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It’s Saturday, the slopes are empty and Powder Rules apply today!
A busy day for some today and some difficult transfer work first thing
but Official Powder Rules apply today – go hard but Stay Safe.
Considerabe avalanche risk remains off piste at altitude and there was a fatality in an avalanche incident off piste above Orelle in the Val Thorens area on New Years Eve. Know your limits & experience, be properly equipped, seek pisteurs advice, minimise risks, stay alert & aware and respect the mountain environment.
More pics at:
http://www.latania.co.uk/photos/2010/3%20Jan/NicksBlog/index.htm
Nick from Ski Higher latest off piste adventures – new decade, new powder…
1st of January 2010! A new decade has brought new snow. Over night
snow combined with the snow that had been falling at high altitude all
week has created epic conditions at the top of Courchevel. More snow
is even falling all the way down to ‘Le Praz’ as I write.
It’staken its time coming but winter really does feel like
it’s finally here!
I and a Friend (Ed from Ski Higher) managed to fight off mighty
hangovers this morning and rip our best lines of the season. The
‘Creux Noir’ Chair, which opens up another huge area of off piste,
opened today and what lay at the top of the rickety three seater was
truly breath taking! From 12:00 till 14:00 the clouds parted and
allowed us to ski a warm up run on the open face to the left of the
chair.
We then traversed further on our second line hunt, only to be told by
a mountain guide that the Couloir we wanted to ski had a huge
overhanging slab that looked set to break at any moment. This forced
us to ski into the Meribel valley and do a face neither of us had done
before.
However as we rounded a small outcrop of rocks a face 60 turns long
and laden with powder opened up before us. After a big man hug
and whooping we were left to enjoy the stunning scenery that the ‘Plan
Tueda’ national park has to offer!
More pics up soon…
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Meribel Little World Festival 13-19 March 2010 Ticket Details
> Tickets for the Little World Festival are now on sale in Meribel.
>
> Seasonaires (showing season ski passes) and permanent Meribel Valley
> residents will receive a 20% discount off all prices and can
> purchase tickets from the following venues:
>
> Meribel Office De Tourisme (town centre)
> Le Rond Point bar/restaurant (piste 1850)
> Doron Pub (town centre)
> La Taverne bar/restaurant (town centre)
> Online @ http://www.littleworldfestival.com/tickets/
> Anyone interested in working at Europe’s biggest Alpine live music
> festival and getting into events for free! can contact; <a
href=”mailto:volunteers@littleworldfestival.com”>volunteers@littleworldfestival.com
11cm Official New Snow Depth in La Tania
That’s more like it
11 cms of fresh at 17.20 monday
Room for 10th Jan, come on.
Ferg. Ski Deep
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Snowing hard right now, improving conditions but getting warmer
Snowing hard right now, improving conditions but getting warmer
More fresh snow overnight and snowing this morning with showers on and off through the day. Weather to get warmer with rain lower down over the next few days however. Alas the Old School have not gone hard and gone home for the day….
Martin “fed up with Champagne” Greatbanks.
Updated by Martin
Torchlight descent and Santa visits La Tania with Laird Krab’s Huskies
ESF Directeur Manchu with T Wall, Bruno still learning to Telemark,
Santa visits La Tania and heads out of town with Krab’s Huskies –
Another traditional Christmas Eve in La Tania… Thanks to Nico from La Tania Tourist Office for the pics.
30cm of fresh on Suisse down from Saulire – Nick Ski Reporting
Nick and I went out early and headed to Suisse which had been bashed
and had about 30cm fresh snow on it. Weather came in then very cold on
Coq chair and so headed for coffee in bouc blanc, Turkey nearly ready
– MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone – Nick and Joey, Nick Ski
Officially a White Christmas in La Tania, Merry Christmas!
Officially a White Christmas in La Tania. Put the turkey on hold,
there’s powder out there… Temperatures staying cold and snow
flurries expected on and off over the next couple of days. Merry
Christamas one and all!
Ski Lodge staff getting in to Christmas Spirit, its SKA WARS tonight!
The Ski Lodge Staff Winter 2009/2010 – Merry Christmas Everybody!
