Whos in Chamonix this season?!!!

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lifts dont open till the 18th!

Oct 18 2011 5:52PM

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TheGnarwhal

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I'm heading back to Morzine for the season so nearly! Our lifts open on the 10th for seasonaires! ;)

Oct 18 2011 6:46PM

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Spending the season shredding the alps and my friend just moved there so I can't see myself not putting in some serious time there. What kind of riding are you in to?

Oct 18 2011 6:50PM

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your friend just moved to the alps or cham? everything man, when theres pow, shred pow, when theres not ski in the park and have a good old piste bash!

Oct 19 2011 10:16AM

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Where should I go for December 2nd for Pow (if possible), if Chamonix won't be open?

Oct 19 2011 10:17AM

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Loner

well les grands montets partially opens on the 3rd, which is in the chamonix valley, but abit hit and miss regarding snow conditions at that time

Oct 19 2011 10:27AM

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DBL

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I will be there for the second and third week of febuary on a international exchange!!!!!! so stoked!!!

Oct 19 2011 10:40AM

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Insane

cham is open by then. ill be there on the 15th. only over christmas! and its snowing there!!!!!!!!

Oct 19 2011 1:16PM

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Bump

Nov 12 2011 7:16AM

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Hiked up to the mer de glacé yesterday, getting my hiking legs ready for the season! Views were incredible!

Nov 12 2011 7:21AM

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after watching The Ordinary Skier, Chamonix scares me...

Nov 12 2011 1:27PM

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xoxxooxo

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I am in chamonix late december and over new years. Gonna do the glacier ski hike

Nov 12 2011 1:42PM

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3mania

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very lucky muthafuckers

Nov 12 2011 2:05PM

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AviadIL

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I'm heading to Avoriaz on January for 4 weeks...

if you come to PDS (portes du soleil) let me know, same if i hit chamonix valley..(pm,email,fb)

just shreddin' whatever's out there...

btw- hike to the white lake ("le lac blanc"), it's awsome!

Nov 12 2011 2:15PM

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I hiked some of the stuff I want to shred this winter. There are some nasty new crevasses this year - be safe!

Nov 12 2011 5:17PM

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Looked into that today, looks awesome!

Nov 19 2011 7:02PM

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LOLO_FAVRE

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i'll be there middle of december with my boy sam favret just preparing our legs for the winter just skiing les grands montets from top to bottom for 1 week

Nov 19 2011 10:39PM

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Loner

Do you know if the lifts are still due to open on the 3rd?

Nov 20 2011 7:41AM

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Current conditions. Bring a bike or something, lol :D

Nov 20 2011 9:55AM

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Nov 20 2011 9:58AM

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Fuck that! Theres bound to be a big dump soon (I pray)

Nov 20 2011 1:43PM

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looks like the thread for me.

Im In Cham 2nd jan untill feb 12th and I need some buds to shred pow and do touring first and second week of feb. lets chat if interested.

Nov 23 2011 3:20PM

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Loner

pm'ed you bro

Nov 23 2011 3:33PM

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Insane

check the weather charts for next week. looks like it.

Nov 23 2011 4:29PM

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Shabangarang

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last year was horrible snow wise.....but if your going to chamonix dont go for the park......off piste skiing is sick there though....but i have buddies there so its always fun no matter.

Nov 23 2011 4:59PM

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Huh?

Nov 24 2011 10:53AM

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Insane

http://www.netweather.tv/index.cgi?action=alp-charts go on precipition and look from about 165 hours onwards. its rain in mm and 1 mm of rain is at least 1 cm of snow i think.

Nov 24 2011 12:10PM

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o and i didnt mean to reply to you haha.

Nov 24 2011 12:19PM

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Ahh I see, cheers for the link, I hope it's right!!

Nov 24 2011 1:18PM

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Most meteo stations see no significant snowfall for the next 8 days, as there will be no major change of the large scale weather situation.

There will be snow in December, but it needs 1-2m of snow to get a decent base layer for the rest of the season. Otherwise, it will be over before it has even started.

I haven't ever seen such a horrible early winter for us. As I said - even if snow is coming in December, unless it's several meters, it will just be a short to mid term fun.

Nov 24 2011 6:55PM

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Loner

I kinda disagree, late November/early December is a bit late but quite a normal time for the snow to really start dumping, last year was just really early and then look what happened, no snow for like 40 days. Winter seems to just be a bit late this season and it's the same all over the southern alps. Looks like the snow might hit on the 2nd.

Nov 24 2011 7:04PM

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You can't compare the two. It's better to have an early dump, followed by a cold high pressure phase, which conserves the snow, than to have no snow to conserve to start with.

Again, the function of base layers of snow is often underrated. We need much snow within the next two to three weeks - otherwise even large dumps later in winter will - if followed by a few warm days, not endure/survive. This is, btw., the reason why many ski resorts are currently covering their slopes with machine snow, even if they don't want to open within the next week. They want to provide a base layer to stop the (still quite warm) ground from melting the real snow once it's coming.

Nov 24 2011 7:15PM

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Yeah I know what you mean but the temp is dropping rapidly at the moment, with such clear sky's the heat is quickly dissipating from the ground and has been quite frosty over the last few days, I do agree it does need to snow soon to build the base but I don't think we need to panic just yet!

Nov 24 2011 7:25PM

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Hmm, the clear skies of the last weeks were a sign for inversion - cold valleys, warm mountains. At the moment, temperatures are dropping everywhere, though, even on the mountains. Let's hope it's not too late. :)

Nov 24 2011 7:27PM

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Yeah for sure, at least the temp is dropping at the moment so when it does dump the snow will have good cold ground to bond to, correct me if I'm wrong but isn't that one of the most important things for the base to build on? So even if it is late the base would be more stable than if it snowed earlier in the month, melted a bit with the warm weather then re froze when it snowed again.

Nov 24 2011 7:44PM

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