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January 2013 Snow Conditions
Posted: 28 January 2013 02:32 PM   [ # 31 ]  
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That does figure, thinking about it I’d have seen them going over my head if they were going that way. They weren’t heading anywhere in particular I could see.

Expensive trips if you take one, 299.- CHF per person for 45mins !

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Posted: 28 January 2013 02:44 PM   [ # 32 ]  
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endlessride - 28 January 2013 02:16 PM

Snowed heavily last night, a wet 10cm at 800m, but I’m told a lighter 30-40cm above 1500m.

Same for us, possibly 20cm @ 1600m with snow from 800m. I’m trying to get some work done today looking at the mountains.

 
 
Posted: 30 January 2013 11:33 PM   [ # 33 ]  
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The warm weather blew in today. It was 15C in the valley north of Grenoble and warm enough to ski in a jumper. Off piste is very soggy with lots of avalanche activity in the afternoon. Avalanche risk is up to 3 in most areas of the Northern and Hautes Alpes tomorrow and dropping back a bit (3) in the Pyrenees. Risk is on all slope aspects.

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Chris with an interesting style on the Pravouta N. side yesterday.

There was a big slide at St Francois Longchamp on the Homme du Beure. Readers will remember that the Lauziere lift was taken out by a full depth avalanche last year and this seems to be a repeat of that incident. The slide was 2 meters deep in places and stopped close to a piste. The Lauzière chair is closed. Important avalanche protection work was carried out on the site over the summer, it now looks more like a WW1 battlefield.

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http://alpes.france3.fr/2012/11/26/des-paravalanches-saint-francois-longchamp-savoie-152245.html

In Switzerland a 62 year old ski tourer has been kiiled above Teysachaux-Moléson in the Fribourg canton yesterday (29/1/13). His body was only found at 1am after an extensive search.

 
 
   
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