Day 1 - don't be fooled!

After a 'good nights' sleep the QM Snow Patrol awoke to a sunny Claviere. Everyone was hungry for breakfast, however some students were not feeling so well! One of our year 11 girls ran out of the dining room feeling 'sick' this morning, after a short while a friend came and fetched Mr Hinks saying that she really needed help. Mr Hinks to the rescue to find "I've been sick this morning, and yesterday morning and the one before that" with a few shifty looks the reply of "is it what I think it is?" and after they exchanged worried looks, the girls fell into heaps of laughter on the floor. Mr Hinks feeling the fool retired to the dining room.
After a long ski fit, the QM students grouped off to meet their instructors: Stefano, Beppe and Luciano. Weather conditions were awesome in the morning with clear skies and sun. All groups did really well with lots of falls and bruises in the beginner group, group 2 saw some tree hugging from Sas and "cliff" dangling from Tom A. See picture below.

 Tom just hanging

 group 1 on the nursery slope

 

strike a pose lads, Bradders day 1 splat "Miss I've lost my passport!"

 

Rachel's incident with her pole. She said it got caught in the chairlift, bent backwards and her 'iron lady' hands straightened it and "it broke".

This afternoon, the big freeze continued with lessons in -10 degree temperatures, but everyone progressed nicely. After lessons we went shopping, had our evening meal and bingo.

Splat Hat went to Dom for breaking the hat. He couldn't bear the jingling so tore one of the bells off, to his disappointment he shall be jingling all day long tomorrow. 

Dude Hat went to Kayleigh for doing Gangnam Style on one ski as well as being an excellent supportive student to the younger skiiers. 

The Journey to Claviere

Everyone gathered at a cold QMHS just before lunch. Year 11 made a run for the back seats! We arrived at Manchester Airport on time and had a pleasant flight. The snow over the Alps looked particularly snowy. I think we are in for an epic week. We are currently on the coach heading to the town of Claviere high up in the Milky way region. Here are a couple of photos to get our blog going.

Ah! super sleepy!

Updates and Snow Report

Wow!

What a wonderful scene and we will be there in a few days. Please remember that the clocks 'spring' forward on Saturday evening so please remember to adjust your clocks. At least we have a later departure now, so hopefully everyone will be on time at QMHS for 11.50 am, no need to be earlier.

Parents please remember to park down past the grey metal gates so that the coach can have clear access to the main car park. For safety we prefer the coach to be loaded on the car park so the coach needs plenty of room to get on.

Hoodies will be given out from Tuesday this week and luggage labels on Wednesday.Thursday. The hoodies look awesome again so thank you Wave Print for all your efforts once again.

Snow Conditions

Simply Perfect

45/45 lifts open

Base snow depth = 100 cm

Upper depths = 140 cm

Temperatures = Cool for the time of year - around zero degrees Celsius.

Remember to follow the blog as our week in Claviere unfolds!

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Snow Report 2

*OPEN*

Wow what a fantastic resort. I was out in Claviere over the New Year period and the conditions are simply excellent. Here is the latest snow conditions for the Milkyway:

Claviere 1800m

Upper = 140cm

Lower = 80cm

Last snow was the 28th December, the pistes are in excellent condition with 34/45 lifts running.

Sauze d'Oulx

Upper = 140cm

Lower = 80cm

Last snow was the 2nd January, the pistes are in excellent condition with 34/45 lifts running.

Sestrieres

Upper = 140cm

Lower = 80cm

Last snow was the 15th December, the pistes are in excellent condition with 34/45 lifts running.

Montgenevre

Upper = 150cm

Lower = 100cm

Last snow was the 26th December, the pistes are in excellent condition with 14/32 lifts running.

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Temperature for the week are likely to stay below freezing between -3 to -10 Celcius

Claviere 2013 Snow Report 1

*OPEN*

Now that the Milkyway is mostly open and many of the links between the resorts established we shall commence with our snow reports right up to the 31st March, Easter Sunday, our departure day!

Claviere 1800m

Upper = 120cm

Lower = 80cm

Last snow was the 8th December, the pistes are in excellent condition with 23/45 lifts running.

Sauze d'Oulx

Upper = 140cm

Lower = 80cm

Last snow was the 16th December, the pistes are in excellent condition with 12/45 lifts running.

Sestrieres

Upper = 120cm

Lower = 80cm

Last snow was the 4th December, the pistes are in excellent condition with 23/45 lifts running.

Montgenevre

Upper = 140cm

Lower = 95cm

Last snow was the 8th December, the pistes are in excellent condition with 9/32 lifts running.

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Temperature for the week are likely to stay below freezing between -3 to -10 Celcius

Brian Head Open

All of you who are heading to Utah in 2014 can catch up with the resort activities as this season unfolds. They have a live web cam so you can check out the excellent conditions. Please remember to stay up to date with payments. The trip is expensive so spreading the cost is a good option.

Let it snow!

The conditions in Europe are certainly looking good. The early base and cold conditions always help with creating a good long season. Don't forget to watch out for the bargains regarding your kit. Aldi and Lidl may still have some items available, especially the helmet. Decathalon is also worth a look as is TKMaxx.
If we do not blog again before Christmas, we would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.