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Hautes-Alpes Ice Conditions

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 Robert Lavin 28 Jan 2017
Evening All,

Anyone know what condition are like around Ceillac, Fournel and Fressinieres?

Or any links to blog pages, I'm kind of struggling to get info.

Thanks,

Rob.
 tjoliver 28 Jan 2017
In reply to Robert Lavin:
Think it's getting pretty warm this coming week, but as of last week all the main lines in Ceillac were in good condition. Plenty of good lines at all grades to do in Fournel and Fressinieres too. The warm weather may quickly change that though. If you haven't already come across it, the 'go-to' site for conditions info out there is: http://conditions.ice-fall.com/ it's sort of like their equivalent of the UKC winter conditions page. C2C is also worth checking

Think the comment by the team of guides that run the site puts it well: "Les conditions évoluent doucement mais vers le moins bien... la douceur est au programme. Malgré tout, les nuits sont fraiches et les cascades sont épaisses. "

En anglais, conditions are changing slowly but getting worse. Softness/thaw is the current trend. Despite this, the nights remain cold and the ice falls are well formed.
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 carr0t 28 Jan 2017
In reply to Robert Lavin:

I just came back from Ceillac last weekend. The ice falls are huge and well formed. We had excellent weather, nice and sticky ice and all was well in the world.
OP Robert Lavin 28 Jan 2017
In reply to Robert Lavin:

Thank you both. We fly out tomorrow which looks like a week to late!

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