Avalanche has hit Val thoren/Les menuires

Scary is the word. It sounds like total carnage is hitting the alps tonight... I would expect though that most resorts are built to cater for such events, avalanche barriers etc to stop key parts being hit. Also the pisteurs will be on full scale to clear any know avalanche prone areas by moving snow and also blasting. Kees did say on today's pics posted that it was too dangerous to venture outside and the pics look pretty heavy going.

Are there any j2skiers currently in resort that can give us more of a heads up of what's happening?

This is a video (in English) from radio Val D'Isere .....

http://webtvvaldisere.com/popup-pod.php?id=1134

On the cars that were caught in the avalanche earlier on the road out of Val - three occupants and their dog all got out unharmed. :-)

She has a sexy voice ;)

Pubs closing for a bit of wind? It was gusting 90mph here yesterday and I was in the pub :)

Iceman wrote:She has a sexy voice ;)

Pubs closing for a bit of wind? It was gusting 90mph here yesterday and I was in the pub :)

It's a precaution over people getting lost on the way home.
I've been in Val when a storm hit and the roads/pubs etc were closed.
We were told not to leave the chalet (by the police) - we couldn't even see the road! An avalanche came down onto but not over the road about 100yds away.
They know the risk points - and "tipsy" tourists who haven't been able to ski are a big risk!

Iceman wrote:She has a sexy voice ;)

Pubs closing for a bit of wind? It was gusting 90mph here yesterday and I was in the pub :)

:D :D :D

Glad the occupants got out okay , pretty manic spot of weather, just text my mate who lives down the valley in Villaroger to see how they are there.

jon.

Yeah, fair point Andy. Not many avalanche points in Leeds last night!

Would like to be a fly on.the wall, certainly.not jealous of those there

Can you get lift pass refund if lifts are closed to poor weather?

Iceman wrote:Yeah, fair point Andy. Not many avalanche points in Leeds last night!

Would like to be a fly on.the wall, certainly.not jealous of those there

Can you get lift pass refund if lifts are closed to poor weather?

I agree, the river that runs through Val is potentially hazardous with zero vision and a gut full of booze, along with hypothermia etc.

Good call by the local Gendarmerie

A few weeks ago we were on a coach going through the valley from Geneva to Chamonix, the weather was atrocious. Terrible beating rain as we headed on our way to our longly awaited ski holiday.

Suddenly we all felt a huge, and I mean HUGE, gust of wind hit the side of the coach. The whole bus slid sidewards across the two lane motorway, the car on the left braked hard to accommodate the bus' broadside ( he really did C**P himself.)

Many people on the bus also "crapped themselves" but luckily the bus driver pulled a rally drivers counter steer and flipped the back end round again, I think the boy was "s******g himself" but saved our lives.

Never experienced that before but lived to tell the tale !!