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Bearded Vulture seen in Les Carroz

Thursday, March 31st, 2011

During a recent visit to Chalet des Tronchets we were graced with the presence of a very large bird. One of the party identified it as a bearded vulture, also known as a lammergeyer or, in French, a Barbu. According to information on the internet, there is only about 200 of these birds in Europe. They have a wing span of about 9 feet and feed on bones. If a bone is too big they will carry it into the air and then drop it onto rocks to break it into edible portions. Not sure what this fellow was after but there was a small dog running around!

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Late season powder in Flaine

Wednesday, March 30th, 2011

This morning we were treated to about 6 inches of new snow at Flaine. Myself and Dean spent a very happy few hours laying down new tracks. The Grand Massif is very quiet this week so there was lots of untracked new snow to go at. With more snow forecast tomorrow and then a sunny day after that, we should be in for another perfect day on Friday.

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20″ of fresh powder in the Grand Massif

Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011

40-50 cm of new snow arrived on Saturday night and during the day Sunday, giving us some of the best skiing of the season so far. We had a great day skiing on Monday with untracked powder to be found everywhere. Cascades piste from Flaine down to Sixt (below 800 metres) is open, which means the snow is good right down to 800m. A snow mail alert also came in today with snow forecast for Les Carroz in the next six days.

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