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Getting nervous - its raining in the alps

Tue, 7 Dec 2010 11:03:00 GMT

Hi All

rain is forecast in Grand Massif (Morillon, Samoens)for the next few days and I am going on 17th :cry:

Is anyone there at the moment to let me know what is the snow situation and if I should be panicking?

I had to beg the OH to go on this trip and if it is a washout I will never ever live it down :!:

Re:Getting nervous - its raining in the alps

Tue, 7 Dec 2010 11:22:58 GMT

Cwagner, what can I tell you, it is raining there at the moment...I am going out there soon and hoping for snow myself. I am sure we will be good though, the lifts were open last weekend and hopefully as long as it snows a little ( and it is The Alps!) we should be all sorted :)

Re:Getting nervous - its raining in the alps

Tue, 7 Dec 2010 11:47:45 GMT

It gets colder by Thursday you can see from the Les Esserts web cam link below that they have had the snow cannons on and they have been building up snow during the previous weeks cold spell, I would not worry too much.

http://www.grand-massif.com/hiver/decouvrez_morillon.php

Re:Getting nervous - its raining in the alps

Tue, 7 Dec 2010 16:07:05 GMT

i shouldnt worry too much. not sure if this is right but i remember getting told alittle rain can be good for the bases. also cold weather due to return by the end of the week.

Re:Getting nervous - its raining in the alps

Tue, 7 Dec 2010 17:33:08 GMT

As I think i might have mentioned before I love the Grand Massif and have been loads of times.
I've often watched the forecast of rain and worried, but It's always been needless - both Morillon and Samoens are quite low and if it's raining in the resort it's almost certainly snowing above 1400/1500 m.

Just you wait for that view from the Massif express in Samoens as you 'go over the top' just before you alight in 1600.

I'll never get tired of it.

Re:Getting nervous - its raining in the alps

Wed, 8 Dec 2010 08:30:51 GMT

ewanmalone wrote:i shouldnt worry too much. not sure if this is right but i remember getting told alittle rain can be good for the bases. also cold weather due to return by the end of the week.

Been pouring down here in Morzine snow due tomorrow the locals say it will give a good base if it is too cold too soon the snow blows off the mountain
some lifts were open last weekend

Re:Getting nervous - its raining in the alps

Wed, 8 Dec 2010 08:41:50 GMT

scapula wrote:

ewanmalone wrote:i shouldnt worry too much. not sure if this is right but i remember getting told alittle rain can be good for the bases. also cold weather due to return by the end of the week.

Been pouring down here in Morzine snow due tomorrow the locals say it will give a good base if it is too cold too soon the snow blows off the mountain
some lifts were open last weekend

Words of wisdom from the French bloke ....... have you had a look at the music scene yet ?

Re:Getting nervous - its raining in the alps

Wed, 8 Dec 2010 11:13:13 GMT

Hi Wickers
yes I have been asked to take the sax along to a bar to play on friday ...we shall see!

Re:Getting nervous - its raining in the alps

Wed, 8 Dec 2010 11:14:37 GMT

scapula wrote:Hi Wickers
yes I have been asked to take the sax along to a bar to play on friday ...we shall see!

Good news T, hope it goes well.

Re:Getting nervous - its raining in the alps

Wed, 8 Dec 2010 12:33:17 GMT

scapula wrote:Hi Wickers
yes I have been asked to take the sax along to a bar to play on friday ...we shall see!

Give um hell mate :lol:

Re:Getting nervous - its raining in the alps

Wed, 8 Dec 2010 14:07:14 GMT

thanks guys for the reassurance

I even emailed the Chalet toa sk them what the snow was like :roll: I know. I'm hopeless

Re:Getting nervous - its raining in the alps

Wed, 8 Dec 2010 14:10:02 GMT

cwagner wrote:thanks guys for the reassurance

I even emailed the Chalet toa sk them what the snow was like :roll: I know. I'm hopeless

What did they say?

