That 15cm light green dot in the middle of the darker green,close to swiss border,at 7.5E - 46N is where gressoney is.Quote:
Originally Posted by horizon
15cm....
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That 15cm light green dot in the middle of the darker green,close to swiss border,at 7.5E - 46N is where gressoney is.Quote:
Originally Posted by horizon
15cm....
Thanks for the advice Meathelmet. Alanga seemed kind of high elevation... we heard it was like a little La Grave in Italy. It seems like it might be getting dumped on over there, up high (2000m) is there still no base?
Cervinia is kind of flat and boring IMO, for off piste that is... snow doesn't help make the terrain more interesting and I heard if you waunder of piste they sometimes send out the police to arrest you (?). I had a season pass including there last year, from Zermatt, but we hardly ever went.
news from ALL aosta valley says NO relevant snow there.. no more than few cm :frown: the big dump is now in liguria (some small neglected spots like pratonevoso and cuneo alps might be like :eek: H E A V E N by sunday.... ) lombardy (45 cm in milan, linate airport closed) and all the spots in valtellina (Bormio, livigno etc) ticino (bosco gurin, sanbernardino....), probably graubunden, and many scattered selected spots in dolomitiQuote:
Originally Posted by horizon
the meathelmet issue is well taken, but there's a bit more hope... 3 winters ago there was even less snow by the middle of february, and than after 2 big dump the spots were almost (.... almost!) OK.Quote:
Originally Posted by bbirtle
Alagna has absolutely NO base so far, and there's no relevant snow coming up to now.
trust me, i'll be the first to jump on the alagna wagon, but it just isn't there yet this year :(
Rooman is close enough...Quote:
Originally Posted by bad_roo
Milan was a mess yesterday due to the snow, they realy can't drive in the stuff. The Milan - Turin Autostrada was a complete mess. It took me 11 hours to drive from Milan to Courchevel !
Thanks for the Italian update. Maybe we'll give it a miss then.
Tom's gone schwank on us.Quote:
Originally Posted by Idris
Tom, never pass by milan anymore without dropping me a call. I know a secret way to drive to turin in 10 instead of 11 hours ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Idris
milan will most likely have 70 cm by the end of the day
http://www.skiforum.it/skiforum/file...g_1626_193.jpg
Here is the deal from yesterday/Thursday:
I woke to the snowplow going by and a minute later Batman called me.
The Batmobile was unavailable (CatWoman had it), so we met up and did homecourt/Leysin.
Off piste was 8"/20cm of dust on crust.
The off piste was pretty solid, and the snow light.
On piste proved to be a delight.
We ripped on piste all day, going for speed and non stop decents.
Running on 5 hours of sleep 2 nights in a row, plus a full day of skiing,
I took today off.
Wind blowing hard at moment; Barometer rising.
Hey Team,
what about the weather currently ripping across France!looks like things are going to fill in even if its just windblown.anyhow anybody out there riding in Espace Killy?Let me know.keen to catch up with you for a hoot.
Skied Megeve Saturday. Very impressive! TR here:
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...ad.php?t=45119
:nonono2: Nothing EXTREME. :biggrin: Lots of long red and blue pistes w/ plenty of elbow room.
Excellent snow quality on-piste. Off-p was skied out, too little depth, and/or wind-affected.
On a pow day (mid-week) it has beaucoup potential and,
maybe, ...little competition for some great lines.
a bit of marmolada yesterday:
http://www.forum.planetmountain.com/...ic.php?t=17793
pssst something's moving on the longe range radar.
will confirm as soon as i cannot jinx it anmore :D
change ist the word.
but i'm still not sure what will become of it. i like todays model run though ;)
change ist the word.
but i'm still not sure what will become of it. i like todays model run though ;)
cham/ northern switzerland seems to be the bet right now.but lets wait until sat/sunday before the position of the low is clearer.
YES PLEASE.
Did a little ice climb on the Tacul today and then skiied the Vallee Blanche to get down today... never seen such horrible conditions. 50cm high satstrugi formations - booked it back onto the tourist route and once there, the only time of my life I was thinking "thank god for moguls" as you can actually TURN on them properly.
Down lower things are pretty bleak... The warm foen wind that howled through the valley really has removed most of the snow that managed to fall up until now this season on a lot of slopes... Midi midstation is nearly all rocks again, Pas de Chevre is looking very rocky, up at the Midi there's bare blue glacial ice showing where there used to be nice powderly slopes. We had a look at the Glaciar Rond exit couloir and it looks like a summer rock climb. Flegere still looks decent although not been up there in person lately. Grands Montets has yet to really fill in...
Jeeeeeesus, we need snow.
Looking at all the responses here, I cannot believe how lucky my Euro timing was this season ...
Fersure dude.Quote:
Originally Posted by Franz Klammer
Not so hot on Yurp'ian skiing at the moment. Sore issue for me right now. (I WANT TO SKI DAMMIT!!!)
High altitude ice climbs are all in great condition however, so can't complain too much. Led my second fairly serious multipitch route today.
Hey guys new to this forum. The weather in Italy is warm to say the least.
I am now back in Brescia, pondering my next trip. I have two more weeks.
I was planning on going to Alagna but from what i have read of the other posts, there is no snow.
I wanted to go to higher elevations, for better snow.
Anyone have any ideas on where there is snow, or where the skiing is good?
I'm here from Colorado, and was hoping on something similiar, but we are having a banner year in CO.
I can't drink much more grappa
05/02/06 13:00-19:00
http://www.wetteronline.de/daten/vor...gif?1138888061
*please*please*please*
Reading too much about the banner year in CO. :cussing:Quote:
Originally Posted by RDNeck
Gotta stop looking at those TRs. making me sick (i live outside of Geneve). Tough season over here.
It was over a week ago I skied my last pow run way-outta-bounds at Grands Montets.
I was really surprised to find anything left. required a hike up & out.
Good Skiing: You have "East Coast skiing" throughout Western CH & Haute Savoie right now. Pistes icy in AM and soft afternoon. Boilerplate on reds/blacks. Bump skiing. Some people out in T-shirts at 1800m. Off-p = core shots-a-plenty.
Higher Elev: If you are dead set on using your skis over here I would head to Cervina/Zermatt. Mostly flat terrain on glaciers...almost touring style, but you will find some classic descents (i.e. Klein Matterhorn) and $$$ views on the glaciers. Suggestion: ski from Italy-side and spend a night in Zermatt. 2 hostels in Z to save u some bills.
Over the Horizon: 4 - 6 days out there is a prediction of snowfall arriving in the Austrian "panhandle". But, I have no local knowledge of the area, ...and these long-range 4-kasts are not reliable.
Otherwise, i reco putting the skis away and heading down to Toscany (Florence, Sienna, Volterra) and Umbria.
Great countryside, no one around right now, great food and wine, architecture, museums, ruins, etc.
Soak up Italy ...since the snow is melting.
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Originally Posted by TeleAl
found this buried several pages back. time to break it out, again...