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Haha cheers ali, no everything is good i shant be going on my own! |
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| #19 Re: Chamonix or Tignes late season 23/04/2008 @ 22:11:16 |
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you still going on your lonesome?? or have you kissed and made up??  |
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| #18 Re: Chamonix or Tignes late season 23/04/2008 @ 22:02:38 |
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Try this place
http://www.mountainsunltd.com/tignes.htm
I stayed there last may and will be staying with them next week too, they have a deal on at the moment for 79 quid for three nights full board includuding transfer from Geneva!!! |
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| #17 Re: Chamonix or Tignes late season 23/04/2008 @ 16:54:28 |
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| What's stopping you Dan? |
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| #16 Re: Chamonix or Tignes late season 23/04/2008 @ 16:28:54 |
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| #15 Re: Chamonix or Tignes late season 23/04/2008 @ 16:24:38 |
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| does anyone have any ideas about getting accomodation in either tignes or chamonix/argentiere for May? |
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| #14 Re: Chamonix or Tignes late season 21/04/2008 @ 17:03:51 |
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I just came back from Cham on friday, had 2 dumps of snow while there  and season is staying open till May 11th, conditions were amazing, if i could i would be back the now  |
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| #13 Re: Chamonix or Tignes late season 20/04/2008 @ 22:00:48 |
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Cham would win every time in my book.
Well............Argentiere.  |
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| #12 Re: Chamonix or Tignes late season 20/04/2008 @ 21:25:40 |
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| Not sure to be honest chip - just quoting snow-forecast.com - & that could easily be wrong. |
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| #11 Re: Chamonix or Tignes late season 18/04/2008 @ 19:31:42 |
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610cm base?!!..
I think that might be including the glacier itself.. Canadian resorts that get 30 foot plus of snow (Whistler & Fernie for example) only achieve around 3 metres max' base in a season...
It has been a great season so I could be wrong but it sounds unlikely to be just this season's snow.... |
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| #10 Re: Chamonix or Tignes late season 18/04/2008 @ 18:36:45 |
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| Argentiere has a base of 610 cm on the upper slopes - with over a foot forecast between Sunday & Tuesday. If I wasn't so broke ...... |
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| #9 Re: Chamonix or Tignes late season 18/04/2008 @ 10:55:44 |
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| They often need time to change the layout of the glacier, move stuff about, fix stuff, the summer set up will be different than the winter one |
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| #8 Re: Chamonix or Tignes late season 18/04/2008 @ 09:40:52 |
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| They also need some time to do maintenance, etc. |
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| #7 Re: Chamonix or Tignes late season 18/04/2008 @ 07:13:09 |
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I suspect cos people are on holiday in the summer = enough business.. May to June = not enough business so not viable to stay open..
The later you leave it the worse conditions are likely to be.. really hot summer days will turn 'snow' to porridge within minutes of defrosting it.. |
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| #6 Re: Chamonix or Tignes late season 18/04/2008 @ 03:23:29 |
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QUOTE (Hodude - 16/04/2008 @ 11:09:05) Lifts due to close in Tignes on 11th May. Some lifts will be closed earlier though such as the link with Val D'Isere. I'm arriving in Tignes on 3rd till 10th. Can't wait. Snow is still falling according to snow reports, so conditions look set to be pretty good!
why do the lifts close if this is a glacier?? and a summer snowboarding destination?? now i am confused? so is it better to wait until june/july than to go in April/may?
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