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| barry wrote: |
| mountainaddict, Coire Laogh Mór (the valley of the big coo)! A nice run, with a few interesting variations possible into either coire |
Big Corrie of the Calf I think.
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^ same difference? dont think there's an English word "corrie" though? and the "big" refers to Laogh not Coire (else it'd be Coire Mor na Laogh (ish)). Think Coire can be field or valley (next door Coire na Ciste is the valley of the coffin - cracking name and must be an interesting story! Ciste Meairead further up the hill (Mairead's coffin!)
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Cheers barry! We Sassenachs struggle with the pronunciations so may well now just refer to those areas as the cow run etc! Is Mairead Gaelic for Mary (or other name)?? If so, we'll look forward to doing Mary's coffin  ....
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Pretty sure the Mor referes to the coire not the calves in question, the one next door being Coire Laogh Beag, the small coire of the calves? Regards use of 'corrie' in English, was told in School that in Standard Scottish English it's coire for single and corries for plural.
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proper Gaelic would be the opposite - coire beag = small coire, laogh beag = babba coo (so when literally translated its coire small and calf small), could well be different in the ripped aff version  . Like taking the e out of our whiskey!
do you know of any published history / origins of some of the names? some of them evoke thoughts of wild stories behind the names and other are simply a little curious (Lurcher's Gully, Chalamain Gap, Hells Lum - though I think I can work that one out!). Any of Adam Watsons publications get into it?
interesting stuff, makes a tour more enjoyable to consider it when travelling through or just past
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mountainaddict, more contention I'm afraid. I think in Scotland, typically it would be My-red, whereas in Irish it's be more like ma-reyad. The two languages are very similar (and funnily enough accents compare to each other too, west coast Scots Gaelic accent is uncannily like west coast Ireland), but pronounciation definitely one of the big differences.
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Any Scottish weather experts care to speculate if there will be a window of opportunity early next week for a slide, after what I am hoping is some fresh snow over the coming days.....Preference of ski areas are Glencoe, Nevis and 'Gorm....
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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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Today's SCGB snow report ...
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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moffatross, looks brilliant. Those snow depths look good as well!
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Poster: A snowHead
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moffatross, surprised at the amount of recent snow, didn't expect more than 10, a nice surprise, planning on going to CG tomorrow and as Winterhighland is down I'm stuck on here for conditions.
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Planning my easter hols now 
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| moffatross wrote: |
Ricklovesthepowder, it's shaping up to be yet another good season but as interest dwindles, some of the operators will likely revert to weekends only soon.  |
Noooooooooo, although I was really suprised at how quiet Glenshee was yesterday for the conditions.
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Leave some for me, can't get there till Easter weekend 
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Cairngorm was excellent today, cloudy and snow to start with but cleared for a while during the day, it started snowing heavily just after I took this photo about 4pm and was still snowing when we left about 30 minutes later.
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Glenshee sunshine today
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My eyes hurt, I can't get there any quicker
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Quite simply superb right now, absolutely epic with fresh snow on an already extensive base - once again spring delivers in Scotland with a cold and snowy outlook!
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I just dont get it either, up here you get great snow conditions, blue sky, a real choice of runs from narrow and natural to full on alpine spec motorway. Mid week you can lap it up mostly to yourself or a half a dozen others. Every area has some big wide pisted runs in great nick as well as their own unique specialities in condition as well.
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Poster: A snowHead
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mountainaddict, oldagedpredator, I've always put it down to the difference between 'holidaymakers who ski/board' and 'skiers/boarders' if you get my drift. There are some who wouldn't be seen dead on a Scottish mountain no matter what conditions were like but then maybe we/I wouldn't really want to be seen dead on the same mountain as them!
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Their loss eh  ? |
Yup and perhaps our gain!
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Just by way of an addendum to the above I was on a tow with a chap from an Aberdeenshire seaside town not a million miles away from Aviemore the other day and he commented that it was his first day skiing this season. Being slightly flabbergasted I asked him why, thinking it might be work or circumstance related, he replied that he tends to think that if there's no snow where he lives there's no skiing so he only comes when he sees snow. I suggested that webcams and forums might be a better way to work out how much snow there is in the mountains rather than looking out the window by the sea, he just shrugged and suggested that it was unusual anyway to have good snow at this time of year in Scotland ... he shrugged again when I put him right on that one too and said "oh, I see, I never knew that!" and we ended our ride up the tow on that comment.
The moral I guess is if even relative locals can express this level of ignorance about the Scottish hills it's unsurprising that those further afield might be a trice unaware of what Scotland has to offer and even wary having heard the usual horror stories from those others who put their lack of research, flexibility in booking or even skill down to Scottish skiing being invariably bad.
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Heading to Heathrow now - see you tomorrow folks 
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Alans deep bath, you coming up? Where you headed?
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roga, thinking Glencoe or Nevis. Are you around?
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| Alans deep bath wrote: |
| roga, thinking Glencoe or Nevis. Are you around? |
I'm at Cairngorm and committed to work this weekend so I won't be around the west, some great pics coming out though so you'll have a ball!
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FAQ
). They're all usualy along the very obvious ridge that runs along the right hand side so easy enough not to end up in one of the sitting rooms!)
Today at the mighty one 
recently who had never skied in Scotland and - despite my full-on enthusiastic sales pitch ('They've got bluebird conditions at the moment....every lift and run are open') - 'Just don't fancy it....'
