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I see that Hemmel Fridge is going ungroom there slope into a mogul field this weekend?
I do fancy having a go at these moguls ... just seems like a good way of conquering them or getting beaten up by them.
Anyone else going there on Saturday night maybe?
Or will it be all slushed out?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Castleford xscape have them 15/16/17 oct but just as a series at the side of the main run. I'm thinking of going from Whitby, maybe take the kids if they want.
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@DrLawn, Inside Out are doing a whole day moguls clinic on the Saturday. I'm going to that.
I don't imagine I'll be doing much conquering! 
Last edited by Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see? on Thu 29-09-16 21:21; edited 1 time in total
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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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@DrLawn, The Snow Centre make some moguls on one side of the slope. Good for an introduction to skiing bumps, or developing your skills. As Iski said, we're running a moguls clinic that day.
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@DrLawn, I've been the last couple of times. They don't really do it by not grooming, rather they build them - three columns on skiers right of the slope stretching approx 1/3 to 1/2 the length of the slope. Starting a little way down from the top and ending at the roller that is usually present on that side. They start off as pretty brutal chunks of snow, and mellow through the day as skiers smooth the edges and boarders flatten them  By Sunday morning they are rather diminished (as they don't seem to rebuild them overnight), they then tend to fade further during Sunday, such that they lose any real definition, unless one of the staff can be persuaded to put some markers on the tops to encourage skiing round them rather than over them. I should think they would be quite nice on Saturday evening.
I'm heading in first thing on Saturday, and probably again at some point on Sunday
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I'm going to try and get there Saturday evening,
Its important for me to get a bit of excercise, and I cant think of anything I'd rather do.
Well I can .. but lets be real.
Nice to see you guys and gals on the thread.
I can feel winter on its way already.
+ I would really like to feel I was in charge on the or in the bumps.
Rather than a bag of arms & legs waving and and wobbling akimbo.
Lets see if I can improve! 
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Any way of getting a couple of hours pass for less than £48. Seems kinda toppy and thought it was still in 30s last time I went but I guess it's post Brexit reality what with having to buy all that Euro snow with GBP.
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@Dave of the Marmottes, If you're going to go more than once in the next few weeks it might be worth getting a monthly pass for October. You can then go as many times as you like during that month. It's only possible to pre book one hour each day but you can book extra time while you're actually there as long as there is capacity on the slope. The details are on the website.
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| Iski wrote: |
| @Dave of the Marmottes, If you're going to go more than once in the next few weeks it might be worth getting a monthly pass for October. You can then go as many times as you like during that month. It's only possible to pre book one hour each day but you can book extra time while you're actually there as long as there is capacity on the slope. The details are on the website. |
Agree with that, and there is free coffee on the slope so you can actualy do it really cheaply if you ski lots. I'm averaging about £2 per hour this summer.
You can actually pre book a 2 hour slot per day - despite the info saying 1 hour. I always ask for the start time only and they always give me 2 hours
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@Tubaski, interesting to hear how bumps are built in other domes. We've had a couple of ridges down the slope pushed in by the groomer at night, then dug out by hand to form bump shapes, and skier slipped to mellow them out. We were pretty much making it up as we went along though! The key was decent spacing, further apart than may be obvious, and getting skiers to ride the tops initially instead of carving out pillars.
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@balernoStu, I don't know the process of how they actually built them, but last time I was in early on a bumps day they appeared just to be piles of snow they had dumped with some big chunks in them and little or no shaping - although that improved after they'd been skiied a bit.
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@Tubaski, ah ok, sounds a more 'natural' process. The limitation I had first couple of times was being in only 7-10pm with around 8 skiers/diggers to build and run a training session on before they got flattened at night, so not enough skier traffic to develop naturally.
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You know it makes sense.
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I'll be there before my lessons on Saturday.
There's usually an instructor at the top of the bumps for free tips/advice at hemel.
