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    #32
    Fattes
    Registered Users Posts: 3,208 ✭✭✭Fattes


    sallymomo wrote: »
    Hey Fattes
    Not sure if you have ever been this far south;
    Limone Piemonte (french/Italian) border..
    Serious dump of snow last night!!
    Heading there for our annual trip on 2nd Feb, cant wait!

    Keep up the great work on tips etc for us mere mortals!

    Happy skiing everyone

    Sadly not yet!! Looks lovely though and good stats! Always after something different I love the small resorts that have down thing special! That's why I am based here!! Small cosy and something special

    I have plenty of footage & race results that shows I am amazingly mortal like everyone else ;) really does look like the weather gods have started to play ball which is great for everyone!

    I am a little peeved about it as I am racing solid between now and the 1st of Feb so won't get to enjoy it as much as I would like and won't be at my Alpine base

    Enjoy the holidays you may need to pack a snorkel it is that deep


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    #33
    sallymomo
    Registered Users Posts: 256 ✭✭sallymomo


    It is a fairly low resort altitude wise, but North facing so tends to get lucky!!
    So much that even though we have flown over on a couple of occasions to brown slopes, by the time we arrived in the town it was full on blizzards - the locals even say we should be sponsored by the tourism board due to our luck with the snow!!!
    Limone is not a purpose built resort, its more like an Italian holiday with ski slopes :-) it does mean it can suffer in other aspects, some people would not be impressed by only 80km of slopes.
    Either way, we love it, great food wine ski and locals.
    Attached is a pic taken by a local of the village this morning, village is only at 1010M

    Ger


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    #34
    Fattes
    Registered Users Posts: 3,208 ✭✭✭Fattes


    sallymomo wrote: »
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    Attached is a pic taken by a local of the village this morning, village is only at 1010M

    Ger

    It's altitude is not bad in fairness and that pic is divine


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    #35
    Dr Nic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,323 ✭✭✭Dr Nic


    Oh god I hope its still bucketing down in 5 weeks time in france. I'm so excited!

    And 8 weeks time in austria too lol


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    #36
    a148pro
    Registered Users Posts: 2,204 ✭✭✭a148pro


    Looks great, there's a lot to be said for a resort with no other tourists, or at least English speaking ones in it. Feels a lot better imo.

    Fattes save me posting another thread - anything I should do to keep my boots good until next year (sad but I don't think i'll get away again) in terms of putting them away - have dried them out and will do up the straps, anything else?


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    #37
    Fattes
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    anything I should do to keep my boots good until next year (sad but I don't think i'll get away again) in terms of putting them away - have dried them out and will do up the straps, anything else?

    Dont be so negative you may visit me yet!!! ;) Nah just buckle them up tight and leave them somewhere ambient and dry, avoid heat sources (stop warping and cold and damp) If you want stick a plastic cup of bicarbonate soda in them to help deal with the eau du feet.


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    #38
    stevire
    Registered Users Posts: 1,512 ✭✭✭stevire


    Getting a bit of snow back in Ireland too :D

    Wasn't expecting as much so didn't bring the gear but a good 1-2inches of fresh snow.

    23jqzas.jpg


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    #39
    CardinalJ
    Registered Users Posts: 1,303 ✭✭✭CardinalJ


    Back from Mayrhofen today. That dump of snow earlier in the week was great. Only one badd ay of visibility as well which was great given the amount of snow that came down.


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    #40
    sallymomo
    Registered Users Posts: 256 ✭✭sallymomo


    a148pro wrote: »
    Looks great, there's a lot to be said for a resort with no other tourists, or at least English speaking ones in it. Feels a lot better imo.

    Fattes save me posting another thread - anything I should do to keep my boots good until next year (sad but I don't think i'll get away again) in terms of putting them away - have dried them out and will do up the straps, anything else?

    It's lovely alright!!
    Got 1m dump over the last few days. Friend of mine who lives in Nice (less than two hours away) was there for the day yesterday, had the slopes pretty much to himself, and that was on piste. the off piste was amazing but I'll take his word on that one. Attached is a still from the webcam tis morning, two weeks today I will be trying me hardest not to fall down this slope!


