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easiski, terrific effort. Love your dedication! 
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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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^^ Yup great report there easiski absolutely spot on, really enjoyed reading it (and I was there too lol) - great memories 
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Nice, a top weekend of MTB action could be had in that area now
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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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lordjohn, Thanks, shame not to see you up there though.
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Cheers easiski!
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mountainaddict, Outrageous!
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My e-mail complaint has winged its way to the Beeb. I have pointed out the innacuracies:
1.'Conditions are not really good for skiing' - Namely that, on any given day between December and April (and often longer), there WILL be sufficient snow for skiing at one or more of the 5 Scottish centres.
2. 'There has only been a limited development of ski areas' - ie five areas with up to 40km of pistes - which is on a par with several smaller Alpine areas.
I have suggested that it would be more correct to say: "Heavy snowfalls on the Scottish mountains mean that skiing is usually available between December and April - and sometimes longer. The UK's maritime climate means that the ski areas can be affected by Atlantic depressions, with high winds being a particular problem."
Here's the original page, which I meant to include earlier:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/world/country_guides/results.shtml?tt=TT003790
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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mountainaddict, let us know what they say when they get back to you.
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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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Sitting in the Sun by the Cas Carpark just now, uploaded a small selection of photos already to Winterhighland. Fantastic afternoon of May riding today on CairnGorm, mostly dry with light Northerly winds and sunny spells expected Sunday - Get up here if you can, summer is long enough!
^Ptarmigan Bowl and the Ptarmigan Tow.
^M1 Poma doing it's thing on Saturday 8th May.
5 Lifts, Funicular, Coire Cas T-bar, Ciste T-bar, Ptarmigan T-bar and the M1 Poma run Sat, same expected Sunday. 1300ft of lift served vertical with a selection of green, blue and red terrain on offer, plus the off-piste steeps of the Coronation Wall, Headwall had some tracks too.
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You know it makes sense.
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Winterhighland
How was it looking on skier numbers? More than Cairngorm's '300 skiers to make it viable' I hope? Hopefully still operational next weekend?
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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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What happens during the week when skiing is supposedly closed. Do they forbid skis on the funicular? How much of that is un-skiable?
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Poster: A snowHead
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they wont stop mid station for you and with no other tows running you would need to walk from the mid station down, the stupid closed policy might also prevent you from getting on the train with skis when the skiing is officially closed but im not 100% sure on that, either way it's a longish walk each lap
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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If the mid-station is actually "mid" it might be simpler to skin up. You'd have to be very keen to do that.
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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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If you're skinning, then why limit yourself to / aim for the ski area? Plenty of snow around still
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| If you're skinning, then why limit yourself to / aim for the ski area? Plenty of snow around still |
So, how is the off-piste holding up - the back gullies etc ?
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snowball, There was masses of snow on all the steeps May Day weekend. Of course I didn't see over the back, but the way into Ciste Merit (phonetic spelling because I can't spell it) looked loaded too. 
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snowball, no idea personally sorry but one day we did bump into a group of tourers - one of them recognised me as a snowheads, and another one asked after you personally. Unfortunately they shot straight off so I didn;t catch any names, but they did say they'd had excellent conditions
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nbt, I think it was me that you spoke to on the Monday. Sorry for keeping the distance between us - the camp facilities in the mountains were a bit basic and i hadn't washed for a few days 
The guy I was touring with skis with Snowball, I believe. I also recalled someone on here wanting to ski Aladdins, I enquired as we might have offered to take them down if they were about. We skied Diagonal Gully, amongst other descents, a few days earlier and the snow was pretty good all the way down to the bottom of Loch Avon. The gully adjacent to Diagonal - i forget its name, towards Coire Domhain, looked skiable down to Loch level as well. Check out the Winterhighland backcountry reports, including ours(!) to check out for snow conditions off the beaten track.
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Fishwins, nice to meet you and thanks for the courtesy
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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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CairnGorm Mountain is primed for the weekend, after a cool week that saw little change in cover mid-mountain and more fresh up Top, it's time to wax your toy(s), chuck them in the car and head for the 'Gorm for the third weekend of May!
Still top to middle riding offering up 1300ft of vertical with a selection of green, blue and red terrain open and lift served, plus the off-piste Coronation Wall - a good portion of which is accessible from a traverse of the Ptarmigan Tow. Terrain Park crew have been working on the Ptarmigan Terrain park all day, should have 2 easy low set box rails for those park newbies, several more difficult rails, a variety of rollers (more on the Ptarmigan Traverse) and 3 huge kickers that were used for the Dawn of the Shred comp.
This was the Ptarmigan Bowl mid-week, full on winter scene:
This is the Ptarmigan Bowl today, looking great for the weekend:
Funicular, Ptarmigan and Ciste Tows definite. Cas Tow should run, M1 Poma uptrack required some work and will need to be assessed each morning, but all being well there should be 5 lifts on offer. Come get some, summer is long enough!
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Fishwins, was your skiing companion Andrew? He mentioned in an e-mail he had met some Snowheads but not skied with them.
It was he who sent me the "Great Scottish photos" on another current thread under "Piste" (I gather he took most of them).
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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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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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Wish I could be there. 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Can i just ask, what is the latest a season has ever gone on at cairngorm. Surely this has to be up there, and still with 280cm on the upper slopes it looks like it could continue, fingers crossed!!!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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He can't remember what yr but my dad has skied the WL on June 1...
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Fishwins, was your skiing companion Andrew?
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Yes - he's not too fussy who he skis with!
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Fishwins, Well, given that he also skis with me I have to agree.
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June 1st, summer skiing in scotland, my god!!!
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Ricklovesthepowder, I think you'll find it's possible to ski every day if you're prepared to hike for a small patch of snow. The White Lady, however would be unusual in June but look at the pic from the weekend!
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Wouldn't mind going up after exams are over.. no way of getting up though! 
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FAQ
. I've never ridden an oil box.....Is it easy and does it increase capacity like a 6 pack?
Looking good for this weekend though. 
