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snow.... glorious snow... (in the alps)
« on: December 12, 2011, 10:48:04 am »
Yes for all your boarders and skiers out there .... how happy are you its snowing at last.

Im off to Morzine in 4 weeks and up till last weekend it was bone dry and all the mountains were brown... But then they had 60+cm last week and are due another 1meter or so this week :)

http://www.snow-forecast.com/resorts/Morzine/6day/top

Cant wait now. New board is all waxed and ready to go.

Where is everyone off to this year?
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Re: snow.... glorious snow... (in the alps)
« Reply #1 on: December 12, 2011, 11:05:24 am »
Yes for all your boarders and skiers out there .... how happy are you its snowing at last.

Im off to Morzine in 4 weeks and up till last weekend it was bone dry and all the mountains were brown... But then they had 60+cm last week and are due another 1meter or so this week :)

http://www.snow-forecast.com/resorts/Morzine/6day/top

Cant wait now. New board is all waxed and ready to go.

Where is everyone off to this year?

Thank god! Im going to Morzine to on the 26th Jan, can't wait. Not driving down this year though, which sucks!  :smiley:

You been to Morzine before? I've bin to Courchevel a number of times but trying somwhere different this year  :happy2:
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Re: snow.... glorious snow... (in the alps)
« Reply #2 on: December 12, 2011, 11:21:52 am »
No not been to morzine before.. we have all area passes for the porte du soleil as well. Looking forward to it.
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Re: snow.... glorious snow... (in the alps)
« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2011, 12:33:19 pm »
Still no snow in Tahoe.. Leaving in 9 days..The blowers have done the business on the slopes but the off piste is looking grim. :booty:

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Re: snow.... glorious snow... (in the alps)
« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2011, 12:39:54 pm »
Still no snow in Tahoe.. Leaving in 9 days..The blowers have done the business on the slopes but the off piste is looking grim. :booty:

I've only done one trip to america for boarding but I'd never go back there just to snowboard... Fair enough if I happened to be there.. I'd never say no to a few cheeky days on the slopes... but when we have the alps on our doorstep.... I really cant see the point.

Hope you get lots of snow this week though dude!
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Re: snow.... glorious snow... (in the alps)
« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2011, 06:04:42 pm »
I know what you mean fella.. Its tahoe for xmas and newyear then frisco and onto vegas so its not just Boarding..February last year my mates went to Whistler..Came home winging how crap it was.I said I was going Fort william,they all came and it was EPIC!..Should have seen their skint faces.. :laugh:

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Re: snow.... glorious snow... (in the alps)
« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2011, 06:30:52 pm »
Fellow boarders, im off to les Deux alpes on saturday (17th December) with 9 friends, this is the 1st trip of the season. This will be my first time to Les Deux although have been to its sister resort Alpe D'huez (was good and was EPIC as there were 53 of us on the trip!!, pretty much everyone I knew was on that trip!!)

A few weeks back was getting a little worried about the snow (or lack thereof) but 53cm in last 7 days and a predicted 94cm in next 4 days sounds good to me, just hope it stops snowing when we get there (at least during the day!, it can snow all night I wont mind  :wink:), as boarding in a white out aint fun  :grin:

Snow report for les Deux Alpes below.

http://www.igluski.com/france/les-deux-alpes-snow-forecast_2380

I am also going to Ischgl  (Austria) in feb with 3 of my friends who could not make the les deux trip, been there twice before in last 5 years and its an awesome place if you LOVE your apres!!  :jumpmove: :star:

Think this is my 19th snowboarding trip in 16 years (missed 2 years or 4 trips due to living in Singapore)

My Board has been pulled from the loft and given a wax and edge this weekend (done it myself, have done for last 8 years!) and my boots given a clean and wax/seal and packed away in my board bag ready for weekend!.

Just gotta pack my bags on wednesday night ready for the trip up to manchester on thursday (night out on thursday with the lads who cant come this year!) then recover fridaya dn oof saturday  :wink:

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Re: snow.... glorious snow... (in the alps)
« Reply #7 on: December 12, 2011, 07:41:07 pm »
Good Luck Tamiyo.. Post some pics when you get back..Thankfully the snow gods answered you're call..

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Re: snow.... glorious snow... (in the alps)
« Reply #8 on: December 13, 2011, 12:12:06 am »
 :signLOL: aye one of my friends wives sent me a text around 10 days ago asking us all to do snow dances, it must have worked  :happy2:

Will try and get some pics and videos of the melee  :wink:
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Re: snow.... glorious snow... (in the alps)
« Reply #9 on: December 13, 2011, 12:34:33 am »
Normally go to Terminillo or Campo Felice once a year when I see my sis in Rome, but there is no sign of any snow yet  :sad1:

Going on Wednesday till 11th of Jan!!!  :jumpmove:

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Re: snow.... glorious snow... (in the alps)
« Reply #10 on: December 13, 2011, 12:22:26 pm »
Well I just checked weather report again for les deux alpes and its been snowing again (another 10cm yesterday) and a predicted 107cm of snow in next 5 days, looks like its going to be chilly on arrival day tho with temp of -22c with wind chill of -34c brrrrr.
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Re: snow.... glorious snow... (in the alps)
« Reply #11 on: December 13, 2011, 03:22:01 pm »
i so need to get away boarding this season!!! :(

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Re: snow.... glorious snow... (in the alps)
« Reply #12 on: December 13, 2011, 04:13:17 pm »
I know the feeling, last time my board was out was January 15th this year and i can hear it pining for snow  :wink:
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Re: snow.... glorious snow... (in the alps)
« Reply #13 on: December 13, 2011, 05:35:01 pm »
I'm off to Val Thorens in Feb for my 25th..... Folie Douche here we come! :laugh:
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Re: snow.... glorious snow... (in the alps)
« Reply #14 on: December 13, 2011, 05:53:29 pm »
We did a day in VT when we were staying just down the valley at Les Menuires, (great runs but apres seriously lacking!!), we only stayed till 5pm when our taxi picked us up so missed the apres  :sad1:
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