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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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Sky news is now carrying the story about the British man caught in an avalanche near La Plagne 
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And one killed and one badly injured in Areches-Beaufort, which I noted earlier today.
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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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Just read the report and notice someone rescued from a lake in Tignes, Tremplin area. Where is this in Tignes.
We were on the Mereles lift yesterday and saw someone recovering a glove in an off piste area and was very close to a flat area which we assumed is a snow covered lake
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Not clear if this was the slide that killed the 2 skiers in Vallee Perdue but I'm pretty sure that this video is from that location? I skied through there (with gear) a few time pre Christmas.
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| MogulMonkey wrote: |
| Just read the report and notice someone rescued from a lake in Tignes, Tremplin area. Where is this in Tignes. |
I suspect it is a mis-translation, that doesn't appear to be the name of any sector in Tignes.
This site https://www.ledauphine.com/faits-divers-justice/2026/01/11/deux-avalanches-a-orelle-et-tignes-deux-blesses-evacues-vers-des-hopitaux says..
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| À Tignes, l’alerte a été donnée à 9 h 33 à la régie des pistes. Une première coulée de neige s’est déclenchée au-dessus du lac, au niveau des tremplins. |
which Google translates as
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| In Tignes, the alert was raised at 9:33 a.m. at the ski patrol. An initial avalanche occurred above the lake, near the ski jumps. |
quite where exactly that is I'm not sure - but I wonder if it means the Bun-J ride, which is indeed near Merles. (and yes that flat area is a lake)
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Currently in Andorra and avalanche warning was 4 today, which is quite rare in my experience. Oh and EES in Barcelona ws very straightforward.
Last edited by After all it is free  on Mon 12-01-26 17:53; edited 1 time in total
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@Tubaski, @MogulMonkey, tremplin refers to the summer jumps (ski, tubes, whatever) that folk use to jump into the lake and are at Le Lac end of the lake (no where near Merles) easily visible from the Toviere bubble.
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I think its likely there is a very dangerous snow structure out there now, that will need another 1m snowfall to make safe. The reason is because the prolonged dry period and thin snow pack has turned most of the existing snow pack into a weak layer of depth hoar. This is a persistent weak layer that doesnt go away. Only thing that makes it safe is enough good quality snow to cover if and bridge it. The recent 1m unfortunately seems like not enough
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| Tubaski wrote: |
| MogulMonkey wrote: |
| Just read the report and notice someone rescued from a lake in Tignes, Tremplin area. Where is this in Tignes. |
I suspect it is a mis-translation, that doesn't appear to be the name of any sector in Tignes.
This site https://www.ledauphine.com/faits-divers-justice/2026/01/11/deux-avalanches-a-orelle-et-tignes-deux-blesses-evacues-vers-des-hopitaux says..
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| À Tignes, l’alerte a été donnée à 9 h 33 à la régie des pistes. Une première coulée de neige s’est déclenchée au-dessus du lac, au niveau des tremplins. |
which Google translates as
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| In Tignes, the alert was raised at 9:33 a.m. at the ski patrol. An initial avalanche occurred above the lake, near the ski jumps. |
quite where exactly that is I'm not sure - but I wonder if it means the Bun-J ride, which is indeed near Merles. (and yes that flat area is a lake) |
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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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@MogulMonkey
Here between the Tufs fingers and Tovière bubble - he finished up on the edge of the frozen lake, not in it.
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A photo from a roof at 1500m at Grand Bornand today that perfectly illustrates the current snow situation - fresh snow on a hard base, with a bit of sun on it....
And yet people had still skied near-vertical couloirs like this - tracks were clearly visible at the top... 
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