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| 23 Apr 2008 12:19:21 |
| Roger Moss |
| Pyrenees - great snow and 4 days skiing left (so there's just time)... |
This season has certainly had its ups and downs but we've had little to complain about at the tail-end. The Southern Alps have done particularly well, and I'd have been off before now to Serre Che or Montgenèvre if I were located closer (sigh). However, it looks like conditions are still really good down in Piau-Engaly, at 1800-2600m the highest of the ski areas in the French Pyrenées: http://www.piau-engaly.com/spip.php?article236 http://www.viewsurf.com/vue-244-Piau_Engaly_-_Tsd_Pic.html Bonus-time, then :0) There's a lot of great ski-time lost due to the need to close a season (staffing, etc.) while conditions often remain perfectly good. In Canada, where snowfalls are truly Collossal, they say that 'people just stop coming, and start to do other things...' RM www.mountainpassions.com - an Online Magazine with Altitude |
| 23 Apr 2008 07:22:42 |
| Matt T |
| Re: Pyrenees - great snow and 4 days skiing left (so there's just |
On 23 Apr, 11:19, "Roger Moss" <roger.moss(BINTHISBIT)@aliceadsl.fr > wrote: > This season has certainly had its ups and downs but we've had little to > complain about at the tail-end. The Southern Alps have done particularly > well, and I'd have been off before now to Serre Che or Montgen=E8vre if I = were > located closer (sigh). > > However, it looks like conditions are still really good down in Piau-Engal= y, > at 1800-2600m the highest of the ski areas in the French Pyren=E9es:http:/= /www.piau-engaly.com/spip.php?article236http://www.viewsurf.com/vue-244-Piau= _Engaly_-_Tsd_Pic.html > > Bonus-time, then :0) > > There's a lot of great ski-time lost due to the need to close a season > (staffing, etc.) while conditions often remain perfectly good. In Canada, > where snowfalls are truly Collossal, they say that 'people just stop comin= g, > and start to do other things...' > > RMwww.mountainpassions.com- an Online Magazine with Altitude Indeed - every year around this time I start to hear rumours about 'running the lifts longer' because the snow's still great, and every year I point out that maybe they don't know so much about the french attitude to work and employment. When STGM say the 11th May you can guarantee that some of the chairs will be off the wires by 5:15pm that day. Now, if you know a guy with a skidoo on the other hand.... Matt |
| 23 Apr 2008 16:57:49 |
| Ace |
| Re: Pyrenees - great snow and 4 days skiing left (so there's just time)... |
On Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:22:42 -0700 (PDT), Matt T <matt_j_thomas@hotmail.com > wrote: >> There's a lot of great ski-time lost due to the need to close a season >> (staffing, etc.) while conditions often remain perfectly good. In Canada, >> where snowfalls are truly Collossal, they say that 'people just stop coming, >> and start to do other things...' >Indeed - every year around this time I start to hear rumours about >'running the lifts longer' because the snow's still great, and every >year I point out that maybe they don't know so much about the french >attitude to work and employment. When STGM say the 11th May you can >guarantee that some of the chairs will be off the wires by 5:15pm that >day. I'm looking forward to seeing what happens at Engelberg when the weather clears up. As I understand it there are several chair lifts (as well as the cable cars) kept open for walkers and cyclists all year round. So I'm hopeful that even once they've stopped piste-grooming it will still be possible to get the lift up and ski off-piste as long as the snow stays. Time will tell. -- _______ .'_/_|_\_'. Ace (b.rogers at ifrance.com) ` | /`/ `\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10 `|/` ` |
| 23 Apr 2008 16:14:16 |
| MoonMan |
| Re: Pyrenees - great snow and 4 days skiing left (so there's just time)... |
