 Poster: A snowHead
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looking for ski buddies! any time there is a pow alert on wepowder.com could probably meet there and rip for a couple days. avy safety gear mandatory. guides we play by ear. please pm if interested.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Telling us where would be a good start! 
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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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@jnedic, assuming you mean the Europe area, I am interested.
I'll PM you.
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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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Maybe ... but needs to be a week ... to justify travel from the UK. But can do at moments notice ....
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I like this concept, does it work for a week though? Can you predict great conditions for a week? I have seen people eye up a week only to find it was heavy, or completely closed, or ... on the other hand have been very lucky when out on some occasions. (eg had an absolutely fantastic day on PIPAU, skiing untracked, light and good depth all day)
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well that took way longer than i thought it would .. but it looks we are finally here!
all forecasts seem to agree alagna is getting snow on monday. looks like pow from wed!
pm me.
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is wepowder reliable? Waiting to see where to book for 7th March, praying for Italy so I can afford a beer and coffee a day
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Is that a good idea? If you're going to trust your life to a ski buddy then surely you'd want to know a bit about their competence, experience and temperament?
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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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| jnedic wrote: |
.. and of course there is always an option of getting a guide. something that’s non negotiable if we go out a glacier for example.
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Far be it from me to put you off skiing with a guide but if it’s dumped 1m of heavy snow and you are sticking to established routes you are highly unlikely to fall down a crevasse. Weak snow bridges are typically a problem in early season / low snow years.
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Good powder here in the Pyrenees. I live by the Grand Tourmalet resort and have just had a great couple of days. Snow starting again now and due to be heavy overnight, maybe another 50cms. Easy to fly into Lourdes from Stansted
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You know it makes sense.
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looks money today in zermatt on webcams (sadly not there)! alagna is all closed as predicted.
and before someone tells me off .. yes avy is at 4 .. yes i know what that means!
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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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| jnedic wrote: |
looks money today in zermatt on webcams (sadly not there)! alagna is all closed as predicted.
and before someone tells me off .. yes avy is at 4 .. yes i know what that means! |
Jnedic,
I'm just back from Cervinia/Zermatt last week which was great.
I'm eyeing another trip if there's powder (alerts) about. To my eyes it looks like loads of snow between now & Easter Monday in Zermatt. It could be really good from 1st or 2nd April on for 5-7 day trip maybe?!
P.s. me , M 55, experienced skier, kit, loads of powder camp trips, etc. Will hike for pow
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Poster: A snowHead
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some snow coming .. anyone knows off the top resorts that are still open mon/tue next week?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Ischgl, plus they have their spring festival on!!
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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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@jnedic, Argentiere & Val Thorens.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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half of it closed though, no? i guess you still get to do laub and steinberg... but the website says the jochstock side is already closed
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We also thinking where to go end of next week from Geneva.
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| jnedic wrote: |
| half of it closed though, no? i guess you still get to do laub and steinberg... |
In all the time I lived there I would never do Steinberg without a guide. Lots of crevasses, people die there every year (or so). Shame, looking at the map, even Jochpass is closed so no other way of accessing the Soultzli areas 
Yes to the Laub, no glaciated terrain there, no cliffs bordering it, but do check that they're still running the shuttle buses from Cafe Ritz back to Gerschnialp, otherwise a long walk out.
There's also a vast amount of off-piste on all sides all the way down from the Titlis glacier (including a nice drop or two off the side of the upper path) , via the Rotegg piste/itineraire (keeping hard left from it and dropping one of the open gullies above the Stand lift station). I note however that all that area is marked as closed, so you need to be sure and confident about the snow cover if you go that way.
From there are multiple interesting routes between Stand and Ridertitlis (including a cut half way down to drop into the Laub if you don't fancy the entry to the top part) and down to Truebsee, including a couple of drops into the skier's far right of the Grossi Sultzli, although with the Flyer chair closed you'll then need to walk back up a little bit to get to the Treubsee lift station.
So still a good day's worth of powder to be found. We're just off out the door in a minute or three to drive round to Pre la Joux, Chatel, where it should be great. It's sunny outside right now and the forecast has improved a bit since yesterday, so there might even be a bit of sunshine on the powder 
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I can see the half of the Engleberg is closed and its unlikely they open it, probably people who work on the chairs already sent home. Its not about amounts of snow left, its just number of people wanting to ski is dropping drastically after the easter.
Still Skyway and Cerivina will be open. Not to mention that majority austrian glaciers also open, and amount of snow there is amazing (back 2 weeks ago).
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@ed48, Hintertux had significantly improved when I skied it on Friday vs the Sunday before, and with 67cm currently forecast between now and Friday and sunshine next weekend, it's shaping up for another great weekend!
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| ed48 wrote: |
I can see the half of the Engleberg is closed and its unlikely they open it, probably people who work on the chairs already sent home. Its not about amounts of snow left, its just number of people wanting to ski is dropping drastically after the easter.
Still Skyway and Cerivina will be open. Not to mention that majority austrian glaciers also open, and amount of snow there is amazing (back 2 weeks ago). |
If you're up for ski touring, Engelberg is great when the Jochstock side is closed but there's good snow still. Easy to hike up via the piste routes and lots of room for fresh tracks once up there.
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