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brian, Chucking it down with snow in Glasgow at the moment so mountains up north must be getting a good covering.
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brian
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Sage, 
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brian
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More good news - Glencoe opens for the season tomorrow at 10am (assuming they can dig the lifts out that quick).
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can anyone get a live cam shot of glencoe. Iv tried on their website but cant open it for some reason. Cheers
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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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I think the live cam is broke I tried it but didnt get anything.
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The live cam is broke - or at least the router is. Check on Winterhighland ( www.winterhighland.info ) for the latest pictures from the slopes.
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looks like deserted pistes and freshies at Nevis!!
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Turns out my Geography aint too hot, I thought Glenshee was the closest resort to me but its actually Glencoe and then Nevis............ Its only 80miles away. Undecided to go to Glencoe or drive right on and head to Nevis.
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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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The last couple of years there has usually been one or two weekends where Scotland has been as good as anywhere in the Alps. Last year Glencoe had the best conditions in Europe for a short while
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You know it makes sense.
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^ oh I know, I was up in March last year and conditions were superb - was in Deux Alpes in April so missed more of the same in Scotland, but caught it in May, but the perceptilon of a lot of people seems to be that it's highly marginal and not nearly as good as the Alps. This year rather gives the lie to that in as far as there's been skiing in Scotland for longer than many alpine resorts - Cairngorm being open since early December/late November. Whilst many people bemoan the lack of snowfall in the Alps and elsewhere on other threads it's plain to see that Scotland is getting pretty good conditions, after all what other European country will be able to say this weekend that *all* of it's ski areas are open?
Strikes me we need to keep on reminding people of these facts as they bemoan poor conditions elsewhere and it might actually help to give a much needed boost to the Scottish ski industry.
And just wait until the gulf stream switches off... ! 
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John Heaton
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roga, And just wait until the gulf stream switches off... !
Thats a chilling thought. Not sure we should wish too hard for that!
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Poster: A snowHead
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| John Heaton wrote: |
roga, And just wait until the gulf stream switches off... !
Thats a chilling thought. Not sure we should wish too hard for that! |
Very chilling!
True, it could have some pretty awful consequences but the thing about this climate change is anything could be on the cards, from the skiing POV it could actually get colder with more snow here eventually!
Anyway, getting back on topic - how was it today? Looks like it's prety decent from the webcams etc.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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roga, I think the peeps who are doing all the moaning, just like putting others off - they (sadly), don't actually want to help themselves. I heard the phrase "designer skiing" mentioned last week (in derogatory tones of course!)
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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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A photo from Glencoe:
Continuing snow showers to varying degrees across the areas on Sunday. Go to www.winterhighland.info for more photos, there are lots from Glenshee, Glencoe and Nevis from Sunday in the Public Reports section of the site.
Interestingly quite a lot of people seem to have travelled a fair way to get to Glencoe today, including people who hadn't skied in Scotland for years. Busiest day for a number of years at Glencoe.
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I was up at Glencoe yesterday and it was very bussy with Q's. That was the first time I have ever been there. There was plenty of snow and me and my mates had a great day would love to try check out more Scottish ski resorts before I head out to Andorra on Sunday.
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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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Apparently there's 8 inches of fresh at Cairngorm today and The Lecht is currently in the middle of a blizzard!
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| roga, I think the peeps who are doing all the moaning, just like putting others off - they (sadly), don't actually want to help themselves. I heard the phrase "designer skiing" mentioned last week (in derogatory tones of course!) |
Designer skiing eh, well they'll definitely only be interested in the Alps, snow or no snow
I think you're right though, there are some people who get off on moaning and there are resorts like Deux Alpes that have plenty of snow (as you know), it's the low level ones that seem pretty abysmal though and they're the majority - Les Gets, where we were at Xmas is now apparently closed as a result of what snow there was being washed away. Realistically the picture isn't good in many places but seems average or above higher up.
However, Scotland seems to be doing really well at the moment so I think we should contnue spreading the word
BTW Winterhighland, fantastic piccy there.
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brian
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brian, looks like i should get the skis in the car this weekend. If only..........................
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Helen Beaumont, You're close enough - do it!
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nevis range for us this weekend  )
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easiski, I am very tempted too!
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Very tempting, early dart friday, drive up, ski early saturday 
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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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Very tempting indeed, those pics look great! Google maps reckons it's 387 miles for me which it reckons is a 9 hour drive... hmmm...
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brian
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If you are tempted, then at this stage Saturday looks a better bet than Sunday but both days should be skiable.
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You know it makes sense.
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Not been before - is there anywhere there to hire skis from?
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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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Ignore that, found it now.
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Poster: A snowHead
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I'm going to miss this weekend - off to Ruhpolding for a bit of xc racing. At least they've finally got some snow by the look of the webcams. Would be really galling to fly to mainland Europe with no snow leaving the best Scottish snow of the season so far behind. Did manage a bit of training in the Clash over the weekend though. Conditions in the Clash are pretty good with decent snow on all the tracks. May get pisted before the weekend (with a bit of luck). Hopefully it remains reasonably cold whilst I'm away.
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Wed 24-01-07 9:44; edited 1 time in total
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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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out of interest, what is the longest run in Scotland in good conditions? And if anyone knows the biggest verticle decent?
Thanks
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brian
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davejsy,
Nevis top to bottom is around 2000 feet of vertical.
In near miracle conditions when you can ski back to the Glencoe car park (very rare) then it has 2500 feet, but 1400 feet is the Coe's usual max.
Cairngorm is around 1600 feet from top of Ptarmigan to Cas car park.
Glenshee has Glas Maol, I'm guessing around 1400 feet. Edit: revise that down to about 1100 feet, just looked at a map, doesn't go as low as I thought.
Harrier at the Lecht is about 700 feet or so.
In terms of length I'm not sure but I reckon off the Nevis summit into the back coire and back to the restaurant must be about 2 miles or so.
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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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brian,
Can you ski to the bottom of the gondola at Nevis Range at the moment?
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brian
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Liam, no, and I've never seen anyone try that ! If you did though, it would increase the vertical to about 3700 feet
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brian, interesting, much more than I imagined.
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Using the new footpath from Coire Cas down to Loch Morlich, 2,700' should be possible at Cairngorm !
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Top to Carpark was done at Nevis Range last winter utlizing the downhill track for a bit then forest roads. People were doing the Access Run at Glencoe on Wednesday though the bottom third was really patchy - one member of Glencoe staff made it to the bottom though without removing skis by getting air over the breaks!!
Higher up for the more sane (from the top of the Access Chair) upwards there is great sport for all abilities at Glencoe. The upper mountain and Thrombosis, Canyon and the Wall on the mid-mountain are just loaded.
Lots more photos from Wed: http://www.winterhighland.info/2006/pix/pixalbum.php?pix_id=286
Plus yet more at: http://www.highland-instinct.co.uk/gallery/gc/winter200607/07jan24/?g2_page=1
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Nevis are planning to spin the Braveheart this weekend if the weather plays ball, see my post in 'The Piste' for more.
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