 Poster: A snowHead
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No probs glasgowcyclops, i usually head up with my brother or dad but i'll let you know if i'm struggling incase your heading up
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Day 6 (can't believe it's not even midwinter's day yet) of season 10/11 was at the Gorm. Bitter cold, poor light & a mixture of powder, neve & windscoured ice made for combat skiing at times but lots of fun to be had nevertheless. Fresh snow from Pitlochry through to Glasgow made the journey home to Moffat extra long but it was well worth it.
Report & photos here ... http://www.winterhighland.info/publicreports/index.php?50,2442
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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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moffatross, worth the trip? I'm thinking about Tuesday->Thursday...
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Definitely. The top runs are icy but from the top of the Traverse track to the base station there is plenty of soft snow with only the odd icy patch. I didn't give White Lady and the M1 a go today due to the ski patrol report but the Cas side (admittedly only blues and greens) was great.
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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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scotia, I had skins in pack & other odds & ends as we had intended doing some touring but cloud to 800 metres all day meant staying in-bounds or using a compass & one of my nine lives. Ciste Gully was magic & we had it virtually to ourselves all day with no queues at all for WW Poma. Best way off the hill was via Daylodge & to skiers left at bottom. Had a look over Cas side but it was much, much busier & even under the Cas/Coronation headwall it was scoured & icy.
Definitely worth the trip & with better visibility & fresh snow cover that should have improved the top runs & icy patches mentioned by Snow Time, you will be a lucky so-and-so 
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Tomorrow or Wednesday for better conditions at Cairngorm or Glenshee? 
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Anybody know what it's like at Nevis? We're hoping to get a day there next week.
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lml82, will be up either tomorrow or Thursday so I'll let you know.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Just been told by a friend who was up at Glenshee today that there was fresh snow to bad all over the hill.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Awesome day today at Cairngorm, fresh snow all over the mountan, very cold and sun in the sky - positively alpine to be honest!
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Me and my brother will be heading to Glenshee so hopefully we get a little fall of fresh overnight and we can have some fresh tracks in the morning
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You know it makes sense.
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Yet another fantastic day here in Aviemore/Cairngorm - great windblown power on most runs (a few a bit hard underneath but hey it's Scotland), very cold (-19 when I got in the car this morning), no wind and bluebird.
Worth getting up here if you can guys - a mate of mine in Portes de Soleil reckons it's way better than over there at the moment!
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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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Glenshee was pretty good aswell some really nice powdery stuff to be found
Had to keep reminding myself it's not even christmas yet
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Poster: A snowHead
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Glencoe Mountain Resort will open tomorrow, meaning all five Scottish Resorts will open before Xmas, a pretty rare occurrence! Hire is open too, the slopes up top are in good condition but due to the thin cover lower down its not advisable for beginners at present.
Lift passes only £25! (normally £30)
Also open Xmas Eve and Boxing day so come along for a festive Ski or Board!
Santa suits welcome!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Good to see Glencoe opening early again this year.
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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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Whitegold, isn't it 
It will definitely be hard to drive past on the way to Nevis.
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Skied Nevis today and it's well worth the £20. A mix of soft snow and some more grippy bits but in great condition for this early in the year.
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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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Cairngorm was good today and fairly quiet too. There are some hard and icy patches, particularly at the top and bottom of White Lady and either edge of the Cas. The Ciste side was pretty good with only the odd icy patch in the Ciste Gully and No 1 Gully (No 2 was closed due to ice) but the West Wall route to the poma was a bit special!
Another 6 inches of snow would be perfect to freshen the runs up a bit but there's still a fair amount of good skiing and boarding available, including East Wall of Lady which is still relatively untracked.
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Hi Everyone. Heading up north today and going to cairngorm or lecht on the 26th-28th
Anyone heading up say hello.
Rossi zenith 10's
red Haglofs jacket or brown moah
black columbia trousers
black demon helmet
red Lange boots
Ca,r silver P reg volvo s70 saloon
Anyone on their own fancies a coffee etc (rather than eating on their own) post here. Wife is going but wont be skiing this year.
cheers
bob
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Glenshee still has a good lot of snow on the runs - some "powder" (more wind drifted hardpack) off to the sides - and wee bits of boiler plate here and there to catch out the unwary. Glas Maol side had a cloud cover and so the light was quite flat. Cairnwell side was in sunshine, and had the best of the skiing.
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Massively enhanced bus service for CairnGorm Mountain during the holiday period, first bus up from Dalfaber will be at 6.35am then every 20minutes thereafter till 10.15am, then hourly till mid afternoon. Back down the buses are hourly from 11am after the morning shuttle goes to hourly through till 4pm, then more frequent till 5.10pm, last bus at 6.10pm from the Daylodge.
