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More Snow Coming But Then Some Sun? Forecast For Next Week
SnoWatch Friday 28 February 2014 – More Snow Coming!
Consistent weather fronts keep coming with snowy days followed by sunny days – perfect skiing and boarding conditions! Wednesday night saw up to 25cm of fresh snow high up and clear weather on Thursday morning led to another one of those greatest days of the season!
Clouds rolled in on Thursday afternoon and around 10cm of new snow overnight freshened things up once again. Clearer skies on Friday morning but plenty more snow is due later on Friday and then in to Saturday. Sunday is looking to be the classic Blue Bird (sun and powder) day but then another system due in later on Monday could bring a really decent amount of snow if the projections are correct. Temperatures getting much colder next week too with further snow showers and some sun on and of through to mid-week.
Outlook towards the end of next week is that a high pressure system may start to dominate the weather patterns (stopping those continuous fronts coming over the Atlantic) and we’ll see a lot more of settled weather for several days with sunshine, milder temperatures and some long terrace lunches! A bit far out at the moment but certainly starting to look that way.
School Holiday Tips: Ski early, ski through lunch / lunch late, ski 1650, ski La Masse, ski Folyeres in the middle of the day – avoid bottlenecks at peak times of St Martin 2, Biollay, to/from 4th Valley and look for alternatives (Rhodos / Loze back from Méribel rather than Saulire / Pas du Lac and Plantrey rather than Coqs / Chenus (or drags) depending on queues – and remember free buses too if stuck in Le Praz for example, plus the free Ski Bus from Méribel to La Tania starts Mon 17/2 until 14/3 (Mon to Fri only). Departs Méribel 10:35 14:35 17:35 19:35 All Free Ski Bus Timetables
More at La Tania LIVE and the Full La Tania Weather Page.
Thanks to Nick Ski for the pics from yesterday.
Mardi Gras a Week today! Plus Comedy, The Peroni Tour, Cafe Del Mott and more…
It’s Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) / Shrove Tuesday next week on 4th March so standby for a huge party at The Ski Lodge – not really the pancake thing over here, more the men getting dressed up in womens clothes… But a Carnival theme anyway and one of the Big 7 events of the season. Prior to this on Monday 3rd March the Peroni Promotion tour takes place from 16:30 to 19:30 at The Ski Lodge – lovely glasses…
On Tuesday afternoon there’s a party over at our friends in Mottaret. Café Del Mott will be hosting a Peroni event including an all day BBQ from 12pm, numerous surprises throughout the day, freebies and goodies, tasters, a photo booth with free photos for all customers, Peroni and champagne in the Jacuzzi, live music all afternoon with Café Del Mott’s resident DJ K1R3Y plus DJ Jack Ollins accompanied by live Saxophonist and much, much more…
Meanwhile on Wednesday 5th March there’s another Comedy Night at Hotel Montana in La Tania with Mark Maier, Phil Nichol and Josh Howie – More info here.
And finally we hear The Farcon Restaurant is doing free meals for kids under 12 every Sunday & Monday evening until 15th March.
The Tourist Office What’s On and Ski Lodge / Taiga / LdV Gig Guide are updated every Saturday.
La Tania Locals 2013 / 2014
So would you ski or sleep with them?
And apologies for how long it took to post this… We lost the photos, too many free shots…
Charity Day Beanie Designs Revealed
Here’s a first look at the Charity Day beanies for 2014 . Available in black and yellow or black and red with a branded charity day logo . Available from mid March for 20 euros.
These are a limited edition again this year so order early to avoid disappointment.
Provided to 3 Valleys Charity Day by www.bigbobblehats.co.uk
3 Valleys Charity Day is on Wednesday 9 April 2014 in Meribel Village.
Exclusive!!! 3 Valleys 2014 Charity Day T Shirt Preview
Preview of the design for the 2014 Charity Day T Shirt – The must have T-shirt of the season…
Are we ready to take this party to the #NextLevel ?
Available for 15 euros from mid March at the Ski Lodge, La Tania and Lodge du Village, Meribel Village plus various other Après-ski venues in Méribel and Courchevel in the run up to the event.
100% of the proceeds from the T-shirts goes to The Sebastian’s Action Trust and La Ligue Nationale Contre Le Cancer. Thanks to all the sponsors for making this possible.
Message facebook.com/3VCharityDay for pre orders.
Nick Ski Snow Report Sun 16 Feb 2014 (1st day of half term)
20-30cm of fresh snow over night depending where you are skiing. Gondola opened bang on 9am. Straight down Jockeys to Le Praz and no queue what so ever, back up and straight down Jean Blanc (see photo). Still snowing (12:15) and visibility poor at the top. Pistes getting chopped up. Tomorrow will be a fabulous day as well.
Nick www.nickskithreevalleys.co.uk
Just after midnight and the snow still coming down hard
View of the Ski Lodge terrace – although chairs and tables have been put away. Looking like 20cm already at the Bouc Blanc.