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Hmm price plus travel time off putting. Maybe this is first year I'll not go to Hemel. Lost customer.
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Poster: A snowHead
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There's usually an instructor at the top of the bumps for free tips/advice at hemel.
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That'll be me on Saturday evening, so if anyone's skiing the bumps then do stop and say hi.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Iski wrote: |
@DrLawn, Inside Out are doing a whole day moguls clinic on the Saturday. I'm going to that.
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Me too! See you there.
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@UkuleleDave, 
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Wow, that's expensive. I'm not sure I could bring myself to pay quite that much per hour considering how much vertical you get.
Is it really a "lift pass"? The last time I went their lifts were really slow, and I don't really need a pass to hike a slope that small.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Hi All, if you pre book it is £38.40 ( 20% off) for 2 hours. Tea coffee free at the bottom of the slope with a coach on hand to offer informal coaching. Come and have some fun : )
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See you all tomorrow. 15 seconds of a perfect ski performance ...... I will take that!
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A bit brutal at 8am! (Sorry can't figure how t rotate the pic)
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| gilleski wrote: |
| Hi All, if you pre book it is £38.40 ( 20% off) for 2 hours. Tea coffee free at the bottom of the slope with a coach on hand to offer informal coaching. Come and have some fun : ) |
You really need to set up your website to make that clear I got as far as the £48 screen and assumed that was after the 20% discount like any other business I.e. that full pay on the day rate was £60. I'm sure you'll be putting people off.
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Still skeptical about bumps in fridges.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| under a new name wrote: |
| Still skeptical about bumps in fridges. |
From what point of view?
I guess the slopes aren't really steep enough would be my main concern, but bumps are better than no bumps, irrespective, no?
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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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@philwig, sort of. Although my philosophy is, "if you can't turn on one bump, how do you ezpect to turn on many", I fear that the fridge bump experience is so far away from the real world that it won't help so much.
And the pitch is so short.
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@Tubaski, wasn't that the angle you took it at though  well done for doing them they looked pretty rough to start with, i was impressed watching you go through them. The instructors were smoothing the ice clumps off which made them look better.
I ended up leaving at 11:30 as it was just manic in there, its like someones turned on the "It's the ski season" switch and billions turned up. Front desk coped well I thought
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You know it makes sense.
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| under a new name wrote: |
| Still skeptical about bumps in fridges. |
As good as skiing bumps in resort, nope, certainly not. Good learning or development opportunity, yup, it sure is.
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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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| rob@rar wrote: |
| under a new name wrote: |
| Still skeptical about bumps in fridges. |
As good as skiing bumps in resort, nope, certainly not. Good learning or development opportunity, yup, it sure is. |
...as well as being a bit of fun, so why not?
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| under a new name wrote: |
| Still skeptical about bumps in fridges. |
FWIW I went to the Leeds Xcape bumps once a month between failing my BASI L2 and passing the resit. It definitely helped me improve my bump skiing.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@PowderAdict, I guess that if you get good flow through them there's something that could be enjoyable, but I assume that people like them because of the challenge rather than because they're actually enjoyable. Personally I only make the choice to do them so I can get a bit better for the times that I need to do them...which doesn't really make a lot of sense.
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I would like moguls in Braehead. Simply so I can practise and hopefully don't look like a tube coming back to base at the end of the day on the real stuff.
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Hi @GlasgowCyclops, did you miss the bumps evening at Braehead last week? (edit: actually it was the week before last) There is talk of another in November. I can keep posted if and when a date is set.
Last edited by Then you can post your own questions or snow reports... on Mon 3-10-16 18:38; edited 1 time in total
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| SnoodyMcFlude wrote: |
| [b]Personally I only make the choice to do them so I can get a bit better for the times that I need to do them...which doesn't really make a lot of sense. |
Actually, that makes a lot of sense to me! Sometimes you can't avoid them anyway so it helps to be able to ski them more effectively, especially if conditions are bad or you're already feeling tired.
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