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HAT OFF-PISTE SNOW REPORT FOR 30 DECEMBER - Northern French Alps

Submitted by Henry on 27 December, 2011 - 06:49

 

WEATHER FORECAST

It looks like more snow from Thursday through Saturday! Then a mixture of clouds, more snow and maybe a tiny bit of sun for New Year's day. Then it's looking like snow and more snow for the beginning of next week...and... more snow as the week goes on!

OFF PISTE SNOW CONDITIONS We have lots of snow. A bit wind blown on ridges up high, but the skiing is great!  

Snow conditions in La Rosiere

Submitted by amountainchalet... on 23 December, 2011 - 21:59

With the storm passing and the sun out, it's time to make the most of the 1st 'blue bird powder day' of the season.

A lot of snow has fallen so we stuck to the HAT principles and stuck to the lower angled slopes under 25 degrees. Luckily that leaves plenty of skiing in the main bowl area of La Rosiere, but with temperatures rising and a lot of south facing slopes the snow quality did not last long and it began to get heavy.

HAT Avalanche Awareness Talk in Tignes Les Brevieres @ Underground Bar, Thursday 29th December 10pm

Submitted by DPriestley on 23 December, 2011 - 09:27
Brevieres Poster

See this year's 'Ride Hard ! Ride Safe' talk in the Underground Bar on Thursday in Tignes Les Brevieres at 10pm. Contact the bar for more information. See attached for more details!

off piste avalanche awareness Henry's Avalanche Talk

HAT Seasonaires Talk in Val d'Isere @ V-Spot, Wednesday 28th December 6pm

Submitted by DPriestley on 23 December, 2011 - 09:20
V-Spot Poster

See this year's 'Ride Hard ! Ride Safe' talk at the Vspot on Wednesday at 6pm and get a free drink with the €7.50 entry.See attached for more details!

off piste avalanche awareness Henry's Avalanche Talk

OFF PISTE SNOW REPORT Danger rating going up from 3 to 4 tomorrow - Tuesday the 20th - in much of N French Alps

Submitted by Henry on 19 December, 2011 - 16:25
Weather Forecast for the next few days in the Northern French Alps:
Continued unstable weather but no mega storms
In sum: after a snowy Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday the forecast is partly cloudy with patches of sun and maybe a few snowflakes for Fri

Danger rating at 3 now in N.French Alps

Submitted by Henry on 18 December, 2011 - 20:05

Météo France has put the danger rating down to 3 for tomomorrow in each of the N.

Calming down 'only' to a danger of 4 for most of Savoie (down to 3 for most of H. Savoie)

Submitted by Henry on 17 December, 2011 - 22:21
Things are calming down a bit  at least for the next few days. It's only a rating of 4 in most of Savoie. See avalanche bulletins for tomorrow N.

When the danger rating is 5 & the mountain is closed

Submitted by Henry on 16 December, 2011 - 19:30
Henry and Katrina with closed La Daille slopes behind this afternoon Val d Isere

Follow the safety advice!

Submitted by Henry on 16 December, 2011 - 08:14

or this type of thing could hapen to you.. maybe worse!

We've had over a metre of new snow in the last few days and we could get another metre in the next 24-36 hrs at 1850 m in Val d'Isère. A lot of local roads are closing due to avalanche danger especially in high resorts in the Northern French Alps.

It's been a long time since there has been such a big avalanche danger in towns and ski resorts in the Alps. Listen to the local safety advice!

Kick back, Be Safe!

Henry

When Wilky left his avalanche shutters open a few years back!

Off piste snow report 17th December

Submitted by Henry on 14 December, 2011 - 20:17

Weather Forecast

A lot more snow and colder with very high winds turning from the West to North on Sunday  a bit of sun late Monday and on Tuesday – then more snow and continued cold with continued winds out of the North for the rest of the week. 
 

Off-piste Snow conditions

It’s a different world here than it was two weeks ago when there was no snow at 1850 m.
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