Snowing in Le Lavachet, Tignes right now. Forecast is for snow down to 1600m – could be wet in La Tania, but powder just above the resort.
Go Hard Tomorrow….
Nico
Strike is Over
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Common sense prevails and all Courchevel lifts are open again this morning. Clouding over this evening and snow expected down to 1500m. Warm temps yesterday softened the snow considerably (avalanche risk has risen from 1 to 2 out of 5) but Winter is set to return by the weekend hopefully.
Toffa
DESPITE OF STRIKE HAD A GREAT DAY
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8.45 left La Tania for Meribel Village straight onto the lift and set off on our weekly chalet tour to the 4th Valley. Once through Meribel had no more than a couple of minutes queing.Lovely run down Lanches then the Stade and Plan Fontaine home.
NICK NICKSKI
Courtesy of HAT: There has still been no snow as we predicted last week. If you believe medium term weather forecast models, they are showing considerable low pressure activity from 1st March with N and NW weather streams covering the Alps. We will be able to tell you more about this next week. But at the moment 1st March or 8th March look like good weeks for powder hounds.
The risk level is going up from 1 to 2 on account of both the warm weather and some transformation of the snow in shady high altitude n facing slopes. So keep an eye on the bulletins.
Many areas are safe but there are three main areas of risk:
So be careful and Ride Hard, Ride Safe.
LOVELY SUNNY DAY AND GREAT SKIING ON AND OFF PISTE
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Okay, busy week but took guests to 4th Valley and Bouchet highest point via Peclet and home for 3.30. Top tip sandwich for lunch and ski when everyone else is eating. Only queued for more than 5 minutes on 3 lifts out of 18.
NICK NICKSKI
Congratulations to Hamish and Ski Powers James who completed the Escapade in a Day on Thursday. Mountain Trak GPS Timings and Pics will be up soon.
PS. Still sunny here – weather set to change by the end of the week perhaps. Pistes holding up well.
Unnoficial time is 5 hrs 43 mins. Well done to Aaron, Rich and Will.
They truly went hard…. New Escapade in a day record holders!
SUN!
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Another beautiful sunny day as the high pressure system continues to dominate the weather systems. Excellent piste skiing continues, the slopes above 1650 are perfect…. Some directly exposed sunny slopes and heavily skied areas are becoming hard and worn by mid afternoon but well worth making it out for that first lift to enjoy the perfect corderoy and some quiet slopes before the mid morning busy spell.
Jimbo