J2SKI snow reports.

Well i must admit i don't really pay too much attention to the snow reports unless I'm going to a certain resort but tonight i noticed something.

Morillon is reported at 340cm ....... Bull
and Flaine is reported at 340cm ........ possible


are they the same because they are both part of the grand massif and individual resorts now report the maximum depth in the area rather than their own actual value? If so then i think this is a bit misleading.
Morilllon is at 1100m (top part) and there is no way from what i saw that 340cm is realistic.

Yep Snapzzz

you are just jealous ;)

Snapzzz wrote:Morillon is reported at 340cm

That's what the Tourist Office are reporting...

http://www.ot-morillon.fr/fr/hiver/bulletin-complet.htm

Snapzzz wrote:are they the same because they are both part of the grand massif and individual resorts now report the maximum depth in the area rather than their own actual value?

Yep.

Their POV (common to all smaller villages that are part of a larger domain - and not entirely unreasonable) is that those snow depths are easily accessible by lift from their village.

Of course, looking to the future, J2SkyNet will employ a network of satellites to remotely sense snow-depths from space. To give ourselves more ski time, we're thinking that J2SkyNet will be most effective if it can operate without human intervention - "self-aware" if you like... what could possibly go wrong?

Admin wrote:

Of course, looking to the future, J2SkyNet will employ a network of satellites to remotely sense snow-depths from space. To give ourselves more ski time, we're thinking that J2SkyNet will be most effective if it can operate without human intervention - "self-aware" if you like... what could possibly go wrong?

Hmm, I'm guessing that is a few years off. In the meantime, how about the possibility of hiring people like Snapzzz, Iceman and myself (plus any others who may be available) to spend the winters going round different resorts with an accurate measuring pole and reporting back to you with the correct depths? :wink:

Admin wrote:

Snapzzz wrote:Morillon is reported at 340cm

That's what the Tourist Office are reporting...

http://www.ot-morillon.fr/fr/hiver/bulletin-complet.htm

Snapzzz wrote:are they the same because they are both part of the grand massif and individual resorts now report the maximum depth in the area rather than their own actual value?

Yep.

Their POV (common to all smaller villages that are part of a larger domain - and not entirely unreasonable) is that those snow depths are easily accessible by lift from their village.

Of course, looking to the future, J2SkyNet will employ a network of satellites to remotely sense snow-depths from space. To give ourselves more ski time, we're thinking that J2SkyNet will be most effective if it can operate without human intervention - "self-aware" if you like... what could possibly go wrong?

Adders, come on , you know i am not having a dig a j2ski?
I know your reports are syndicated from what the resorts report and it is that which i find a little "out of order".
Surely if each resort reported their own depths we could get a better understanding of the entire domain?