Snow conditions

Post by **Jakob** » Wednesday 12 January 2005, 8:05

Hi all!

Next saturday we're off to Zinal and I'm getting more and more excited about it! Besides I really need a vacation so the joy is immense.

What I wanted to ask about are conditions on pistes in Zinal and Grimentz. In Slovenia if it says 40cm of snow is what they want to say "take along your old board because you'll destray it!", How is it in Zinal? Apparently there will be some snow tomorrow, but the forecast is not that ganerous with snow, I hope at least temperatures are low enough.

Now back to dancing snow dance...

Bye,

Jakob

Post by **fivat** » Wednesday 12 January 2005, 10:15

The snow conditions are very bad for now, in the Swiss Alps as well as in the French Alps

Many stones: there is as much snow at 1500m than at 2500m. It has snowed only 3-4 days in December... Before we had 0 cm

The snow reports lie! Indeed: "40 cm" = take you old board.

Zinal is in one of the worst area this season, like Cran-Montana, Verbier, ... Same thing for St-Moritz.

I have carved only twice in Zinal this season! Usually at this time I have carved there for 15 days at least...

Let's pray for snow very soon

What a bad season! Moreover it is short: many resorts close in the beginning of April because Eastern is very early

Patrice Fivat

PS: However no temperature problems in Zinal: it's high and not facing the sun!

Post by **McFussel** » Wednesday 12 January 2005, 10:49

....i think the bad thing is....BAD CONITIONS EVERYWERE!!!

Sad that I cant be there in Zinal....whish you luck with snow!

Website · Post by **Dave** » Wednesday 12 January 2005, 11:03

I use this site to check on the conditions:
http://www.rma.ch/

I go to Zinal from 5-12 February, so I'm praying for better and more snow too!!!

Dave

Post by **pokkis** » Wednesday 12 January 2005, 11:31

Let's just hope for snow to Zinal, specially cause i can not cancel my expencive flight tickets any more .
Hope that they would get atleast as much snow there (and also as nice weather as today) in Oppdal, Norway http://www.oppdal.com/?itemid=256

Website · Post by **Dave** » Wednesday 12 January 2005, 11:49

Meanwhile, I've found the site I was looking for:
A site with radar-images:
http://www.intellicast.com/Local/USNati ... odnav=none

Dave

Post by **roger** » Wednesday 12 January 2005, 12:44

McFussel,

McFussel wrote:....i think the bad thing is....BAD CONITIONS EVERYWERE!!!

Not really, Northern Sweden is saturated with that white stuff. Right now it's snowing, and they expect even more snow.

From Dundrets homepage (www.dundret.se)

Temp: -6 C
Wind: 0
Snowdepth:
slopes: 75 cm
surroundings: 78 cm

Too bad the mountain is kind of small.

Roger

Post by **István** » Wednesday 12 January 2005, 13:23

Holly Shit!

What if we'll have no snow? We might sit and talk / drink in the resorts while watching the EC videos....

If someone has good connections to the Great Holly Snow God please forward our request to him/her. (is it a she or a he?)

Cheers,

István

Post by **Jakob** » Wednesday 12 January 2005, 13:30

If it's gonna be that bad, there's still a possibility to drive from Zinal to Saas Fee, I guess there's a glacier...

And I see that Grimentz has a bit more snow...

Bye,

Jakob

Post by **Benn** » Wednesday 12 January 2005, 16:05

István wrote:What if we'll have no snow?

There is always a place to snowboard on earth:
http://www.snow-forecast.com/worldwide_ ... tion.shtml

Just kidding ...

Post by **fivat** » Wednesday 12 January 2005, 16:23

Jakob wrote:And I see that Grimentz has a bit more snow...

Yes, it's better in Grimentz (12 minutes away from Zinal). And there is artificial snow on some slopes, especially on one that is very good for extremecarving.

So don't worry folks, if it doesn't snow in 16 days, we have this solution for the ECS '05!

Patrice Fivat

Post by **Felix** » Wednesday 12 January 2005, 17:11

In Austria conditions are not that bad.
In Carinthia up to 2m. My parents were just there, said it wonderfull (Nassfeld) and Arlberg has heeps (compared to your conditions) of snow (1-1,60m) as usual. Otherwise there are some snowholes like Hochkar (1m but but no stones and very,very nice since 29november,) and the other usual spots where there will be allways snow, ever if they are not very high. Otherwise there is a lot of artificial snow in Austria on top of the 50cm which are nearly everywhere above 1500m for the moment

Post by **István** » Wednesday 12 January 2005, 17:11

Benn,

My question was rather specific and as a such was related to the snow conditions in Zinal.

At the same time it is good to know that while we are screwed in Zinal with no snow, but rocks (which should be the greatest couple of days for me in the year) there is snow on the other side of the globe....

Cheers,

István

Post by **Benn** » Wednesday 12 January 2005, 17:32

István wrote:My question was rather specific and as a such was related to the snow conditions in Zinal.

Of course, that's why i was just kidding.
(I would have dreamt about traveling around the world to chase the snow !!!)

Anyway, according to Zinal: pray and see !

Post by **SITO** » Wednesday 12 January 2005, 22:23

Hi guys!
Here in Spain the same than in the rest of Europe

, much stones on piste

, and few cm snow in the most of the resort, bad snow year!
arrrgghh!!!

For sure when the resort will be closed the snow will come ,as in the other years was!

Sito

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