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CGM was very good today (Friday) - the recent snow has made a huge improvement. White Lady was excellent with only the odd hard patch from below the tunnel entrance although it was quite hard and icy at the top of the run. Cas was also magic, again with the odd hard patch on the upper edges of the run and one or two icy patches in the middle which were visible from a distance due to the excellent visibility.
M1 was still quite solid and East Wall of Lady was like the surface of the moon. It initially looked quite soft but the contours of snow were bone-shakingly rock hard.
At the bottom, The Slot was fine but the lower slopes were a little thin, as was the bottom of Home Road where the gravel path is starting to show through, although a base-safe route can easily be found.
All in all a great day on the hill.
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Nevis was cracking today.
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Glenshee today was awesome. After some initial cloud over the tops it cleared and I boarded mostly in sunshine today. Spent the morning on Carn Aosda until the wind picked up at about 2pm and removed the fresh snow leaving it hard and skiddy. We moved over to Meall Odar, which was sheltered from the wind and spent our time between the poma and the run home. Spent most of the day on the pistes (which is unusual for me) and had a fantastic time. The best offpiste for me was found in the afternoon on Meall Odar.
Personally I think Glenshee needs a few inches of new snow a day to keep the sliding surface good as the pistes can get very scraped early on, but with last nights snowfall it surprised me how much fun it was. Obviously a big dump would (in my opinion) make it second to none if only for the variety on offer.
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Whats everyones thoughts on Glencoe 2moro?
I'm still not feeling 100% so don't want to waste energy driving and Glencoe is the closest to me
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Just looked at the webcams and it looks nice (if a bit rocky) 
Cheers
Bob
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1873Chris, if the weather's good do it as it shouldn't take you much more than an hour.
glasgowcyclops, had a few days now and the skis are in good nic.
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scotia, You heading up?
Think aslong as the roads are good we're gonna go for it and pray the weather is good when we get there
The wind doesn't look like being a major problem but visibility will probably be pretty crap
Still enough rocks not to take my new Whitedots yet glasgowcyclops,
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1873Chris, probably Tuesday. Have faith and take the new skis.
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Nah think my liberty hazmats will quite enjoy the powder 2moro
I fancy heading off piste a little 2moro so wouldn't risk the new skis
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Monday potentially looks very snowy, I am considering a trip tuesday, how long does it take from Glasgow to glencoe, as I may drive Leeds to Glasgow on Monday evening.....
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You know it makes sense.
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2 hours tops
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kitenski, if you can go all the way through to Dumbarton where there's a Premier Inn (or something along those lines). If you can survive the night there then it's about an hour and fifteen minutes. Unless you have a reason to be in Glasgow and you just need somewhere to put your head down for the night I'd recommend that.
1873Chris, most of Glencoe is 'off piste'. I had the Ones out and they didn't touch a rock the whole day.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| scotia wrote: |
kitenski, if you can go all the way through to Dumbarton where there's a Premier Inn (or something along those lines). If you can survive the night there then it's about an hour and fifteen minutes. Unless you have a reason to be in Glasgow and you just need somewhere to put your head down for the night I'd recommend that.
1873Chris, most of Glencoe is 'off piste'. I had the Ones out and they didn't touch a rock the whole day. |
Just looking at some of the deals on winter highland, will work out some prices! Will have a meeting in Glasgow but can drive on afterwards pretty much anywhere!!
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kitenski, if you intend to ski Glencoe I think Glasgow is close enough that it doesn't really matter if you do the driving at night/in the morning.
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scotia, My One's are brand spanking new tho so would rather let the base develop slightly more before using them and tbh my Liberty's are as fun as hell anyway
Also what do you mean by "survive" in Dumbarton?
It's a lovely friendly place lol
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Just back in from a great day at Cairngorm.
Whiteout conditions this morning, so much so that i fell over as my brain couldn't decide which way was up and we came across a lady trying to snowboard up a hill as she was so dis-orientated!!! Quite amusing, but potentially lethal!! It did snow most of the morning though which freshened up the whole hill!
Cleared this afternoon to open up some amazing snow conditions, especially M1, White Lady and later on a few fresh tracks down the Coronation Wall. Simply awesome.
Still a bit of ice, espcially off piste and not too far under the pisted base, but the snow on top was beautiful. Not sure of the forecast tomorrow, but if it's clear it could be a great day.
Only negative was certain people showing poor form in lift lines... 
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right 99% certain of heading up to meeting in 20mins in Glasgow, then Glencoe Tuesday, has anyone stayed at the Stewart Hotel in Glen Duror?? Appears to do good rates, reckon it's there or The Ballachulish Hotel but have not stayed at either??
Cheers,
Greg
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The ballachulish is a nice hotel, and the ski package must be hard to beat.
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JDC, excellent photos. Irn Bru one a classic 
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JDC, nice photos!
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wow conditions look a lot better than I imagined from the webcams. Now if I get that replort done this week I´m off somewhere.
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glasgowcyclops, make it quick, rain a distinct possibility by Wednesday. 
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JDC, love the pics
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JDC, really great pics - was this your first time skiing Scotland or have you been before?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Great pics there. How was the snow etc?
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Generally very good. the worst I came across was a few inches of powder on top of a very hard base, but most places (particularly at Cairngorm) were powder on top of a nice grippy surface
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ArseCaptain, good effort and great pictures !!! I think roga[ knows that journey quite well too.
The bit from GS to Aviemore via the Lecht probably felt nearly as long as from Bath to Gretna too. BTW, I'm loving the way user names can bypass the swear filters too.
Ricklovesthepowder, looked like ArseCaptain had sh1te weather & sh!te snow. Probably would have had better snow, been easier, cheaper, more soul-satisfying etc blah. blah to catch a flight to Geneva, hire a car, blah, blah, etc 
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looking to do some filming in the back country near glencoe and cairngorm in February half term.. praying for a large dump of snow for then.
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@kitenski Stewart hotel is shut at the moment for refurb, the winter has not been kind to it! Plenty other deals about check the accom. page on the Glencoe Mountain website...
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milnerhome, if the snow hangs around don't rule out Nevis.
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| moffatross wrote: |
| ArseCaptain, good effort and great pictures !!! I think roga[ knows that journey quite well too. |
Aye, just a bit lol!
Great pictures ArseCaptain, great to hear you had a good weekend - looks like you choose a good weekend to go up.
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| The bit from GS to Aviemore via the Lecht probably felt nearly as long as from Bath to Gretna too. |
Yup, drove it in the summer and it sure feels like a long drive, gorgeous though - can imagine it could be pretty hairy in this time of year without winter tyres! 
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| BTW, I'm loving the way user names can bypass the swear filters too. |
LOL, I've noticed that too!
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| Ricklovesthepowder, looked like ArseCaptain had sh1te weather & sh!te snow. Probably would have had better snow, been easier, cheaper, more soul-satisfying etc blah. blah to catch a flight to Geneva, hire a car, blah, blah, etc |
That wouldn't be sarcasm would it?  
Just watching the weather on Reporting Scotland - "significant amounts of snow" forecast for the Highlands (massive blob of white over Aviemore/Cairngorm, The Lecht and Glenshee on the weather map) 
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