J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by matt23

Iceman wrote:

matt23 wrote:

coddlesangers wrote:I am local to chamonix.

can you shed any light on the conditions with the storm thats heading through chamonix . read that they are closing certain parts due to really high winds with some reaching 123kph on friday afternoon understandable i guess.... looks as if the storm will pass by friday night and the winds start to drop agsin but only to around 25-30kph . in your opinion whats the safe limit they would open the lifts ? have heard chamox suffers from bad windconditions and this can cause them to shut some areas. Mainly the grand montets . fingers are crossed for some of the tree lined protected runs to be open ...... please... only got 3 days and plan on making the most of it....

....and breathe and RELAX....Everything will be fine :thumbup:

ok thank yoi but what you mean is NO you cant shed any light on the current and upcoming.conditions. Never mind the hint of pee taking a bit of conatructive advise would be great.

coddlesangers wrote:I am local to chamonix.

can you shed any light on the conditions with the storm thats heading through chamonix . read that they are closing certain parts due to really high winds with some reaching 123kph on friday afternoon understandable i guess.... looks as if the storm will pass by friday night and the winds start to drop agsin but only to around 25-30kph . in your opinion whats the safe limit they would open the lifts ? have heard chamox suffers from bad windconditions and this can cause them to shut some areas. Mainly the grand montets . fingers are crossed for some of the tree lined protected runs to be open ...... please... only got 3 days and plan on making the most of it....

matt23 wrote:Well guys after the amazing response to my last thread i thought i would see if anyone out that had an insight into the conditions on the other parts of the chamonix valley away from the grand montets. i fly to chamonix on saturday for 4 days skiing with a friend of mine. we are really pleased after the earlier conditions that the resort is open at all but as there now seems to have been a large amount of snow and of which is still falling does anyone know if the full opeing will be going ahead as planned for saaturday 17th . currently there are just 3 runs open on the grand montets but looking at the webcams letour and flegere seem to have comparable snow depths.


Thank you in advance matt

Yes i am very keen. as for being relaxed i am very. as i said in the title post the websites have all said and always said full opening on the 17th but that doesnt really mean a lot as we have seen with so many other regions delaying there opening times. wondering if there was someone local to chamonix who could enlighten the situation.

Well guys after the amazing response to my last thread i thought i would see if anyone out that had an insight into the conditions on the other parts of the chamonix valley away from the grand montets. i fly to chamonix on saturday for 4 days skiing with a friend of mine. we are really pleased after the earlier conditions that the resort is open at all but as there now seems to have been a large amount of snow and of which is still falling does anyone know if the full opeing will be going ahead as planned for saaturday 17th . currently there are just 3 runs open on the grand montets but looking at the webcams letour and flegere seem to have comparable snow depths.


Thank you in advance matt

Ranchero_1979 wrote:I assume all that nonsense about cancelling trip has disappeared?

If you read reports from the locals over 1.5M on top of La Balme/Le Tour area so we can only assume Grand Montets has significantly more. Les Houches even is already open and can be skiied.

90cm more due this week, which will put Chamonix significantly ahead of the curve for time of year :-).

For the person worried about no snow in the village, who cares, Chamonix never has and never will be a ski in out resort.

Pack your fat skiis, couple of pairs of goggles and get ready for awesome skiing, shocking visibility, plenty of face plants, huge smiles and associated hangovers (blame the face plant).

http://www.snow-forecast.com/resorts/Chamonix/6day/mid

hardly nonsense. if you look back when the post was started the weather all over europe was terrible and many were concerned about when the snow would eventually come. even got a call from the hotel to look at arranging a different date . but that was then and now we are faced with what looks like good conditions early on. Really do hope they open some of the other ski areas as the 3 runs that were open this saturday was quite congested on the web cams ( granted i could only see a very very small amount ) guessing this weekend will also be much busier being th official opening weekend of the whole valley. fingers crossed now the weather is not too severe. but goggles are packed and so are the layers as its looking like being pretty chilly......

Ian Wickham wrote:I Preferred your Original post

Oh no please forgive me. oh and constructive too :wink:

well i thoight maybe that was a bit antagonistic but i guess not . so do me a favour and grow up. leave the thread for people who actually want to discuss the topic...

Ian Wickham wrote:Here's one try and post after the Final "Quote" :thumbup:

constructive

Ian Wickham wrote:

bandit wrote:

still to warm in what way ? is there a chance of it melting ? just hoping it keeps on coming. as i said before not just from a selfish point of view but for the greater good.

Heavy snow, rapid snowfall onto a warm ground creates dangerous conditions. This happened yesterday in Saas-Fee. Just imagine being buried for 45 minutes. Resort management will do their best to make the mountain safe, if conditions are unstable, the unexpected can happen.

http://www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/list/11303.page

Being on a piste is not an absolute warranty of safety.

Good advice Bandit .... be now need a cold spat

Doesnt sound great. whats the temp been like in the last 2 days ??????

Some sites are reporting 10degrees plus which surely will have massive repercussions ? chamonet is now showing the full opening for the 17th dec ( the day we arrive ) too for which until recently hasnt even been mentioned. just the partial opening of the grand montets. one slight concern there is no real snow forecast on majority of sites in the next week and some saying the temps could rise temporarily . do they know something we dont ?

and finally on none of the web cams can i see any signs of preperations taking place such as piste bashers etc. theres been the odd glimpse of one passing and a few tracks but unlike other resorts ( val thorens ) there no sign of any pistes as yet ??? any ideas people