The snow

[BiGW]

Hi guys

Any idea what the snow is like at the resort? Various people where I work are complaining that the resorts they're going to are a bit lax on the snow front.

[Afty]

http://www.chamonix.com/accueil.php?ling=En

[Njoroge]

The last big dump of snow over here was pre-christmas and there hasn't been any significant snowing since then. If there isn't any more snow then off-piste will be pretty poor and on-pistes will be thin (patchy in places) or icy.

Because the resort is quite high up however, the snow might be pretty reasonable. It's pretty much dependant on how much they are looking after the slopes - how much fake snow they make and how well they spread it with the piste bullies.

Because of the sheer size of the resort you can pretty much guarantee that there'll be at least a few slopes that are lovely.

In short: The snow could definatly be better, but it's skiiable. Here's hoping for another big dump (Words never uttered by bvark's gf)

Nj

[BiGW]

Bugger. As a boarder I was hoping for some decent off-piste powder etc. Ah well guess we'll have to wait and see how things are when we get there.

[Njoroge]

Just out of curiosity - what level are you at? I pretty much know about everyone else, save the new guys on the trip (ming, ping, baroness)

[BiGW]

Pretty noob at the moment but have been having lessons. Can turn and use lifts etc but haven't really got much experience to speak of. Should be interesting if the slopes are mostly ice.

[Afty]

Originally posted by BiGW
Pretty noob at the moment but have been having lessons. Can turn and use lifts etc but haven't really got much experience to speak of. Then you should be sticking to the pistes! :)

[her0n]

After what's happened to Zak i'd recommend people keep to the pistes until they really know what they are doing.

:o

[Optimus]

Originally posted by Njoroge
Ming, Ping & Baroness sounds like a childrens TV show...

[Mingtea]

I'm staying very much on piste.

[BiGW]

Originally posted by her0n
After what's happened to Zak i'd recommend people keep to the pistes until they really know what they are doing.

:o

Yeah I think I might well do that.

[bvark]

The conditions that made Zak's accident so serious (dump of snow on very thin/zero base layer) will not be in evidence post-Christmas.
You should be comfortable with the level of risk you're taking, but missing out on everything outside the poles is an overreaction to a freak event.

Looking at the chart for Europe, the same front that's caused near-torrential rain in the UK should pass over the region in the next few days, and there's some snow on Weather.com for the next 10 days forecast.

[Aardvark]

Originally posted by Optimus
sounds like a childrens TV show...

Sounds more like half the Trumpton fire brigade...

[Pingman]

you can garentee il be piste pretty much the whole trip :D

[Baroness]

As witty as ever, Pingy :p

:D

[Aardvark]

Blonde receptionist where I work made that exact same joke when she found out thats what they called the runs. What does that say about you Ping? :D

[Pingman]

shed get it?

[Afty]

I like this man.

[bvark]

http://www.weather.com/outlook/recreation/ski/weather/tenday/333019?from=search_vert

w3wt

[Aardvark]

Double w3wt!

[Pingman]

OH yes a ncie load of snow just before we get there, wicked!

[Silk75]

There is definitely snow falling in Europe tonight, because it is falling in little old Wilmslow as well!!

[phil]

Yep, it's raining for the first time in ages in Basel, which means snow in the Alps.

[BiGW]

B0w.