 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Get it
Please
For all us watching and wishing
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Hatched a cunning plan this morning, after I saw the weather was not too bad, well at least so I thought.
Rather than battle with the holiday hordes up at the Lautaret as today and tomorrow are public holidays in France; so many have taken the whole week off or are making an extended long weekend of it.
I decided to drive up the trail in front of where we live as I know it's open to the snow-line as I've been running up there, and with yesterday's snow I could see that there was a lovely white blanket above circa 2,100.
And at first I was most optimistic as I started skinning on lovely fresh snow as the trail suddenly changed aspect after where I had parked at 1,950m, for sure it was heavy but that was to be expected at that altitude and I planned to climb to one of the highest points of the resort and N facing.
After circa 250m of climbing it became obvious, apart from loads of snow, that it was very very heavy, and where I was heading was steep and I could see numerous slides already, plus I felt totally fecked skinning in the heavy snow.
I persevered for another 250m but if anything conditions were getting worse with the sun warming things up very quickly, and then the viz went very flat, with another 150m to go as I called it a day
So the pics might look lovely and yes would have been superb, if only the snow was not stupidly heavy, twas overall a big disappointment 
But at least Mutley enjoyed himself terrorising the marmots 
For those that know Serre Che that's the Eychauda drag, and I skinned up there about 1/3rd of the way.
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A friend climbed up the Breithorn today in 1m of fresh. Apparently was all they could do due to weather. Snow wind affected so very heavy but lots of it. Unfortunately the Furi exit for the Schwartzor and Klein Matterhorn glacier runs doesn’t have enough snow
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Looks good! Well, kind of wet I guess. Isothermal snow time, perhaps.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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| BobinCH wrote: |
| Nice way to finish with the Marinelli couloir |
super cool!
always fancied that... (europes longest couloir)
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Is that them there northern lights glowing purple on that photo? 
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Mates scoring it in the resort* that can't be be named, open every weekend up to June 1st.
* for those that don't know you might have to use the advanced search
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Good thread.
The Marinelli area is known as Little Himalayas.
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