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Weather Update
Considerably Warmer, Grey Day
More snow came down at the weekend and along with all the artificial stuff that’s been put down over the last 2 weeks the vast majority of the whole 3 Valleys has been open.
However a sudden rise in temperature and warm weather appeared from nowhere (from minus 20 to plus 2 in a day!). Some runs could suffer and rain low down looks likely but snow higher up over the next couple of days. For those that did manage to make it here this week through the travel problems there’s plenty of decent skiing (some really excellent pistes high up) but after Sunday there’s not been the still, blue sky and sunshine days of last week. High winds are preventing some top lifts opening today as well but there should be some further snow over Christmas although preceded by more rain at lower levels.
Updated by Chris
La Tania locals crashing day out – stay on your feet boys
Thanks to Nige for the pics and probably Gaz for getting everyone to crash
and burn so regularly…
Gareth from Bring Your Sisters as Santa – Quality Apres Ski at LdV, Meribel Village
Après at Lodge du Village, Meribel Village Monday night with Bring
Your Sisters. Santa Claus Rock.
Fourplay rocking the new Chrome Bar terrace at Apres Ski
At least it wasn’t minus 14C like last night….
Video Snow Report Sunday 20 December 2009
Thanks to T Wall in resort, Crazy Eric & Mark on the Saulire Summit and Bring Your Sisters
(whose underwear sponsor this video) for the camera work, editing, production etc….
How cold is it? Pic of a frozen chair lift
Can anyone name this lift? Just for fun in the Comments please.
Snow Report from La Tania local
Snowing – White Out at top of Saulire
After a first week of the La Tania lifts being open we’ve had a great week with loads of fresh tracks last weekend high up, especially above 1650 where there was some great snow.
Lower pistes were a mass of snow cannon mounds as they prepare to open most runs by Sunday. Later in the day the resort level runs becoming harder with some icy spots – nothing unusual in that for December mind. Sub minus 10 temperatures too and by late afternoon there was hardly anyone about skiing although Val Thorens was noticably more busy than the Meribel and Courchevel Valleys.
Good news is that it’s snowing once again today and La Tania locals Gaz & Kurt have just come down the terrifying Telepherique run off Saulire (under the cable car) – unbelievable to think this was marked as a piste in the 90’s or am I getting soft? Piste M and Combe Des Pylons were also freshly grromed with fresh cnow on top – perfect and no on else about.
They report 15cm of fresh up there, looks like some more on the way just in time for Christmas…
Updated by Gaz
The beard comes off on New Years Eve…
All for charity of course…. Gareth from Bring Your Sisters with Cus.
The bands range of underwear (honest) is now on sale on-line at http://www.bringyoursisters.com
