a clip from tignes

Post by **Alex** » Tuesday 31 July 2007, 16:36

the snow conditions were awful

wet snow and not well prepared but in any case we had to carve

low res: http://carvingevolution.blogsite.org/ti ... video.html

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Post by **raphael** » Tuesday 31 July 2007, 17:39

Good job done.

Congratulations to the stuntmen.

Post by **Silber** » Tuesday 31 July 2007, 17:48

olè! Raphael, we just miss your pro video equipment...you'll have to give us some advice on that for when the snow will be good and the "reds" will be out again..

Ciao!

Post by **codighel** » Tuesday 31 July 2007, 20:05

...not bad guys..really, not bad !!don't forget to count me in for the next trip to the mountains...i'd like to join you !

Post by **Silver** » Wednesday 1 August 2007, 0:11

Hi Alex !

Could you please give more details about the snow conditions in July and tell me if it was possible to ride (and carve?) until 11 or 12 AM ?

thanks!

Silver

Post by **Hans** » Wednesday 1 August 2007, 0:54

Nice clip.

Hi Silver, some info about other glaciers if you are interested:
I have been on two glaciers this summer in July: Bormio (Stelviopass) at about 3400m and at Schnalstal at about 3200m. Till 11:00 it was reasonable, the temps were about 2 degrees C. , after 12 the lifts were closed due to soft snow as a result of too much sun (about 2 till 4 degrees C). But it's still not to compare with the hardpacked in winter.

Don't know about Tignes.

Post by **Alex** » Wednesday 1 August 2007, 11:01

Silver wrote:Hi Alex !
Could you please give more details about the snow conditions in July and tell me if it was possible to ride (and carve?) until 11 or 12 AM ?

the snow was wet and too soft, the problem is that the week before felt much snow and rain, and the slopes was not well prepared...the second day i was there has rained at 3.500Mt

I found the best condition (really winter snow) at the end of June at Zermatt...consider that zermatt is best oriented and the sun come perpendicular on the slopes only in the afternoon..Tignes is oriented to the other side!
Now the situation appear to be better than July because new snow has fallen and the temperature has decreased, and every glacier is full of ski clubs... so this is a guarantee to find slopes best prepared

This is a good link to get snow information: http://www.skiclub.co.uk/skiclub/report ... efault.asp

....have fun and a good carving

Post by **Alex** » Wednesday 1 August 2007, 11:38

codighel wrote:...not bad guys..really, not bad !!don't forget to count me in for the next trip to the mountains...i'd like to join you !

thank you

you are welcome to the tracks

in winter we are in action every Saturday, and the location we usually go to are Cervinia, La Thuile, Corvatsch , Andermatt ( a new discovery good for ec)...Zinal obviously for the ecs!
In the last season we often met other guys of the forum, and I hope that this year the group of carver will become bigger

ciao

Post by **raphael** » Wednesday 1 August 2007, 13:06

Silber wrote:olè! Raphael, we just miss your pro video equipment...you'll have to give us some advice on that for when the snow will be good and the "reds" will be out again..

Ciao!

Well, i can only give advices if asked specific questions.
There's no perfect video or video equipement. It all depends on what you intend to do.
Feel free to ask...

Alex wrote:in winter we are in action every Saturday,

I was sure you had a secret. Now I know.

Alex wrote:and the location we usually go to are Cervinia, La Thuile, Corvatsch , Andermatt ( a new discovery good for ec)

It sure helps too...

Post by **Silver** » Wednesday 1 August 2007, 23:51

Thanks Hans and Alex for feedback !

Does anyone ever tried in october or november in Tignes or elsewhere in France?

Silver

Post by **Alex** » Thursday 2 August 2007, 11:20

Silver wrote:Does anyone ever tried in october or november in Tignes or elsewhere in France?

yes...the last year i was in Tignes in November and the slopes were well prepared but the color of the tracks were blue...all was icy. But I think this was a strange event....the last year the season began too late, and on the glacier it was possible to find only old and packed ice!

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