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Some lower and south facing exposed pistes starting to close now and some lifts closing. Good cover higher up.
Off Piste Avalanche Risk for Saturday 12 April is 2/5 (Moderate Risk).
Saisonnaires Poll - THE RESULTS
2014 SAISONNAIRES POLL RESULTS After a week of checking the counting and the validation of ballet papers an error in Best Boarder (male) was found. The Winner is Tom from Ski Hame - Well done Tom, get in touch to get your certificate. There'll be some more notes from the more sensitive categories in the next few days... Votes with less than around 2% are ignored.
SnoWatch Saturday 12 April 2014
In to the last 2 weeks of the season for the Courchevel and Méribel ski areas (Val Thorens is open right until the 11th May!) and some lower and sun exposed runs are now closed. Folyeres beginning to show some patches of earth lower down especially late in the day but still being groomed every night and wide & complete cover for 95% of the run down to resort. Green still open too but the red run to resort from the Bouc Blanc lift is closed.
Other main lifts closed now include Coqs, Aiguille de Fruit and Forêt from Le Praz (the latter 2 closed forever as they are replaced next season).
Higher up there is still some fantastic season and slopes above 1650 and anything remotely North facing is good especially early on (top of Bouc Blanc perfect when hit at the right time for instance) - Remember the piste maps face South unlike "normal" maps!
Many mountain restaurants will close this weekend - it's The Folie Douce closing party today - but La Tania's own Bouc Blanc Restaurant will be staying open until the very end on 25 April (probably the only place on the mountain open by then!). We'll have details of more closing dates and closing parties up soon.
Weather for the week ahead looks warm and sunny from Sunday onwards after some cloud about at the weekend. So some great Spring skiing available and transformed snow off-piste can be wonderful, almost like skiing powder when at the right altitude, aspect and hit at the right time of day - certainly worth getting up early and getting a guide for. More on the weather and skiing in a special celebrity video ski report soon...
La Tania Video Snow Report Wednesday 9 April 2014
Charity Day Snow Report over in Méribel Village - 09 April 2014
2014 Free Ski Bus Timetables - Change of timetable in April, Change at Le Praz - CHECK!
Latest 2014 Escapade in Day Hall of Famers - 2 NEW HALL OF FAMERS UP SOON!
35 lifts, 51,000ft of vertical (getting on for TWICE Everest in a day), over 100km with no stops, no lunch and no beers... 2014 Escapade in a Day Hall of Fame
The new 2014 route worked out by Old School veterans Mark and Steve below and skied in under 7 hours. A bit of a twist on previous routes - All explained here
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