Matt T wrote: > On 23 Apr, 11:19, "Roger Moss" <roger.moss(BINTHISBIT)@aliceadsl.fr> > wrote: >> This season has certainly had its ups and downs but we've had little >> to >> complain about at the tail-end. The Southern Alps have done >> particularly >> well, and I'd have been off before now to Serre Che or Montgenèvre >> if I were >> located closer (sigh). >> >> However, it looks like conditions are still really good down in >> Piau-Engaly, >> at 1800-2600m the highest of the ski areas in the French >> Pyrenées:http://www.piau-engaly.com/spip.php?article236http://www.viewsurf.com/vue-244-Piau_Engaly_-_Tsd_Pic.html >> >> Bonus-time, then :0) >> >> There's a lot of great ski-time lost due to the need to close a >> season (staffing, etc.) while conditions often remain perfectly >> good. In Canada, >> where snowfalls are truly Collossal, they say that 'people just stop >> coming, >> and start to do other things...' >> >> RMwww.mountainpassions.com- an Online Magazine with Altitude > > Indeed - every year around this time I start to hear rumours about > 'running the lifts longer' because the snow's still great, and every > year I point out that maybe they don't know so much about the french > attitude to work and employment. When STGM say the 11th May you can > guarantee that some of the chairs will be off the wires by 5:15pm that > day. > Now come on, you know that's only because they haven't worked out how to get them all off! Chris *<:-) |
| 23 Apr 2008 19:12:44 |
| Roger Moss |
| Re: Pyrenees - great snow and 4 days skiing left (so there's just time)... |
"MoonMan" <chris.anderson@codeway.invalid.com > wrote in message news:funjns$jbs$1$8300dec7@news.demon.co.uk... > Matt T wrote: >> On 23 Apr, 11:19, "Roger Moss" <roger.moss(BINTHISBIT)@aliceadsl.fr> >> wrote: >>> This season has certainly had its ups and downs but we've had little >>> to >>> complain about at the tail-end. The Southern Alps have done >>> particularly >>> well, and I'd have been off before now to Serre Che or Montgenèvre >>> if I were >>> located closer (sigh). >>> >>> However, it looks like conditions are still really good down in >>> Piau-Engaly, >>> at 1800-2600m the highest of the ski areas in the French >>> Pyrenées:http://www.piau-engaly.com/spip.php?article236http://www.viewsurf.com/vue-244-Piau_Engaly_-_Tsd_Pic.html >>> >>> Bonus-time, then :0) >>> >>> There's a lot of great ski-time lost due to the need to close a >>> season (staffing, etc.) while conditions often remain perfectly >>> good. In Canada, >>> where snowfalls are truly Collossal, they say that 'people just stop >>> coming, >>> and start to do other things...' >>> >>> RMwww.mountainpassions.com- an Online Magazine with Altitude >> >> Indeed - every year around this time I start to hear rumours about >> 'running the lifts longer' because the snow's still great, and every >> year I point out that maybe they don't know so much about the french >> attitude to work and employment. When STGM say the 11th May you can >> guarantee that some of the chairs will be off the wires by 5:15pm that >> day. >> 'Kite-skiing, anyone?' The kite-school guys at the Col du Lauteret reckon you (meaning 'they') can gain all the altitude you need to ski independently of lifts - given a decent blow, as it were... http://www.snowkiteair.com/ RM www.mountainpassions.com - an Online Magazine with Altitude |
| 23 Apr 2008 20:11:49 |
| The Older Gentleman |
| Re: Pyrenees - great snow and 4 days skiing left (so there's just time)... |
Roger Moss <roger.moss(BINTHISBIT)@aliceadsl.fr > wrote: > This season has certainly had its ups and downs but we've had little to > complain about at the tail-end. The Southern Alps have done particularly > well, and I'd have been off before now to Serre Che or Montgenèvre if I were > located closer (sigh). > > However, it looks like conditions are still really good down in Piau-Engaly, > at 1800-2600m the highest of the ski areas in the French Pyrenées: > http://www.piau-engaly.com/spip.php?article236 > http://www.viewsurf.com/vue-244-Piau_Engaly_-_Tsd_Pic.html > > Bonus-time, then :0) > > There's a lot of great ski-time lost due to the need to close a season > (staffing, etc.) while conditions often remain perfectly good. In Canada, > where snowfalls are truly Collossal, they say that 'people just stop coming, > and start to do other things...' > > RM > www.mountainpassions.com - an Online Magazine with Altitude St Lary closed down immediately after Easter, with masses of new snow everywhere. They must be as sick as parrots. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F, SL125 & SH50 chateau dot murray at idnet dot com "What you're proposing to do will involve a lot of time and hassle for no tangible benefit." |