Snow for the Euros.

[klar]

Report showed a nice cell over G3 but the "local report" says not that much over there. Thanks mags!

what report were you looking at?

[squaremountain_local]

Just back from Arabba, good untracked powder all week long . below 2000 m was crust after thursday. This however has been taken care off. 30 cm fresh on the ground this morning as we left. 30 cm more expected today.

TR to follow later.

What a week it was

[verbier61]

two nice days in verb. no new snow, but very few people on the mountain. Looks that alagna-gressoney is the place to go right now. they got the most of the last storm

[TDJ]

Last days were nice, today was to crowded. We skied some freshies on/around the mt. Gele. Tomorrow i'm gonna check out the bs. mt Fort depending on the weather. Think there sould be some possibilities there. Hopefully we can ski some nice spring snow near Savoleyres later in the day.

[ulty_guy]

You back here again ?

nah, was just reporting a report. i'm probably done for the season. i want to do some touring with the gf may 3-7 or so, but not sure where we'll end up yet (either alps or maybe norway?).

anyone else have late season touring plans?

[geo039]

i would have anticipated the northern exposures at Flaine, St Gervais, and Avoriaz would have yielded similar results.
anyone ski those stations on Sat? what d'ya find?

Flaine on Sat. Dust (I would call is 10 to 20CM...some places were deeper) on crust for anything that was already skied/sunned, except a few N facing areas. I found pockets of fun. Worth the trip.

[cj001f]

Anyone in Chamonix interested in skiing this week starting Thursday? Beer and smuggled american goods can be made available!

[bbirtle]

Plug:

TR: Mont Blanc "T" Couloir (Chamonix) 2007.03.28

Anybody up for some big ski tours? Piz Bernina? Barre des Ecrins? Grand Paradiso? Jungfrau? Monch? I'm having trouble finding partners for these objectives. Send me a PM if interested!

[squaremountain_local]

Shameless self promotion:

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...=1#post1211964

for some reason the Dolomites are not popular around here can't realy figure out why.

[subtle plague]

Shameless self promotion:

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...=1#post1211964

for some reason the Dolomites are not popular around here can't realy figure out why.

because they get less snow than the rest of the alps.
for the same reason nobody went to alagna "the freerideparadise" during the last few years.

[verbier61]

good 2 hear.
given what we were dealt for Sat. it was one of the choices on my list.
Another good source for a wide variety of weather current & 4kast.
http://www.meteocentrale.ch/index.php?id=10&L=0

- the colorful ch map can be broken down by canton.
- webcams of numerous ski stations and mtn passes.

really nice, thanks!!!

[verbier61]

Shameless self promotion:

http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...=1#post1211964

for some reason the Dolomites are not popular around here can't realy figure out why.

as already said, the trend is for very poor snow coverage in dolomiti. you were very, very very lucky. also, in many spots skiing offpiste is formally illegal and carabinieri are actively searching for criminal activity

[squaremountain_local]

You're right about the snow coverage it has been a shity season there untill 2 weeks ago . I'm not sure about the off piste skiing. Although there are signs that it is forbidden it's also promoted on the official website http://www.dolomitisuperski.com so that doesn't make sense. I guess routes close to the piste were avalanches could harm people on the piste are a no go. I don't see a problem elsewhere.

[klar]

HELLO SPRING, HOW ARE YOU TODAY ?

[Roo]

Innsbruck. What a dump.

I'll see your Innsbruck and raise you a Tooting.

[squaremountain_local]

Nice turns Klar! Perfect conditions!

[ulty_guy]

anyone hit monte rosa ski for a while? are conditions holding up? improving?

[Franz Klammer]

Innsbruck. What a dump.

I'll see your Innsbruck and raise you a Tooting.

Classic Roo -- very funny. I just forwarded your post to my brother in London.

Very nice pictures again, klar. Location?

Parents Klammer were out on Zirbitzkogel yesterday and reported good snow coverage. The touring season could come together after all ...

[klar]

Roo, what do you mean - I see great potential here.



Franz K.: general location should be obvious, some names woud be nockspitze, axamer lizum, schlicker schartl...

[Franz Klammer]

Roo, what do you mean - I see great potential here.



Franz K.: general location should be obvious, some names woud be nockspitze, axamer lizum, schlicker schartl...

The flower guy is going to have a problem with that.

Thanks. Got the obvious part, but was wondering about the exact locations.

[vertigo]

i didn't ski today, but here in la grave yesterday it was still great. i did chiroze (left), pan de rideau, and la voute.

all were great, chiroze was epic, a bit wind affected at the top but amazing after, the pan was deep at the top of the glacier, and la voute was good but more spring skiing off the glacier

it's still great here, but i think this week could see the end of the big epic runs. it's already a long hike/scramble if you ski down to road

[bbirtle]

i didn't ski today, but here in la grave yesterday it was still great. i did chiroze (left), pan de rideau, and la voute.

all were great, chiroze was epic, a bit wind affected at the top but amazing after, the pan was deep at the top of the glacier, and la voute was good but more spring skiing off the glacier

it's still great here, but i think this week could see the end of the big epic runs. it's already a long hike/scramble if you ski down to road

No shit? I was wondering what La Grave would be like about now.

Forecast is for sun Thurs/Fri, is it worth a road trip do you think?

Are the (easter) weekend crowds going to be ridiculous?

[Ripzalot]

No shit? I was wondering what La Grave would be like about now.

Forecast is for sun Thurs/Fri, is it worth a road trip do you think?

Are the (easter) weekend crowds going to be ridiculous?

fyi, the derby race is today thru friday. regardless, i'm going this weekend. i'm long overdue for a good beating by that mountain.

[subtle plague]

fyi: it snowed about 35cm in Engelberg. And it is snowing in the upper valis right now.
tomorrow should be a fun day in e-berg. edit: it's clearing right now. lucky for those who made it up today. may be the last pow day for a looong time.

And mid/long term.
warm and dry (3-4° warmer than normal as always this winter) in the next 3-7 days may develop into record warm/dry (5-6 or more degrees) from the 11th onwards.

[Ripzalot]

fyi: it snowed about 35cm in Engelberg. And it is snowing in the upper valis right now.
tomorrow should be a fun day in e-berg. edit: it's clearing right now. lucky for those who made it up today. may be the last pow day for a looong time.

And mid/long term.
warm and dry (3-4° warmer than normal as always this winter) in the next 3-7 days may develop into record warm/dry (5-6 or more degrees) from the 11th onwards.

doh! damn stomach flu. i've been down for 4 days now. and i was supposed to have this whole week off.

saasfee/zermatt looks to be getting hit pretty good today. although i wouldn't go near those places over easter holidays. toooo crowded. been there done that.