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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?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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The old guard in Tignes know of quite a few bodies up on the Grande Motte, some may get to bury their old mates, when they thought it would be a hundred or so years before gravity revealed them.
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| Alastair Pink wrote: |
| Report (in French) about the Glacier 3000 ski area in Switzerlandl |
There was an article on that in English here.
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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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You know it makes sense.
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Apparently summer skiing opened again today in Zermatt, - or Autumn skiing!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| PowderAdict wrote: |
Who knows, if Global Warming really kicks in and the Gulf Stream stops, Western Europe will become much wetter with colder winters and the glaciers will hopefully reform  |
There will be so much snow and cold we will be sick of it, and the last thing we will need will be glaciers!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Tignes will need a lot of snow to open in 4 weeks looking at the webcam.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Indeed... Tignes has no current plans to open the glacier for skiing in 4 weeks. Latest official announcement (see Tignes 21/22 thread) anticipates opening last weekend of November. Any earlier only if there is "exceptional autumn snowfall".
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| Latest official announcement (see Tignes 21/22 thread) anticipates opening last weekend of November |
That's an absolute shocker given that it's usual for Double M piste (ie the run back down to Tignes Val Claret) to be open by mid-November 
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Zermatt open again now as of a week ago. Looking more positive for their downhill races in a month
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Looks to me like Tignes has removed 2 of the t-bars on the glacier.
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| Rob D wrote: |
| Looks to me like Tignes has removed 2 of the t-bars on the glacier. |
It does indeed the huts are there but none of the equipment. When did that happen?
Termingon (sp) / 3500 still seems to be there but Champagny and Rosolin seem to be gone
(edited once for clarity)
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If you look closely (sad I know) at the bottom of the VC webcam (mobile version) there looks to be parts of dissembled lift lying on the ground by the start of the Lanches. Perhaps the old drags.
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| Termingon (sp) / 3500 still seems to be there but Champagny and Rosolin seem to be gone |
The Tignes website page for this year's summer skiing (billed as June to July) showed the lifts as below - Rosolin but no Champagny.
As Rosolin was actually x2 draglifts, are both now gone?  If so, that's terrible as they served lovely gentle runs for not so confident skiers. Very popular lifts too.
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@mountainaddict, I don't think they could remove one of the Rosolin drags and not the other, they used the same pylons.
Hopefully they are being serviced and maybe moved a bit on the glacier. A Rosolin lift is the way back from the XC tracks, as well as from the bottom of the downhill piste, it would be a bit much to expect the fondeurs to ski down to Vanoise.
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Les Deux Alpes not opening at autumn half-term at all.
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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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Saas-Fee is opening on the 29t Oct, but it doesn’t say what will be open, but I assume the Metro area for sure.
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Fingers crossed that you are right re the Rosolin lifts rjs.
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You know it makes sense.
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| Ski lots wrote: |
| If you look closely (sad I know) at the bottom of the VC webcam (mobile version) there looks to be parts of dissembled lift lying on the ground by the start of the Lanches. Perhaps the old drags. |
Looks like workers hovering around this stuff today (2pm) on webcam. Also looks like a lot more stuff, definitely a poma!
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| mountainaddict wrote: |
| Fingers crossed that you are right re the Rosolin lifts rjs. |
Word from the locals is both Rosolin and Champagny have gone…
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| twoodwar wrote: |
| Apparently summer skiing opened again today in Zermatt, - or Autumn skiing! |
Wow, that surprises me… I flew past on 23 Sept and it was looking in a shocking state… grey, grey and more grey (where it wasn’t rock or grass!!).
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| offpisteskiing wrote: |
| twoodwar wrote: |
| Apparently summer skiing opened again today in Zermatt, - or Autumn skiing! |
Wow, that surprises me… I flew past on 23 Sept and it was looking in a shocking state… grey, grey and more grey (where it wasn’t rock or grass!!). |
The eastern alps (as usual) seem to have had a bit of snow. Dachstein looks ok at the mo although I wouldn't fancy touring on the glaciers much.
Whereas in Grenoble today temperatures in the high 20s. Mmmm cycling weather.
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| offpisteskiing wrote: |
| mountainaddict wrote: |
| Fingers crossed that you are right re the Rosolin lifts rjs. |
Word from the locals is both Rosolin and Champagny have gone… |
Didn't Champagny give access to 3500/Termigon without needing to use the cable car. Is this them accepting defeat on the shoulder seasons?
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re Glacier drags, from people in Tignes:-
"Been removed and not being replaced, unfortunately the glacier is in a bad way so eventually everything will be removed gradually as the glacier ceases to exist"
"Further info to what's Sarah said. The lifts will not be replaced. Apparently they were installed originally before the glacier was designated part of the national park so they could keep them, maintain them but not replace them. Once they're taken down, under the parks rules, they can't be put back."
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This is so sad. I had 2 great summers working on the glacier in the mid-80s
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What purpose does the small chair now serve, if any? I thought it was to provide access to Champagny drag.
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@stevew, The Panoramique chair gets you back to the bottom of the cable car, the restaurant and the top of the funicular.
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Isn't it a bit of a slog uphill if you don't have Rosolin though?
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@stevew, Rosolin doesn't make any difference to being able to lap using the cable car, you need to get the Panoramique up to do that. People may also want to get the Panoramique chair down to lap Leisse, or to ski face down to Vanoise, if there isn't enough snow cover to ski it.
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Just seen an e mail from STGM to an enquiry from a buddy: Rosolin and Champagny have been removed permanently because of the retreat of the glacier and the appearance of rock bars. Future out of season skiing will rely on the chairs and Termignon, much reducing the are and uplift capacity.
The 2 extinct lifts had been reduced in length over the last few years but were expected to last till 2030. The lack of snow last year and the crazy hot summer have pickled that study. The lifts were taken out before they fell over!
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