 Poster: A snowHead
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Look on the bright side, having learnt to ski in Scotland you should be able to ski like a God everywhere else 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Nice morning at Glencoe today. Started bright and cold, main basin well pisted as was happy valley. Wind increased and clagged in by lunch but nice to be out. New cafe being handed over on Fri and will be fitted out/opening soon, looks ace. New chair still minus chairs so no idea what’s with that. A bit more snow and it will be great.
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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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| New chair still minus chairs so no idea what’s with that |
The lift is apparently good to go but is waiting for a Department of Transport inspector - which has been the case since January 
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Yeah I knew it was due to be certified but not sure why it had not happened.
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@Ionizingskin, Well if you can only manage sunnyside I am not so sure you have much opinion.
Lots and lots of very challenging skiing in Scotland, some of it as challenging as anywhere. You are doing nothing more than displaying your ignorance.
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@zikomo, Lets face it, if you are learning, you could do a lot worse than the easy slopes of Sunnyside.
I would wager he has never even been here, just doubling down on his stupidity.
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Troll account will be spamming a skin product shortly no doubt
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| Ah yes it's so steep I do believe that sunnyside at glenshee is widely regarded as second only to kitzbuhel in terms of downhill course notoriety |
I don't recall anyone referring to Sunnyside as steep 
Let's be 'aving you then Ionizingskin...Pray tell where you normally ski.
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Sounds like one of those sort of skiers who’ve had their egos bruised on the side of a not particularly steep Scottish mountain.
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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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You know it makes sense.
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A season pass at Glenshee is worth a decade in the Alps. And still hugely
look forward to Scottish turns.
To be fair it’s looking fine over the weekend. Esp Sunday. I’ll be there with my rock bashers adorned with my SN stickers
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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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Between the Spittal and Glenshee ski area, is some decrepit infrastructure from a set of ski lifts that were installed by the Dundee Ski Club about 70 years ago IIRC. Me and Haggis_Trap enjoyed a ski tour there one November many years ago, where I caught this wee fella on camera under the platform of one of the old T-Bar base stations.
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Poster: A snowHead
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We should give credence to our east coast American cousins. The only other place I have experienced windblow like Scotland. Sheer blue ice at the top of every lift. My kids negotiated the splawed holiday skiers with aplomb and enjoyed the better snow below. Noticed by locals and got a load of free guiding by local instructors as a result!
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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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Actually the surface conditions in Scotland have improved a lot for skiing over the last 30 years. The increase in temperature has made boiler plate ice less common and that is reflected in the parallel decline in good ice climbing conditions. The difference between snow and rain has become even more marginal than it was but the upside is perhaps heavier and denser snowfall with less icing and scouring. I think it’s a while since Glencoe or Cairngorm have been totally iced up ?
This looks like the weekend for great weather 
http://www.winterhighland.info/snowreports/index.php?resort=gs
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@moffatross, great shot!
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@Alastair Pink, That's not a bad price for the transfer. Pretty much comparable to the cost of driving from Glasgow, without the hassle.
If that could be tied in with a reasonably priced sleeper train to Glasgow, would be well worth considering a weekend trip next season. 
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I could not believe the car parks weren't full at Glencoe and Glenshee yesterday  Most incredible day with alright conditions and yet not full. Bizarre.
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@orange, It's always like that following a disaster on the first weekend of decent snow!
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I could vaguely understand Glenshee but not Glencoe, it was the same.
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| I could vaguely understand Glenshee but not Glencoe, it was the same. |
There was suddenly more carparking before the weekend just gone at Glencoe with the builders compound fencing taken down, so even the same number of vehicles wont have felt as busy. However there is currently no catering and very limited toilets at the base, so that will have deterred at least some. The Plateau Cafe is a riot on a moderately busy weekend day with plenty of people downloading to the base for lunch, it's beyond a madhouse when it is the only thing available.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| moffatross wrote: |
| Forget steep, coz there's nothing lift-served at Glenshee that is actually steep. |
Or Glencoe or Nevis Range.
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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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| DirtSki wrote: |
| moffatross wrote: |
| Forget steep, coz there's nothing lift-served at Glenshee that is actually steep. |
Or Glencoe or Nevis Range. |
Kudos. Another skiing God who's registered just to post this, or just forgotten their login password for 'Gael Force' or 'nevis1003', and someone so awesome that they get seconds of air whenever they drop into Spikes or Easy Gully, or straightline backwards down the Flypaper with their ski boots undone.
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@Alastair Pink, ellis brigham's site states the shuttle bus has finished for the season. Glenshee say it will operate every weekend (weather permitting) Jan - April.
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You know it makes sense.
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The EB shuttle seems to have been pulled - the Glencoe one at least was getting some traction (pardon the pun), so a bit unfortunate given the publicity about it. However from what I've heard about clubs and others trying to do this, lack of flexibility by coach companies basically makes it impossible for a third party to do it. So it would need to be taken on by the respective ski area who can basically subsidise the coach with lift passes as a way of making some extra parking spaces available!
However you can get to Glencoe by Citylink, it departs Buchanan Street Bus Station in Glasgow at 6.45am and arrives at the Glencoe road end at 8.55am. It's a 10-15minute walk to the Access Chair, but at that time of day a reasonable chance of picking up a lift up the access road. Going South though, unless you leave early there isn't a bus till 8pm at present - will be fine once the base cafe is open. By early April there is usually an increase in service frequency both ways.
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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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I can confirm we always pick up as many as will fit in the car on the way to Glencoe (if we are running late enough) and most people do so you will almost always get a lift from the bus stop.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Bit of a waste stopping the EB shuttle just after it got some publicity.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Probably looks terrible on the webcam but the snow is really good and well pisted.
I enjoyed today. Easily managed 35 runs, 20 miles of skiing and 17,000 feet of vertical. No queues at all. I had Sunnyside to myself for the first 5 runs. The Cairnwell Slalom run is fence to fence and has been pisted perfectly. Tomorrow evening looks wet but Saturday could be Ok.
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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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Good weekend at Glencoe Still plenty of snow in all the right places and most runs are complete. Despite the rain the snow is really good and takes a ski easily. Even had a couple of inches fresh snow on the upper mountain last night. Visibility improved this afternoon. No queues and lots of challenging sport available. Should be good for a while yet. Wind looks ok this week.
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@kitenski, looks lovely.
Currently laid low with a bug but hoping for a good midweek day there next week fingers crossed !
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And I guess you didn't rejoin the lift queue for another lap either 
