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Started by Charlie 26 in Ski Chatter - 17 Replies

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Trencher
reply to 'has it been a good season or not?' posted Mar-2010

Mixed season for me. We lost November, it just didn't get cold. December and January were not bad. We had a lot of snow and some very cold weather. February was ideal. Most nights minus teens, and most days, sunny with highs just below freezing. It was the best months weather I can remember. Then March came, and a warming system settled in for nearly three weeks. Several days of rain destroyed the snow. Most ski areas closed this weekend. I did get one last hurrah, and a chance to try my new skis this last weekend. I find I need to know when it's the last day, and savour the feelings for daydreams later.
because I'm so inclined .....

AlistairS
reply to 'has it been a good season or not?' posted Mar-2010

Very good season - Two weeks of skiing in Austria and Italy - progressing well and looking forward to an even better three week season next year as I am just finishing decorating the house at the moment. The manager has no excuse now, so it looks like a cheeky week in March 2011 :wink: It was also nice to watch the winter olympics on our return for Italy. Helped with the post skiing blues!
I just love the gravitational pull

Johnski96
reply to 'has it been a good season or not?' posted Mar-2010

"Different" season for me, in the past we've always been at Feb half term and one other trip. This year we went xmas - new year, mid March and we're off again at Easter.

Our 26 Dec - 2 Jan trip had the worst skiing weather I can remember, only half a day of sun, too warm, rain at 2,000+m. The March trip was great, plenty of base snow and still cold.

Based on the last couple of years I think we'll give up the Christmas trip, its expensive and too risky! Feb and March / April from now on, just be sure that the late one is high up e.g. Monterosa.

Johnski96
Dec: Stubai. Feb: Alagna

Rossyhead
reply to 'has it been a good season or not?' posted Mar-2010

been good solid snow all year right from the 5th dec when i came out but there have only been really 4 decent powder days which is disappointing compared to last season which had about 20!
have had 2 periods of 3weeks with no fresh snow but the way Bormio is nothing melted from before and luckily it was cold enough to keep it decent.
one thing that has been a constant annoyance is the "snow reports" weekly predicting snow for the weekend and it never arriving-we reckon its a ploy to get the city folks up to the mountains
although apparently predicted 60cm in the next 5 days which would be good......
www  Baggy pants, wide stance. Mad steeze, cork 3s

Bandit
reply to 'has it been a good season or not?' posted Mar-2010

There are forecasts for a decent dump, the day before I leave the resort on Sat :roll: However, it's also due to be windy, so I expect it might be a tad inclement :mrgreen:
Of course, the new snow will be sitting on top of wet unstable snow with a sun warmed ground underneath it :shock:

Edited 1 time. Last update at 23-Mar-2010

Gary Waters
reply to 'has it been a good season or not?' posted Mar-2010

Where are you bandit ????

Bandit
reply to 'has it been a good season or not?' posted Mar-2010

Gary Waters wrote:Where are you bandit ????


I'm in Grimentz, where it's still possible to ski back to the apt, though the snow is a wee bit heavy in the afternoon!

Rossyhead
reply to 'has it been a good season or not?' posted Mar-2010

youre lucky-its like waterskiing here!! quite good fun though
www  Baggy pants, wide stance. Mad steeze, cork 3s

Topic last updated on 24-March-2010 at 17:22