 Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I'm going to aim for Saturday. Anyone about?
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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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Alans deep bath, yep.
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Alans deep bath, planning to be. 
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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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Alans deep bath, Hoping the weather is ok on sunday as that's the only day i'm off
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Seems beyond my technical capabilities to post this mornings and this evenings webcam shots. Suffice to say this morning the below midstation shot was mostly brown, the last shot before dusk this evening was all white. Skiing back to base tomorrow again?
http://www.winterhighland.info/testcam/mid.jpeg
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From MWIS:
In the longer term, there is evidence that the unseasonal cold will continue for much of the month, with overall snow-melt
in Scotland being very slow, and further fresh snowfalls likely.
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Tomorrow could be all-time
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Alans deep bath, stop rubbing it in that i'm not off until sunday 
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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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Alans deep bath, Your ankle all fixed ? Hope it's a good one. Gutted I'm not going to make it to Scotland this year.
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AndAnotherThing.., unfortunately pinched it playing golf this morning so going to need to sit it out
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You know it makes sense.
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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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There will be a mild thaw next week, but there is a reasonable chance that the top third of Cairngorm will be open until early June once again.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Looks ace up top today... Someone put some turns in for me please!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I'm at a conference in Glasgow next week (Sun-Fri). Are any of the ski centres open during the week in case I can sneak away for a day?
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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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halfhand, The only place that could open is Cairngorm, I think they will stay open as long as enough people go up and weather conditions allow. If thinking of going up it will be best to check their website for up to date information http://www.cairngormmountain.org or their Facebook page, also watch the forecast for winds as that can affect what lifts open.
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Mags2009, Cheers. I won't know if I've got the time until say the day before but I'll take my gear with me just in case.
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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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Amazing stuff, I'm sure Alan (Winterhighland) will set me right but I can't remember it like this at this time of year ever!
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Wow! I think nbt and myself picked the wrong weekend, although we did enjoy ourselves last week.
Have fun everyone who can make it.
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I'll just dump what I put in the other thread in the main forum here as I need my tea, its gone 8.30!
Well don't be to despondent about the Sunday thaw, there's been another 2-3 inches of fresh and plenty of drifting in the past 24 hours with the winds set to moderate overnight and good sunny spells on a largely fine Wednesday for those who can get out to grab some fresh tracks on the 16th of May! First train up scheduled for 10.20am, ticket office, Cas Bar and Ski Hire open at 10am.
^Tasty M1 RaceTrack. Best route via Horizon Road and down Chicken Gully, closest to mid-station.
^Looking up the Ciste Tow between showers on Tuesday. Total cover in the Top Basin and that's a 5ft snow fence up the left side of the tow.
^Upper Cas also loading up with the windblown fresh on Tuesday. Boulderfield and Fiacaill should be sweet too.
Near blanket cover above 3000ft, good till 2700/2800ft, then it thins out quite quickly meaning a short walk is required to regain the Funicular, but you can get level with the M1 queuing area via a combination of Chicken Gully and Zig Zags. A short hoof is a wee price to pay for fresh tracks mid-May and of course no such issues up in the Top Basin or on the upper Cas if the Cas runs. Ciste and Funicular run today and will on Wed, another tow or two if sufficient demand can run from the Ptarmigan, Polar Express, M1 Poma and Coire Cas.
Moderate off-piste on the Ptarmigan Ridge and upper East Lady, also in the Cas Boulderfield. Speak to patrol if thinking about steeper stuff. Coronation Wall and Headwall still looked pretty sketchy stability wise, wind blown accumulations sitting on a thaw/freeze layer.
More Pix: http://www.winterhighland.info/pix/pixalbum.php?pix_id=799
Yet More: http://www.winterhighland.info/publicreports/index.php?50,3038
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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The party continues on CairnGorm Mountain, Thursday 17th set to be the third consecutive Mid May powder day!
^Fresh tracks below the Traverse on Wednesday afternoon.
A further 3inches or so fresh has fallen this evening with snow currently falling on CairnGorm to around Sugar Bowl level, well below the Daylodge.
Full Report: http://www.winterhighland.info/pix/pixalbum.php?pix_id=800
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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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Winterhighland, Btw where is this sugar bow you refer to???
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^ basically the wee carpark on the first hairpin bout half way up the hill road
snowing down to A9 level this morning
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You know it makes sense.
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Given the temperature (5C) and constant rain in Cupar, it must be dumping down up there! I could just get to ski on my birthday without going to a glacier or the southern hemisphere!
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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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Megathaw due next week.
Cairngorm looking unlikely, now, to last into June.
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Poster: A snowHead
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shame, will be a good year for snow patches 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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| will be a good year for snow patches though |
I'll go out on a limb here and completely disagree with you. I've only been out in Scotland once this year, and it was great, but I'm firmly of the belief that the snow there just now is superficial and will no way last through the summer.
Hope I'm wrong though
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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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Think I need higher factor suncream for tomorrow's planned day on the 'Gorm:
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Aviemore was as hot as Madrid this week.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Make the most of this weekend 
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Saturday the last day of the Scotch ski season.
It lasted Dec to Feb and Apr to May.
Probably 100+ skidays for Cairngorm and 50+ for the rest.
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| Whitegold wrote: |
| Aviemore was as hot as Madrid this week. |
Add in the Force 9 hairdrier on Monday night into Tuesday morning, then big thunderstorm and associated downpours in the wee small hours of Thursday and at least 1 meter of level snow has been shifted from the Top Basin since Monday. 
Which is why for all the frustration, the repeated freeze/thaw cycling of winter is what makes Spring on the Scottish Mountains!
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