Snow report Chamonix, 05/01/2015
Fermetures des Grands Montets one waterslide but with proper wet slides.
Chamonix
Snow condition
Snow quality
Overall impression
Snow condition
Difficult to give stars here. Of course, there's not much left at the bottom with tw up to twenty-five degrees already. It also rained 1m10 tonight at 2400. (That could have been how much snow?) But the locals say that there is a lot of snow above and probably much more than in March. Unfortunately it will stay closed tomorrow because of too much new snow and an avalanche 4.
Snow quality
So a wonderful rain crust had to be softened first at 11 degrees. Then we had the finest slush. From midday onwards, the whole thing started to rot nicely from below and really started to slow down on the flat north-facing slopes. When the sun hid again, some wind came up and it slid really well again.
Risks
Weia, wet snow slides everywhere. As soon as it gets a bit steep, it's off.
Overall impression
Going full throttle in the ski area in May without touching rocks in soft snow gets an extra star. It was cool and it's not over yet. Tomorrow it shouldn't rain too much again. But I'm afraid without a swimming pool because nobody dug the hole today.
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