 Poster: A snowHead
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Might be going to Glencoe in near future but know nothing of it, how suited is it to am intermediate boarder and what are the uplift arrangements, some of it looks a bit intimidating eg cliff chair, also stupid question re access chair, do you keep board on or take it off and carry it on that lift.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Unless it's late season, board is usually on for the access chair uplift, and if you're not riding to the car park, it's off for the downlift.
The single person cliffhanger chair is slow, so it's easy to get on and off.
If you're nervous of the T-Bar to the summit, you may be best doubling-up with a skier for the extra stability.
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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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quite happy on t bars, it's steep exits from chairlifts that spit you off that I don't like
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The access chair lands you on a wooden deck with a gentle, snow-covered ramp down to level snow. It's not normally so busy that you need to double up so you'll have plenty of space.
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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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Cheers should be all good then, what's it like for boarders generally, I stick to the pistes and avoid the park, only really experienced cairngorm in Scotland
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Boarders love it. Much of the terrain is unpisted, and mainly uses natural snow-holding. Very little snow-fencing, plenty of twists and turns, ups and downs. It's rougher and readier, but as unlike Cairngorm as you can imagine, mostly in a good way.
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And the Cliffy chair is flat at top, have to push off the chair to get away. Main Basin T-bar is a bit of a thigh-burner. Slow uplift so empty slopes at Glencoe, really good terrain, trouble sometimes is finding someone to follow when you don't know where you are going.
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I don't bother having my board strapped on for either chair at Glencoe.
How are you on t-bars? prepared to share?
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fine on t bars although prefer to ride them solo, manage all at cairngorm, have managed West wall poma their too although that did burn the thighs
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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In my experience, most snowboarders carry their boards on the Cliffy. It's super-flat at the top.
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