Re:Getting nervous - its raining in the alps

Wed, 8 Dec 2010 14:47:19 GMT

they said there was plenty of snow with more forecast

Re:Getting nervous - its raining in the alps

Wed, 8 Dec 2010 17:41:51 GMT

Ahhh. December skiing. Hit and miss I believe its called.

Re:Getting nervous - its raining in the alps

Wed, 8 Dec 2010 18:08:38 GMT

I'm in a ski resort now and there is plenty of snow at village level, but it's too dark to ski and the lifts are shut :roll:

Re:Getting nervous - its raining in the alps

Wed, 8 Dec 2010 18:21:55 GMT

Tony_H wrote:Ahhh. December skiing. Hit and miss I believe its called.

December skiing - go high. Tignes had 20cm snow on Monday.

Re:Getting nervous - its raining in the alps

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:08:13 GMT

bandit wrote:I'm in a ski resort now and there is plenty of snow at village level, but it's too dark to ski and the lifts are shut :roll:

Bandit - which country are you in and how high are you?

I just checked the webcams for Morillon (well Les carroz and Samoens actually as Morillons are not up and running yet :)) and there seems to have been a dump overnight as forecast

6 days to go :D

Re:Getting nervous - its raining in the alps

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 13:43:50 GMT

cwagner, I'm in French speaking Switzerland, and today I skied back to the resort which is at 1500m. Lifts are still shut, but that does not usually stop me from skiing :

Re:Getting nervous - its raining in the alps

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:01:03 GMT

cwagner wrote:

bandit wrote:I'm in a ski resort now and there is plenty of snow at village level, but it's too dark to ski and the lifts are shut :roll:

Bandit - which country are you in and how high are you?

I just checked the webcams for Morillon (well Les carroz and Samoens actually as Morillons are not up and running yet :)) and there seems to have been a dump overnight as forecast

6 days to go :D

There has been no dump overnight, they have had the snow cannons on.

Re:Getting nervous - its raining in the alps

Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:05:22 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:

cwagner wrote:

bandit wrote:I'm in a ski resort now and there is plenty of snow at village level, but it's too dark to ski and the lifts are shut :roll:

Bandit - which country are you in and how high are you?

I just checked the webcams for Morillon (well Les carroz and Samoens actually as Morillons are not up and running yet :)) and there seems to have been a dump overnight as forecast

6 days to go :D

There has been no dump overnight, they have had the snow cannons on.

:oops: :oops: :oops:

Re:Getting nervous - its raining in the alps

Mon, 13 Dec 2010 12:54:39 GMT

Cwagner,
Have a look at this web site.
The web cam is for Les Esserts at 1100mts. It is at the start of where each of your days skiing will begin.
Thursdays weather forecast coud]ldn't be more exciting for you.

http://www.ot-morillon.fr/activites-hiver/ski-alpin-les-webcams-du-grand-massif.php

Re:Getting nervous - its raining in the alps

Mon, 13 Dec 2010 14:18:04 GMT

Website states pistes will be open on the 18th :thumbup:

Re:Getting nervous - its raining in the alps

Mon, 13 Dec 2010 19:10:59 GMT

Ian Wickham wrote:There has been no dump overnight, they have had the snow cannons on.

Damn big snow cannons those are... :lol:

Chill people (literally); it is currently cold in Les Alps, it is going to get c-o-l-d-e-r for a few days and then it's going to snow. There might even be some more snow too.

In fact, next week is looking sufficiently cold and snowy that Xmas is being packed up as we speak and certain J2Skiers may well be going mobile in the direction of the Grand Massif. :wink:

A heads-up for anyone traveling this coming weekend; the forecasts are quite volatile still but Friday and Saturday are in the firing line for some quite widespread snow, not just in the Alps but possibly Northern France too. So be prepared and watch the forecast threads...

Re:Getting nervous - its raining in the alps

Wed, 15 Dec 2010 08:22:35 GMT

Don't worry about the rain the cannons have been blowing for the last 48 hours and there seems to be 50cm of snow on the way, so looking good for xmas :D :D :D