Full timetable here: http://www.cairngormmountain.co.uk/media/Festive_Bus_Timetable.pdf
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Damn looks like whiteout tomorrow at CG.
Anyonre know if the lecht may be better?
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not going to Cairngorm now... weather looks abysmal and getting worse through the day. save it for another day i think.
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Anyone know what the real forecast is.. The BBC said it was gong to be okay but the chap at Aviemore ski rental said it was a whitepout with 70mph winds.
Cheers
Bob
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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looks like sustained 40mph winds with 75-80 gusts from around noon. probably not good visibility before that. heavy snow in the afternoon.
that's what i take from various forecasts/advisories etc.
don't look at the Aviemore forecast and expect the same up in the mountains.
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You know it makes sense.
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Off to the lecht again since CG say they are still reviewing the situation.
Say hellow if you are there...
from the top
Sundown goggles
black demon helmet
red haglofs jacket
black columbio trousers
red lange boots
blackish rossi zenith10 skis
car volvo s70 p reg
cheers
bob
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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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Had a good time at Cairngorm today, think the funicular was on hold for a while but they had some runs open earlier. The wind dropped and the snow was good but still those icy areas to avoid, visibility was generally good despite the clouds.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Cairngorm today, blooming windy today and all lesons cancelled so went down - skied in silly conditions before and IMHO it's not worth it, funny thing is today was probably the first time in at least two seasons it's not been worth it, not bad really! the upside was there was fresh falling from the Cas car park up when I was there and later in the afternoon the skies cleared and there was a bit of sun - the hill looked really rather good!
The next few days are looking pretty good if the forecast is right although the temps are set to rise above zero at times but towards the weekend I believe temps could fall again so all looking pretty good for anyone thinking of a trip.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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Do Scottish people ski? Or was the subtitle machine broken? 
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The clag that stubbornly refused to shift at Glenshee threatened to spill over the Plateau edge but never quite made it and for the most part it was a glorious day on CairnGorm on Wednesday, it was forecast to have the better overhead, but it turned out even better than forecast.
On the slopes at CairnGorm all runs to the Cas Carpark are complete so full top to bottom riding and all 11 of the available lifts were open Wed and scheduled Thursday. Snow remained firm in the Top Basin, softening just a little below. Lower mountain the snow was loose and granular, not quite true spring snow but skiing very nicely.
^Daylodge Poma which is always a good bolt hole when things get a little too hectic elsewhere during the holidays. Once it softened there were some fun lines in the Daylodge Glades, with some big windlips and drifts to play on.
^White Lady living up to it's name with loose granular snow on a firm base giving good riding.
^The Last Run, heading down the Ciste Fairway to the M2/Daylodge.
More Pix: http://www.winterhighland.info/pix/pixalbum.php?pix_id=674
Plus: http://www.winterhighland.info/publicreports/index.php?50,2472
With Christmas past and enthusiasm for the Boxing Day sales over, there's the traditional ratcheting up of numbers as we head towards Hogmanay, so if your heading to Glenshee or CairnGorm and want to be near the top of the Carparks - you'll have to be an early bird, esp if you want to hire equipment at either. CairnGorm's hire was pretty much emptied today, so if your not an early bird the advise is hire before you get to the mountain. There are outlets in Aviemore itself, on the Ski Road (where Ski Road Skis used to be) and at Glenmore.
During the holidays there's buses every 20mins from Aviemore in the mornings from 6.35am.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Winterhighland, that looks absolutely brilliant & what a contrast to the unremitting clag here today. I wish I could have been there instead.
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I'm thinking of booking some accommodation in Aviemore next weekend and skiing a day in Cairngorm and Glenshee (or wherever is looking best). Given the current snow conditions is there a good chance that there'll still be something worth skiing on next weekend?
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Yes
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Glenshee is basking in winter sunshine, but the clag is starting to come back in at the top of CairnGorm ahead of a cold front that will sweep down overnight. It's going to be a good deal colder for New Years Day with the freeezing level back to pretty much sea level, some snow showers perhaps for the Northern Cairngorms over the weekend. Could be a fair dump at the start of the week from a storm passing over or just North of Scotland, detail needs to firm up a bit though.
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Glenshee was windy, with sheets of boilerplate this morning, interspersed here and there with sheet ice; elsewhere with patches of wind blown snow. Apparently it rained last night then froze, then there have been some snow flurries. A few folk seemed to be having trouble getting up the last bit of the hill from the Blairgowrie side - saw a Volvo stopped while the driver fitted snow sox on the front wheels - I thought Volvo were rear wheel drive - have they converted to FWD (or is this just me showing my age !)?
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