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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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brian, People were skiing them yesterday.
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II, 
I see from the trips thread you're going on Thursday. Would be grateful for a further report, particularly interested in if you can ski the whole way back round and if there's any chance (not much I would think) that they could run the braveheart ?
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Skied in Cairn Gorm yesterday. Poor visibility at start of day but by 11am clear blue sky. White Lady unpisted and limited cover, M1, Gunbarrel, Ptarmigan Bowl all fine. Left hand side of CisteFairway only due to low snow depth on rest of piste. Mid station only although saw a few trying to ski to base station. Very quiet so a good day out had by all but more snow needed.
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brian
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Glencoe are to open on Friday. That completes the full house, all 5 centres open in the 1st half of January. It's just like the good old days 
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this is all really good news! roga, have a fab time. brian, Tell him happy birthday from me - is that 7 now? or only 6?
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Any idea how many tickets Glenshee sells on a good day?
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brian
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easiski, will do. He's just turned 7.
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They had 1,200 on Sat and 2,000 on Sun - car park was full on Sun.
I think the all time record was about 10,000 people one Sunday the early 1980s but 4,000-5,000 was probably more typical at weekends in the 80s.
Queues on Sunday not bad at all - some lifts had no queues.
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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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| johnboy wrote: |
| Any idea how many tickets Glenshee sells on a good day? |
According to figures in the local press Glenshee had 1,200 up on Saturday and 2,000 on Sunday, I presume these figures are based on ticket sales.
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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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Am sure I just heard Mr weatherman say 30cm of snow coming in Scotland, was only half-listening though, is that right?
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Poster: A snowHead
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| jonm wrote: |
| Am sure I just heard Mr weatherman say 30cm of snow coming in Scotland, was only half-listening though, is that right? |
Certainly a storm comming in tonight lets just see what we get
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Yeah, they did say 30cm...
Serious winds as well though. Could drift the snow to over a metre in places and could also blast it away to almost nothing in places as well!
Only time will tell.
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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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| shoogly wrote: |
| Yeah, they did say 30cm... |
Apparently they're now confirming that something like 30cm fell and there's more on the way! Gale force winds at the moment though so goodness knows what the hills will look like by the time it clears - a lot of drifting I suspect but with all the snow fences and gullies collecting drifted snow it'll hopefully fill things up nicely. It's a very different pattern to what you get in the Alps!
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From skiscotland:
Wednesday: CAIRNGORM MOUNTAIN CLOSED - STORM BOUND. The wind is currently 140mph at the tunnel mouth.
That will be a bit windy then 
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140mph! 
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There was new snow down to 200m in the Pentlands south of Edinburgh this morning. Ski areas currently digging themselves out following todays snow and wind. Heaps of new snow showing on the web cams which aren't covered by snow.
Forecast is for light winds and sunshine on Fri/Sat followed by lots more snow, with freezing level well below the ski areas.
http://www.mwis.org.uk/
Bring on the weekend
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How late does the ski season in Scotland last (weather permitting)?
Is mid march asking too much-we'll be over before easter for a week.
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There's usually snow well into April sometimes longer, the season before last Cairngorm closed in the second week IIRC of May.
In fact usually the best months are March/April so you should be safe unless there's a serious thaw between now and then.
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roga, this is Scotland, there's bound to be a serious thaw between now and then. 
... but hopefully lots more snow too. Mid-March is about as snow sure as it gets here and the centres have shut in late April/May due to lack of demand rather than lack of snow on more than one occasion.
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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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II, I thought you meant you were really going!
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brian
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II, wow ! The gully looks nearly flat in your pic That is a serious depth of snow in there (tens of feet?)
Are the chair runs complete ? Any word from round the back ?
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brian, Chair runs are definatly complete there is full snow cover for at least 100m vertical below the bottom of the chair.
It was Summit gully that was being skiied on Monday. There is loads of snow over the back and as the snow level is 400-500m skiing back round shouldn't be a problem Avi risk is the only thing to consider.
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II, thanks !
Are you going tomorrow ?
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brian, don't know yet?
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II, me and my car sharer have settled on Glenshee since we don't think we'll get away too early (both of us have morning child duties).
Doesn't look like they'll get Glas Maol open but can't wait to get in some Tiger action, haven't been on it for a few years
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Went to Aviemore again yesterday when all the upper runs open with great snow and could easily ski to Base station which was good because both the Poma and T Bar next to M1 were both out of action. This meant only way up the mountain was using the train from base or mid stations. Hope they get these working for the weekend. East and West Walls, Ryvoan, Bynack all closed.
Started snowing again by mid afternon and when we left it looked like today and the weekend will be fantastic.
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[quote="brian" Mid-March is about as snow sure as it gets here and the centres have shut in late April/May due to lack of demand rather than lack of snow on more than one occasion.[/quote]
Thats excellent news, hopefully we'll get a couple of days in then, weather depending of course. Thanks.
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