vertigo - no specifics but he said the snow's great and the mountain is empty.Quote:
Originally Posted by TeleAl
no road trips right now for me. need to ease myself back into the game. i'm local boy for the next cple weeks.
Suddenly I'm hot on Chamonix again. La Flegere, manage to get on the fourth chair up of the Index just after they cranked it up. That's 3x6 = 18 tracks ahead of us, plus a handful from the patrollers on the entire mountain. Knee-deep fluffy goodness on an endless base. For whatever reason, no queues all day on L'Index... first three runs weren't just fresh tracks they were fresh BOWLS to shred up. Last five runs on the high traverse to Lac Blanc, rarely crossing a line all day.
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update from vertigo in la grave - knee deep to village this morning, above thigh yesterday during storm. tomorrow they open the top.
game on folks!
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Originally Posted by bbirtle
Have anyone told you that you have a very labile personality? You might consider seeing a shrink. Either that or just rip it while its there:tongue:
Hot Damn !