Started by Chateaudoz in Snow Reports from Ski Resorts 11-Jan-2017 - 8 Replies
Alpette in the Oz-Vaujany sector
Picture taken 11-Jan-2017
Upper Slopes : Packed Powder, Lower Slopes : Hard Pack, Off Piste : Thin Cover.
chateaudoz wrote:filling the holes in my skiis this evening, having tested this for j2skiers.
We salute your dedication!

Hope the damage is not too bad - no need to demonstrate rock-dodging in future though...

as looking to book family for this date
cheers Andrew
Andyrow wrote:do you think there will be snow by the 15/12/18 and or if not will the resort use snow machines
Hi Andy, it snowed there today (their website snow report doesn't look like it's getting updated yet, but they sent out a Tweet of falling snow earlier). There's a fair bit more in the forecast too.
15th is still 3 weeks away, so it might all melt...

I expect our friends at Chateau d'Oz will be giving us an update before then! We'll give them a prod in a week or two if they haven't checked in by then...
Admin wrote:
15th is still 3 weeks away, so it might all melt......in which case, yes, they'll turn on the cannons.
Surely that would depend on the temperatures being low enough. If they climb back up to 10c plus, I doubt they will bother with the cannons.
They have also invested in a PistenBully SNOWsat snow depth measuring system to ensure that it gets spread out to the required depth.
I wouldn't be too concerned about the resort snow depth reports as they are single point measurements taken in places where snow is known to accumulate and when natural snow is in short supply they often add a bit on, but I would keep an eye on the temperatures.
I would look for a resort that already had some snow, the conditions at Cervinia look pretty good at the moment.
Topic last updated on 04-December-2018 at 08:37