Ski experience evaluation

SKI RESORT: Val Thorens          (French)
Date: 2024-01-19    RETURN TO EVALUATIONS LIST
*** The points are those awarded by the Skicast evaluator during his visit
to this resort as a ski experience for each of the 6 categories ***

POINTS
SNOW SURFACE (HARDENESS): (choose the nearest)
Solid surface, freezing rain, crust
Many icy areas
Many areas that are very hard
Few hard or icy areas
No hard or icy areas on most trails
No hard or icy areas anywhere
(12)
(15)
(17)
(20)
(23)
(25)		 25
GROOMING:
Frozen tracks from grooming equipment
Ungroomed trails
Ungroomed artificial snow or moguls
Frozen corduroy
Groomed or soft trails, NOT durable
Yielding finish, soft and very durable or groomed powder
almost everywhere
Soft and very durable conditions or light powder under 10 cm
EVERYWHERE		 (10)
(12)
(14)
(15)
(16)
(18)

(20)		 20
COVERAGE:
Partial, many bare spots
Few rocks, earth, branches
Good coverage on most trails
Good coverage on all trails without exception
(10)
(15)
(18)
(20)		 19
TEXTURE:
Coarse granular, ice pellet s or spring conditions
Sticky snow, slush, corn snow or wet granular
Deep powder more than 10 cm of fresh powder
Crushed granular, mixed with powder
Fine granular, old snow
Mixture of power and fine granular
Light powder on all skiable terrain
(07)
(09)
(10)
(11)
(12)
(14)
(15)		 15
BASE :
Icy base with bare patches in many areas
Icy base with thin layer of snow
Hard base with bare patches in may areas
Hard base with thin layer of snow or melting base
Well covered base hardly visible
Well covered base, not evident
(05)
(06)
(07)
(08)
(09)
(10)		 9
SURVEY : on snow conditions
Half, or less than half, of all skiers and riders of all levels are satisfied
Most of all ski ers and riders, of all levels, are satisfied
At least 10 skiers and riders of all levels unanimously
satisfied with snow conditions
(05)
(07)
(10)		 10
TOTAL AND INDEX OF EASE TO SKI:
100% = A++, 95 à 99% = A+, 90 à 94% = A,
85 à 89% = B+, 80 à 84% = B, 75 à 79% = C+, 70 à 74% = C,
65 à 69% = D+, 60 à 64% = D, 55 à 59% = E+, 50 à 54% = E 		Index
A+		 Total
98%
Names of experimenters: Jack Baraby and Joanne Petit
Comment: Ns sommes ici depuis le 15 -1. Meteo de 0 à -12C. Amalgame , percées de soleil et jours blancs.40-55 de Powder.