Snow for the Euros.

[Mrs Roo]

I don't advise a haircut, man. All hairdressers are in the employment of the government. Hairs are your aerials. They pick up signals from the cosmos, and transmit them directly into the brain. This is the reason bald-headed men are uptight.

That reminds me of a patient I had once who came to have his heel pain treated. When I asked him what brings on his symptoms, he said it was when 'they' beam the laser and radar down from the satellites. There was a conspiracy against him in the 1960s where 'they' implanted 3 chips in his head (which allow 'them' to hear his thoughts verbatim) which concentrate the rays and direct them down through his body and into his heel.

He wasn't bald but he used to bring me Werther's originals.

[edg]

He wasn't bald but he used to bring me Werther's originals.

It was Grampa Roo, wasn't it?

edg

[Mrs Roo]

I don't think Roo has any Jamaican relatives!

Incidentally, I used a cunning and effective treatment intervention to cure the problem. Ultrasound therapy to the heel to block the laser and radar. Bloody worked, an' all!

Apologies that this has nothing to do with snow/skiing/Euros etc.

[edg]

Incidentally, I used a cunning and effective treatment intervention to cure the problem. Ultrasound therapy to the heel to block the laser and radar. Bloody worked, an' all!

It wasn't ultrasound - he could hear it all!

edg

[Franz Klammer]

yes, austria is a catholic country

I'm guessing Ötztal, right?

[Franz Klammer]

great news! it won't snow anymore! NEVER.
(well not in the next 10 days+)

fuck it. i wonder how many weeks this will go on.

That's some great anti-jinx. I had my hopes up after looking at this:

http://www.wetter.at/wetter/oesterre...se/in-3-tagen/
http://www.wetter.at/wetter/oesterre...se/in-4-tagen/
http://www.wetter.at/wetter/oesterre...se/in-5-tagen/
http://www.wetter.at/wetter/oesterre...se/in-6-tagen/

[subtle plague]

im more precise on the german board.

here im just sad........
but sadly this bit of a cooling with a few cm dust isn't anything to get excited about.

and your guessings about klars whereabouts are wrong..

[Hayduke]

That reminds me of a patient etc etc.

Go and sit in the corner. As someone that's studied to degree level in an English University there's no excuse for this poor response.

Edg, there's still time. You're excused.

[edg]

Go and sit in the corner. As someone that's studied to degree level in an English University there's no excuse for this poor response.

Edg, there's still time. You're excused.

Jesus, hayduke, stop touching yourself. This a public forum.

edg

[gamma]

no snow for nye.. im getting more and more upset.. is it true kaprun really has 150cms?

[Lostinthetrees]

what i learned yesterday:
1. there is enough snow to make skinning up easier than bootpacking. at least sometimes. like when there are no rocks. or bushes. or ice.
2. there is not enough snow to make skiing down easier than bootpacking. unless there are bushes. in that case you can kick turn your way down. woohoo!
...

aka; steep learning curve.

[Hayduke]

Jesus, hayduke, stop touching yourself. This a public forum.

edg

nope, you still don't get it.

[Mrs Roo]

Withnail and I was not on my English literature curriculum

I think I should do them for plagiarism!

[keksie]

so the avy camp that i mentioned earlier in this thread got, of course, cancelled. and furthermore, as i predicted, by signing up for that camp i jinxed the beginning of the season. soooo.. wheres the damn snow?

[Hayduke]

What's snow?

Someone else said it a couple of seasons ago......The glory days of the Alps are over.

[jskierpx]

What's snow?

Someone else said it a couple of seasons ago......The glory days of the Alps are over.

wow what a downer

[davidof]

Here my video report on current conditions for France

http://pistehors.com/news/ski/commen...t-16-dec-2006/

To summarize... awful with no real hope of improvement before Boxing day.

[Mulletizer]

The glory days of the Alps are over.

Cool your boots, man. There were seasons with no snow before Xmas in the 70s, 80s and 90s. And probably before that too. Doesn't seem like anything new going on to me (although the frustration does seem to be reaching new heights).

That was a nice power-eject-from-the-turn digger at 1:47 Davidof. Any advice/hunches on a target for a week's time? On the basis of your report I was planning on just trying to find somewhere high. I booked my holiday from work but am totally at a loss as to where might be decent beyond that... Nice report BTW, very useful.

[Idris]

Drizzle in town when i got up this morning. But this morning was my first chance at official lift served skiing. Pulled into the Grand montets parking lot and it's bluebird. Everyonew else skied yesterday and saw the forecast so didn't turn up.

Waiting to use a screwdriver (the chain them to the wall here) I was spotted by a guy woth Lime green boots, skis and jacket who identifiys himself as Arno.

Up we go to see if there is anything left. Aure enough the upper part of the bochard piste is a bit of a mess, but otherwise things are looking up. Most of the area looks skiable. Anyway one piste run to get rid of the cobwebs and back up.

Walking out the door we run into BritishAirborne and the tree of us brave the rocks and head ointo the Pendant Bowl. Sure there is lots of rocks but there are also quite a few pockets of pow



BritishAirborne on his first day skiing since january



Arno 2nd run on new skis, boots and dynafits.

There is less snow in the trees than last year, but more high up becasue it hasn't blown away. Dream forest was a nice and untracked ski dispite the thin coverage.

[powders]

This frustrating start to the european winter has even made it to the BBC.....

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6185345.stm

Was up Grand Montets yesterday, as Idris said there are some pretty nice pockets of pow to be found... and lots of rocks poking out or just below the surface too. All things considered still enjoyable though.

[klar]

The glory days of the Alps are over.

having a bad day are we?

geez, does this mean all the brits are staying home this year? no one throwing up in the gondola from too much jägertee? no skiclubs chanting the "banana song" in liftlines? for shame.

[hemas]

geez, does this mean all the brits are staying home this year?

Damn, no more 150 kg + lads on snowlerblades skiing tourist-moguls out of control... How I love being over run by those guys.

[cramp]

Krippenstein still needs tons of new snow to be in condition ...
However, at the glaciers above the Krippenstein at least some skiing is possible ... albeit the snow quality is far from being promising (very crusty due to recent storms)

View down to the Krippenstein


Dachstein towering the upper Hallstaetter glacier

[tomw_n]

Likewise, Grands Montets Saturday nice in parts, cool locally vibe and plenty blue skies. Think today was the day though, blue sky at the top of Bochard apparently.

Good work on the mini-TR!

[Ripzalot]

Someone else said it a couple of seasons ago......The glory days of the Alps are over.

sorry, that was me. don't worry, i'm still hopeful that a new little ice age will kick in soon.

pretty sketchy conditions in leysin on saturday, two runs open with thin ultra hard pack. offpiste was pretty fun working my way thru the maze of bushes. at least i could make turns instead of just altering my sideslip edge down the piste. we bailed for lunch, and decided to finish up the day at the glacier. very good conditions found at 3000m, and a bonus - they have doubled the Quille piste and are working on extending the Tsanfeuron. snow is in excellent condition on and offpiste. no crowds to be found anywhere either. really, not a bad day at all.