J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by admin

ise wrote:gently steaming in the midday sun

Not sure I really needed that image just as I was biting into my (aromatic) blue cheese sandwich... :lol:

Hi Martty, some of our partners do Airport Transfers to Les Gets - worth giving any of these a try (they offer a range of private and shared options) :-

Transfer Intelligence do transfers from Chambery, Geneva and Lyon.
Ski Hoppa go to Les Gets from Grenoble and Turin.
Geneva Chamonix Transfers also go to Les Gets from Geneva.

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The following Avalanche Warning has just been issued by our friends over at PisteHors :-

The weather system over the course of Monday dumped 20 to 40cm of fresh snow at 2000m, 40 to 60cm at 2500m but with accumulations of snow due to the wind from the west. There have been three separate falls of snow since last Wednesday bringing 60 to 90cm of fresh to the Bauges and Beaufortain and 50cm elsewhere.

There are fresh slabs, particularly above 2000m on north sector slopes. These slabs resemble fresh powder and are very difficult to detect visually. A single skier or snowboarder could start a sizeable avalanche which could be sizeable on an open slope. Lower down take care on close to summits, convex slopes especially north-east to east slope aspects.

The sun will return to the Oisans, Savoie and Haute-Savoie during the course of Tuesday. The off-piste will look particularly inviting but the risks are very high at the moment even on quite low slope angles.

So take care if you're lucky enough to be out there this week.

So, do you or don't you? (wear a transceiver)

Remember a Transceiver is no use if you don't know how to use it; and if you don't carry a Probe and Shovel too - you'll have little chance of getting your buddy out before they suffocate.

You could try some more layers.

You can get silk inner gloves to wear under ski gloves (not sure where to get them in uk but most big shops in ski resorts should have them), and you can also get "over mits" - just big mittens with an elasticated cuff - to wear over your normal gloves.

The advantage of both these is, of course, that you can vary the number of layers to suit conditions - e.g. just pop the mittens over your gloves before you get on the lift, etc.

Also, it's worth carrying a spare pair of gloves - even a slightly wet glove will lost heat quickly, so you could have a spare dry pair to swap with part way through the day.

Finally, make sure the seal between your sleeve and the glove is good - a lot of heat can get out there (especially if snow gets in). One of our regulars (Trencher?) made the excellent suggestion of wearing a tennis wrist-band to help here.

Some "technical" jackets have an inner glove attached to the sleeve and this works very well, so if you're in the market for a new jacket that might be a feature for your check-list.

HTH

peteward15 wrote:Thanks Admin Man. Any updates on the forecasts or do they only come once a week. I'm still suffering from Forecastitous!

Our forecasts are updated daily, usually first thing and the condition reports update through the day as we get the data in.

So just bookmark http://www.j2ski.com/snow_forecast/France/Les_Gets_snow.html and check it daily! :wink:

Looking pretty good for next week.

peteward15 wrote: would you say it's a fair bet that I will need to find my snow chains for the fun bus?

I reckon. It's looking like fairly wet snow at resort level but you should definitely go prepared - only a slight lowering of the temperature in the forecast will put a lot of snow on the roads for Saturday. Time your driving to avoid the worst of the rush / worst of the snow if you can.

fankdaddy wrote:Has their been any new snow?

It's coming... the Snow Forecast for Chamonix over the next week is looking better by the day. Let's hope it holds.