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    #41
    Fattes
    Registered Users Posts: 3,208 ✭✭✭Fattes


    In the porte du sole ok right now and it's snowing and more forecast for tomorrow badly needed conditions are fair to poor at best


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    #42
    CardinalJ
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    Off to the Valais region in Switzerland in six weeks. Snowing every day for the next seven bar Wednesday.


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    #43
    Fattes
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    CardinalJ wrote: »
    Off to the Valais region in Switzerland in six weeks. Snowing every day for the next seven bar Wednesday.

    Snowing down 1,000 Meters in Champery had to put snow chains on the car to get back up this PM!!

    GS Race training today was 2 gate viz and fresh snow falling through out


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    #44
    CardinalJ
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    Fattes wrote: »
    Snowing down 1,000 Meters in Champery had to put snow chains on the car to get back up this PM!!

    GS Race training today was 2 gate viz and fresh snow falling through out

    I'll be around 70/80k east. Normally solid for snow. Resort high of 2926.


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    #45
    Fattes
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    CardinalJ wrote: »
    I'll be around 70/80k east. Normally solid for snow. Resort high of 2926.

    Where you off too??


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    #46
    Northern Monkey
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    38cms forecast between now and Sunday in Courchevel! I feel a long trip up the mountain on Saturday if it all falls as forecast.


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    #47
    Fattes
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    It's alpine paradise in the Porte Du Soleil today blue sky's sunshine and nice snow right down to the villages after recent dumps.

    More snow forecast for France, Italy and Switzerland this week


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    #48
    Fattes
    Registered Users Posts: 3,208 ✭✭✭Fattes


    Today


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    #49
    Rippeditup
    Registered Users Posts: 444 ✭✭Rippeditup


    Fattes wrote: »
    Today

    Perfection


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    #50
    sallymomo
    Registered Users Posts: 256 ✭✭sallymomo


    Fattes wrote: »
    Today


    looks Divine!!

    not jealous at all, no way, not me!


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    #51
    CardinalJ
    Registered Users Posts: 1,303 ✭✭✭CardinalJ


    Fattes wrote: »
    Where you off too??

    Here

    Not exactly a well know resort.


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    #52
    CardinalJ
    Registered Users Posts: 1,303 ✭✭✭CardinalJ


    Switzerland set for a dump.
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    #53
    Fattes
    Registered Users Posts: 3,208 ✭✭✭Fattes


    CardinalJ wrote: »
    Here

    Not exactly a well know resort.

    Ha ha I have skied there lovely!!

    Mountain in the photo is the Dents du midi


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    #54
    CardinalJ
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    Fattes wrote: »
    Ha ha I have skied there lovely!!

    Mountain in the photo is the Dents du midi

    No idea how most people could end up there. Middle of nowhere. Haha


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    #55
    fannymagee
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    image91.jpg

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    #56
    Fattes
    Registered Users Posts: 3,208 ✭✭✭Fattes


    CardinalJ wrote: »
    No idea how most people could end up there. Middle of nowhere. Haha

    You would be amazed were FIS races take you


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    #57
    mahoney_j
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    fannymagee wrote: »
    image91.jpg

    image86.jpg

    Soll is looking pretty amazing at the moment.


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    #58
    CardinalJ
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    Fattes wrote: »
    You would be amazed were FIS races take you

    There's a great run there when the snow is good enough, from top of the Eggishorn down into Fiesch. Think its a bit over 1800m down. Tried it without stopping last year. Serious leg burner.


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    #59
    Bambaata
    Registered Users Posts: 4,079 ✭✭✭Bambaata


    Fattes wrote: »
    Today

    I hate you Fattes! We didnt get any France sun last week there :(

    Looks beautiful and that hasnt helped the post hols blues :(

    Enjoy!


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    #60
    Fattes
    Registered Users Posts: 3,208 ✭✭✭Fattes


    Well it dumped today first freeski day in a few days and skied trees, a little pow and hit some cliff drops

    Also 1st ski with the other half in over a year


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    #61
    Dr Nic
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,323 ✭✭✭Dr Nic


    Omg so beautiful.
    3 weeks to go. Please wait for us...


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