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- From: eriks@lin.foa.se (Erik Svensson FOA2)
- Newsgroups: rec.skiing
- Subject: Re: Verbier, Switzerland - conditions in late March?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.121046.8526@lin.foa.se>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 12:10:46 GMT
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- acooper@nuustak.csir.co.za (Antony Cooper) writes:
-
- >Hi All!
-
- >Ideally, I'd like an accurate prediction of the snow conditions, for the
- >last two weeks of March, for the area around Verbier in Switzerland, but
- >according to the FAQ one should not ask such questions! :-)
-
- How very true! :-)
-
- >Seriously, though, what are the snow conditions there now? In general,
- >would they improve or get worse by the end of March? Living in a hot,
- >Southern Hemisphere country, I have no experience with European winters!
- >How crowded are the slopes likely to be around that time of the year?
-
- Verbier right now isn't very good. Tho' the condtions could change enormously
- til march. The slopes are likely to be rather crowded. You could always drive
- to Chamonix (my all-time favourite). Takes about an hour - an hour and a half.
-
- >There has been some discussion here about the merits of radar reflectors
- >and radio beacons. I am a rank beginner, having skied only once (at
- >Loveland, Colorado), so I will confine myself to the marked pistes. Are
- >such devices necessary for a skier such as myself? What about insurance
- >to cover the need to be casavaced-off by helicopter?
-
- I don't think you'll need neither beeper nor radar reflector if you stay on the
- prepared slopes. There is fun skiing in Verbier when you get up high, to that
- plateau at 3000 meter, the name I have naturally forgotten.
-
- cheers
- --
-
- Erik Svensson
- Research Officer National Defense Research Establishment (FOA)
- Guided Weapons Division Stockholm, Sweden eriks@fenix.lin.foa.se
-
- "The problem with the future is that it keeps turning into the present"
- -- Hobbes
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