 Poster: A snowHead
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Re: the forth rd bridge diversion.
Drove down to edinburgh airport just now. The journey time for the aviemore-airport part was 2h30m to 2h40m. In a campervan that won't go above 60mph. Good for the avge speed cameras. The road south was clear, though the north seemed to be much much busier.
It was teeming down with rain at aviemore (maybe snow up top?). The hills you could see from the A9 looked really really bare though 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Should add that the detour allowed us to see the kelpies for the first time, very impressive, and much larger that I expected.
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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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Looking white again on the cairngorm webcams! 
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and bridge open again
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Hoping that Thunderbirds could yet be go for a 26/27 Dec ski tour..... 
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Open the upper slopes tomorrow? Is it not 70mph winds on low grounds tomorrow, not to mention up there 
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Looks like Cairngorm got heavy rain overnight and it obliterated the snowcover yet again.
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Not looking good so far this year. Hate to say it, but we're due a bad one. Been really spoilt on the west the last few years, smashing glencoe from Jan to May.
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Yeh, I don't think I'll be taking my ski kit up north with me for New Years.
Be better of taking a boat.
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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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Just been up to Cairngorm today to see some snow. It looks quite promising from a distance but it's such a thin cover, even sledging looked a bit tricky.
Shipjack
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You know it makes sense.
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Ta for that Shipjack - how far up did you get??
Cover looks to be improving; it certainly looks skinnable up; & we're wondering if there could be enough snow for some turns at altitude 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Another thaw coming in the next few days. Scotland just can't catch a break at the moment.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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No indeed..................
Salmond then Nicola...............
and the 'Bridge'...........................
who was it who cancelled the programmed work?
ah yes...................
the above
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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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Hi mountain addict,
Sorry for the late reply. Only went up to the railway car park so hard to comment on what's like higher but more rain and mildness today makes me think it would n't be much cop. I thought we might have at least seen some snowboarding kids messing around yesterday, but just too much heather poking through..
Shipjack
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- Looks very white to low level on the cams.
- Weather forecast is reasonable for tomorrow.
- So decided to go for it....we'll be ski touring at Cairngorm in the morning after an overnight stay in Perth.
- We had heavy rain and temp down to 3C on the drive up - with flashing road signs saying the snow gates are closed on the Lecht road.
- Will hopefully get some reasonable turns in - fingers crossed. Report to follow ASAP.
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Got home from Christmas in the Dolomites (that had only manmade snow and wall to wall sunshine for the week) to rain in edinburgh. Turned to snow at drumochter. Really heavy Christmassy snow, all the way up passed dalwhinnie, Kingussie, aviemore, Grantown, the dava, edinkillie, then back to rain about 15 miles from home. Grrrr.
Still, should be a fair bit of white stuff landing in the right places. Road signs on way home saying A939 was shut.
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Does anyone know if Cairngorm isn't open for skiing will they let you take boards up on the fenicular and let you out at top?
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Hi @MCL, they won't let you out at the top if their 'closed system' is in place. Cairngorm were banging on about trying to get the beginners area open on their facebook page, but only to people 'under instruction'. They can't stop you hiking up for a slide though.
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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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@Backcountryboarder, I thought that may be the case
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You know it makes sense.
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Nevis Range opened up and kicked off the Scottish ski season today, Sun 27 Dec.
Cairngorm and Lecht opening Monday (subject to wind speeds).
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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lecht open on Monday
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Poster: A snowHead
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Nevis looked good on Sunday. All thawed away by Monday...
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Yeh, it was blowing a Hooley last night.
I was almost starting to prepare for roof damage to the apartment block in Newtonmore.
Today's has been driech.
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I don't think I've seen such a high average wind speed anywhere in UK. I think over 70mph average is officially hurricane conditions rather than hurricane force gusts.
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A93 between Ballater and Braemar. Not good for ski resort access!
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So no easy Glenshee access for the foreseeable!
There was some flooding in Aberdeen last night as well.
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Hope they're as quick at fixing that as they were with the Forth Road Bridge
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The Lecht has now become thee new La Grave.
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