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I'm going to Tignes 19th April. It's forecast to snow there most of this week
TIGNES FORECAST ON METCHECK.COM |
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| #9 Re: Any thoughts on which resorts may still have decent snow w/b 19th April? 05/04/2008 @ 11:38:45 |
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Yes, My lot heading out from Manchester too.
where you heading ? Banff ? Which acom ? are you getting a rental vehicle ?
We managed to get an up-grade to premium flights too..
like yourself i'm praying for the powder...
So if you see us make sure you say hello.
My name is Martin and will be in a group of 5... we will stand out as were the group which Includes the black guy..... 
What about yourself ? how old are the bin lids ? and boys or girls ? |
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| #8 Re: Any thoughts on which resorts may still have decent snow w/b 19th April? 05/04/2008 @ 08:24:59 |
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Mid to late April, if you had to book one place id opt for Espace Killy, (Tignes & Val D'isere), Huge area, very well linked with two Glaciers, most of the slopes are high up anyway, slopes of all aspects to catch the best of spring conditions. Not to say that anywhere could be awesome just depends on the weather, a cold snap is forecast for the next few days so snow won't be detorating in the immediate future. Also when ppl say things like aim high etc you should be focusing on the altitude of the terrain and not the village.
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| #7 Re: Any thoughts on which resorts may still have decent snow w/b 19th April? 04/04/2008 @ 23:06:06 |
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Serre Che, whilst one of my faves, is a low resort.. it does have pretty good vertical (meaning you can still get to good snow up top when the base is melting) but I wouldn't count on it being good in 2 weeks time..
Forecast to thaw to the summit this week so that's gonna spoil things too:
http://www.snow-forecast.com/resorts/Serre-Chevalier/6day/mid
I'd aim high or go north to Sweden/Finland/etc.. |
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| #6 Re: Any thoughts on which resorts may still have decent snow w/b 19th April? 04/04/2008 @ 22:39:19 |
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Thanks y'all. Think I'll stick to Europe for this break. Keep the posts coming though......
Cheers. |
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| #5 Re: Any thoughts on which resorts may still have decent snow w/b 19th April? 04/04/2008 @ 20:45:05 |
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| Just got back from Serre Chevalier and conditions awesome at the moment, was snowing as we left too |
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| #4 Re: Any thoughts on which resorts may still have decent snow w/b 19th April? 04/04/2008 @ 20:29:44 |
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| Try Val Thorens, highest resort in Europe. There is loads of snow there now and more forecast over next week or so. Resort Height is 2300 metres, so even resort runs are not to bad this time of yr. Hope this helps! |
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| #3 Re: Any thoughts on which resorts may still have decent snow w/b 19th April? 04/04/2008 @ 20:05:34 |
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| Scatman , you going from Manchester ? I'm flying out on the 9th with the family in tow. Hope we get snow the forecast looks promising |
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| #2 Re: Any thoughts on which resorts may still have decent snow w/b 19th April? 04/04/2008 @ 18:36:51 |
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Hi Brian.. My crystal ball tells me Canada everytime.. look at snowforecast.com
Fernie still has 3.6m of the white stuff and powder is still being reported at Banff...
And better still, I'm heading out there on Wednesday...
Cheerio....
p.s. Monarch from Man or London to Calgary is a decent deal everytime... |
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| #1 Any thoughts on which resorts may still have decent snow w/b 19th April? 04/04/2008 @ 16:45:26 |
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| I know not many of you will have highly effective crystal balls, just looking for a few clues as to which resorts (from experience) are most worth keeping an eye on. |
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