 Poster: A snowHead
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Ben Prorel, an instructor with Powder Extreme, is highly recommended.
Has both skied and boarded Bec des Rosses (55 deg and a no fall zone at the top) which is pretty cool! IIRC he was originally a skier, then rebelled at school and became a boarder, then took up skiing again to qualify as a top cert instructor in the french system, before moving to verbier.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@snowcrazy, as above Powder Extreme come highly recommended by several of us on here who have skied with them. All their instructors are good so don’t sweat Ben vs the others.
https://www.powder-extreme.com/
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It started to snow about an hour ago (21:00) in La Tzoumaz, and is projected to peak at 03:00 and 11:00 tomorrow (Tues 28 Jan) with light snow through to Wed evening. The balcony temp here at 1500m is -0.9°C.
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cold enough for snow too to bottom? arriving in a few weeks (with everyone else it seems) and have not been watching snow reports as they often drive me crazy.
overall conditions seem good?
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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Very good today.
Snowed overnight and blue skies today.
20-40 CMS depending on wind.
Lovely...
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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This being Verbier you will have to hike now to find any fresh stuff.
That being said the pistes are sublime, the accessible off piste is chopped but soft.
Chassoure was superb, soft and grippy snow on the moguls, very flattering.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Everything closed in Nendaz and Siviez today 
I'm quite glad I took the insurance option on the passes now!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Savolyeres and Bruson fully open.
Bottom of Verbier open
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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How are the general conditions in Verbier? Did the recent precipitation fall as snow?
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@alj, yes...snow, but not that much of it.
Pistes are 100% top-notch.
Offpiste? Its Verbier...anything easily accessible is tracked out, but there are always places if you are somebody who is willing to hike there (I'm not!).
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@rungsp, will probably be skiing on Friday in case you’re around?
Forecast looks perfect for Fri/sat then getting warm Sunday and then cold again with decent snow and cold for a couple of days.
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@BobinCH, back home then...next time
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@BobinCH, just realised after your FWT post somewhere that Mar 27th is also the weekend for our regular lads weekend
Never been to one of those events, will it make a big difference to crowds using the slopes? and around town?....imagine there will be some extra apres ski laid on and we'll have to book any meals out in advance...
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| polo wrote: |
@BobinCH, just realised after your FWT post somewhere that Mar 27th is also the weekend for our regular lads weekend
Never been to one of those events, will it make a big difference to crowds using the slopes? and around town?....imagine there will be some extra apres ski laid on and we'll have to book any meals out in advance... |
On the comp day it’s really busy getting up to Gentianes so all the lifts serving that are to be avoided (Medran, Chaux Express, Jumbo, Gentuanes) - good day to go up from Savoleyres or Mayentzet). Once youre up the pistes are usually quiet as lots of people watch the event (we do). Town will be busy especially the day of the event so good idea to book early. I also have my lads weekend that weekend so should heed my own advice to you!
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Ok good to know thx, looks like a full on schedule. It’s going to be chaos.
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| polo wrote: |
| Ok good to know thx, looks like a full on schedule. It’s going to be chaos. |
Ping me closer to the date and I can give you some ski/food/après recommendations in case you’re interested. If the comp is on Friday or Saturday, the Sunday would be a perfect opportunity to ski the Bec, conditions allowing as the bootpack Will be solid and there’ll be markers into the harder to access routes
Last edited by Ski the Net with snowHeads  on Sun 16-02-20 5:34; edited 1 time in total
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....will do, there's a big gang of us, mostly staying at Farinet, but a few locals joining too. So a split group - most of them just do a long weekend every year, ie piste bashers.
I'll be up for some fresh off piste tracks if conditions are good....but am only going down routes that you would send your kids down 
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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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| polo wrote: |
| .......but am only going down routes that you would send your kids down |
Be careful what you wish for!!
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Looks like yesterday was worth putting up with the queues for!
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Poster: A snowHead
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not much reported in here the past few days, im hoping its because youve all been too busy skiing pow, how much has fell?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Tell you tomorrow...just arrived
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Another 20cm overnight and bluebird this morning. Could be good...
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| BobinCH wrote: |
Another 20cm overnight and bluebird this morning. Could be good...
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if its not good you need to sell your kit and take up something else
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Bruuussonnn!!
Mega today...powder off piste was gorgeous, on piste... perfect.
Lovely, really lovely bluebird powder day
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@BobinCH, were you working from home today??
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| rungsp wrote: |
| @BobinCH, were you working from home today?? |
Haha used up about half my annual leave on Friday powder days this season! You timed this trip nicely 
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FAQ
that could be my ISA for all I know...
