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real nice locations..
I'm skiing for two guys who are making a ski film this season, hopefully the snow in the BC will be decent enough for some great shots 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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real nice locations..
I'm skiing in Scotland for two guys who are making a ski film this season, hopefully the snow in the BC will be decent enough for some great shots
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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milnerhome, there's some tree skiing stuff in the Touring reports bit of Winterhighland, probably worth a look.
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| scotia wrote: |
| milnerhome, there's some tree skiing stuff in the Touring reports bit of Winterhighland, probably worth a look. |
will have a look, thanks
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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milnerhome, there's one there from a couple of days ago from meall a buachaille that i mentioned previously - would fit the bill perfectly i reckon for some tree shots
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it takes about an hour and a half to hike up from the road, then about an hour to hike back up the hill from the bottom.
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| alisim wrote: |
| it takes about an hour and a half to hike up from the road, then about an hour to hike back up the hill from the bottom. |
not to bad then, is that with skins or just hiking?
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milnerhome, when are you free for a yad moss day? I can do next Friday 17th if you like?
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I was on snow shoes, most of the rest of the group were on skins, and I definitely held most of them up. I think if you're pretty fit then you might be able to shave ten or fifteen minutes off both times.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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CGM yesterday was fantastic. Nearly all of the mountain is covered in either squeaky snow (pisted runs) or powder snow off piste. There are one or two patches of ice but they're few and far between.
East Wall of Lady is fairly well tracked but if you ride down the M2 until it starts to steepen and then drop into the wall there is loads of untracked virgin snow taking you down to the Home Road. Watch out for the occasional top quarter of an inch of exposed fence post.
A grand day out!
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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| Ricklovesthepowder wrote: |
| milnerhome, when are you free for a yad moss day? I can do next Friday 17th if you like? |
final day of college, I don't think I'll be "fit" to be on a pair of skis 
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milnerhome, I thought your only 17, I never drank underage, very naughty!!!
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Anyone heading up on Saturday?
Where do you think is the best bet?
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Glencoe won't be open this weekend  the thaw has hurt them
Anyone know how Nevis is coping with the thaw?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Little bare bits showing from the Cairngorm base station camera
Haste ye back cold!
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That's a shame for me & Glencoe but Saturday was always looking to be a bit dreich anyway. On the positive side, I've done 4 days of sliding in Scotland so far this season anyway and all of them without wind & rain so it's good not to have to break that pattern. 
Nevis will be catching the mild & dank from the west too but if the sun breaks through ready for Sunday, looking at the cams, maybe a cheeky little outing to Glenshee ?
http://www.webcam-ski.com/webcams/interfaces/glenshee/interface.php?pk_interface=278&m=images&r=panoramique#depart
With the grass showing again in the towns & cities, the resorts won't be quite so mobbed.
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Anyone heading up tomorrow?
I'm thinking about it but not sure yet, myt just hold off for next weekend
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Great sunset!
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nozawaonsen, that sunset seemed to go on for ages, it was a real privelege being there. There's nothing in the world quite like that rich, golden, midwinter light that you get on snow at sundown.
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moffatross, how long/far is it to glenshee from your place? What about the other scottish resorts?
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moffatross, great pics thanks for posting them
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Lovely moffatross. Just needed a skier in that last pic.
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Particularly from Glas Maol due to the orientation of surrounding hills and glens there can be some truly epic sunsets, bordering on surreal almost in the second half of December with the right atmospherics. The sun sets slowly, then from certain locations at the right dates, re-rises again shortly after as the light starts to fade then slowly slides down a distant ridge to end up in a valley.
You get the sense from high on Glas Maol that your looking down on the Sun and even though you can see it setting you can feel darkness creeping in, certain inversion situations can magnify the effect due to refraction and I recall once still seeing the setting sun, while also seeing the Northern Sky start to blacken. Sadly before the dawn of consumer digital photography so had no camera. But if your at Glenshee over the next couple of weeks, worth getting out to Glas Maol and catching the very last lift up if it's clear for the sunset.
What I do recall most was how fast the light went after the sun went from view, which made me think there was something a bit odd going on with refraction or something. You could see the light vanishing going up Coire Fionn, and rode Tom Dearg under starlight to drop back down Sunnyside as the moon rose. It was a just epic end to the day.
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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^ hey great picture, yeah the base is awesome already and next week will be amazing after the big dumps to come - with temps really cold and loads of fresh powder it'll be awesome, just hope the road can be cleared!
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That was the highest the sun rose all day! It's surreal at this time of year, through my orange goggles it was an amazing sunset from about 2pm onwards
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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has there been an avvy the whole width of the coronation/cas wall?? 
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looks like rain on the Lecht webcams, presumably to be covered by snow in the next 48 hours!!
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Any hope of getting to Cairngorm on Saturday or Sunday?
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The weather forecasts are a total crapshoot just now. Just need to wait and see, I'm itching to get up again.
MWIS for Sunday ( http://www.mwis.org.uk/mountain/EH.PDF ) is looking positive, good weather with occasional snow showers.
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I know this is a major long shot but don'r suppose anyone is heading up tomorow to any resort from the Glasgow area that would like to share petrol costs?
I'm in dumbarton and my car ain't an option
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Right, exams are over so I'm back in the game! Where's the snow? Cairngorm and Glenshee still the best options?
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1873Chris, If your up for petrol share in jan, feb, march give me a bell. I'm in glasgow west end but know D'ton very well. I come from Balloch 
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