Snow: best season start for 10 years
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Snow: best season start for 10 years
In the Alps, this is the best season start for 10 years at least
In some areas in Austria they had not seen so much snow on November for 30 years.
Except the biggest resorts, most resorts are still closed. However some of them (like Zinal) will open this week-end because of the good conditions.
Here is a map showing the situation in Switzerland: it compares the snow heights at 2000m to the average values for the last 10 years.
The first Swoards of generation 3 have been sent today and some lucky persons will get them tomorrow, right in time for this early start!
Patrice Fivat
In some areas in Austria they had not seen so much snow on November for 30 years.
Except the biggest resorts, most resorts are still closed. However some of them (like Zinal) will open this week-end because of the good conditions.
Here is a map showing the situation in Switzerland: it compares the snow heights at 2000m to the average values for the last 10 years.
The first Swoards of generation 3 have been sent today and some lucky persons will get them tomorrow, right in time for this early start!
Patrice Fivat
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Our local slopes in Oslo is opening at Saturday, the next earliest start in its history, although man made snow. Also many mountain resorts have opened. In Oppdal for example, where Pokkis's camp take place the week after Zinal, there is also lots of natural snow, making off-piste possible. The early start must have something to do with the global heating problem? Or maybe the heat has been turned off for this season?
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Zinal mid-November
It's hard for all of us who are still at office these days...
I just got a MMS from a friend in Verbier: he is riding fresh powder knee deep!
He has filmed the scene, argh! Moreover it's very sunny.
The picture below shows Zinal today! Local teams are already training on "private" slopes.
Patrice Fivat
I just got a MMS from a friend in Verbier: he is riding fresh powder knee deep!
He has filmed the scene, argh! Moreover it's very sunny.
The picture below shows Zinal today! Local teams are already training on "private" slopes.
Patrice Fivat
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Re: Zinal mid-November
best winter picture this year
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The same situation is in Poland. Lots of resorts in mountains starts at this weekend. In Slovakia too.harald wrote:Our local slopes in Oslo is opening at Saturday, the next earliest start in its history, although man made snow. Also many mountain resorts have opened. In Oppdal for example, where Pokkis's camp take place the week after Zinal, there is also lots of natural snow, making off-piste possible. The early start must have something to do with the global heating problem? Or maybe the heat has been turned off for this season?
I hope to catch some turns at Sunday
cheers
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My last run today, just one hour ago, after 3½ days of pure powder-snowboarding.
650 meter of high, but I had to cross at least about 10 tracks from others on this last run!
650 meter of high, but I had to cross at least about 10 tracks from others on this last run!
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Of course I know! Look at right side of the picture above! Track continuation starts with a V, bottom to the right side. This can be only achieved by a swallow-tail!
Snow below was compressed by it self (cumulative snowfall was about 2.5-3 m @ 1600 m), equalized by wind and coverd by additional 40-50 cm
It was at 1200 over see level. 120 cm of snow. Not any stone all 3½ days. Only two graze on my face from some contact with branches from high trees, nothing else (You know, disadvantage at to much snow is, that branches in forest are very much closer to the rider, as usually). Snow-high 120 cm was mesured at a full-depth wet snowslides down to the grass, at upper and lower edge.
Well, at Friday, in an other resort I was sinking in snow a view time down to my shoulders, with no more resistance under my feet, when I was hicking up some meters for best run (@ 2000 meter over seelevel). That wasn't so funny, and I had need my swallow as anchor to help myself!
Snow below was compressed by it self (cumulative snowfall was about 2.5-3 m @ 1600 m), equalized by wind and coverd by additional 40-50 cm
It was at 1200 over see level. 120 cm of snow. Not any stone all 3½ days. Only two graze on my face from some contact with branches from high trees, nothing else (You know, disadvantage at to much snow is, that branches in forest are very much closer to the rider, as usually). Snow-high 120 cm was mesured at a full-depth wet snowslides down to the grass, at upper and lower edge.
Well, at Friday, in an other resort I was sinking in snow a view time down to my shoulders, with no more resistance under my feet, when I was hicking up some meters for best run (@ 2000 meter over seelevel). That wasn't so funny, and I had need my swallow as anchor to help myself!
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Gliding on Snowboards,
like Pogo, Kessler, Virus, Hot, Nidecker and others,
from 151 up to 183 cm and 14 to 27.4 cm width,
covering any kind of shapes with
any kind of boots and bindings.
like Pogo, Kessler, Virus, Hot, Nidecker and others,
from 151 up to 183 cm and 14 to 27.4 cm width,
covering any kind of shapes with
any kind of boots and bindings.
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Re: Snow: best season start for 10 years
Here is the updated map showing the situation in Switzerland on 10th December: it compares the snow heights at 2000m to the average values for the last 10 years.
It's just crazy... The season is already great!
Patrice Fivat
It's just crazy... The season is already great!
Patrice Fivat
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