 Poster: A snowHead
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MoodyFFS, when are you up there until?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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it looks absolutely superb up there today - fresh all over and really sunny! Take a look at the photos and webcam shots on the Cairngorm home page ...
I expect andytb will be along later to tell us all about it ... I'm not jealous though 
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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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Ricklovesthepowder, only until Tuesday... but looks like I'm gunna get the best of it 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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"soo... take a sicky" 
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I'm considering tomorrow but not sure if I can face the drive.
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I have next Friday (4th feb) off work to go for a birthday ski 
anyone else skiing that day?
going to either Cairngorm or Nevis (only Scottish resort i've not been to yet).
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If the snow is good head to Nevis but if conditions remain as they are then it looks like Cairngorm would be the pick of the bunch.
If the snow is good I'll definitely be at Nevis or Glencoe.
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| scotia wrote: |
| I'm considering tomorrow but not sure if I can face the drive. |
face the drive? How far in Aviemore from Glasgow, 2 hours? 
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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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Ricklovesthepowder, I'm about an hour and a half from Glencoe. Maybe two and a half from Aviemore if the roads are OK.
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scotia, its a no brainer then lol. i would be out there if i could be!
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You know it makes sense.
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Ricklovesthepowder, on all 4 of my days off every week? The money would run out very quickly at that pace
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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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scotia, tent and campstove? You will be fine lol.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Serious wiggles from 5th Feb onwards....
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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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andytb, right click on the Facebook photo and 'copy image url' or 'copy image address' them put that URL between the image tags.
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There are some mammoth photos coming out of Scotland recently.
If the snow remains good in H1 April, we will be headed again to Nevis and Glencoe
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Some amazing photos in there! Looking amazing, the one of Loch Morloch frozen in the background is stunning. Looking at the current GFS run it looks quite a bit of precipitation in the forst week on Feb, fingers crossed!!!
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When is the Scottish half term? I heard the dude in the video mention it....
andytb, excellent photos... 9 more sleep! 
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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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MoodyFFS, that's a bit of a complicated question, some places have a full week I think whilst others only have a couple of days, the Highland dates are Monday 14th and Tuesday 15th Feb so the weekend before will likely be busy and then the following weekend it's the start of the English half-term so probs busy too as the weekend after may well be too.
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Poster: A snowHead
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MoodyFFS, most areas of Scotland have a long weekend mid Feb rather than a full half term holiday. Edinburgh City though has the full week. Local to the Ski Areas the schools are on a long weekend including Mon 14th and Tues 15th Feb, but some parts of Highland are off the full week this year - usually it's Fri to Tues.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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i am booked in the cottage we have rented from Tues 8th until the morning on Sat 12th we couldnt extend it by an extra night as the owners said that this weekend is the start of the school holidays so i pressume they break up on Friday 11th Feb.
roga, it looks great again now, i always had faith, honest
Winterhighland, that top picture of the frozen Loch in the background is stunning, looks very Canadian. In the second picture you say that it is the first picture reversed so looking towards the mountains, to give me a scale and get my bearings etc where abouts is the skiing etc. Cheers.
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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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Fantastic photos - seven days at Cairngorm so far this season and had wind , cloud or bad viz every time , really jealous but so good for the Scottish Ski scene.
Ricklovesthepowder, the ski area is below and to the left of the highest peak on the left side of the photo
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Scot_Ski, thanks, is that the funicular i can see very faintly?
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Really shows how where the photographs are being taken from can really tell a different story.
Seems to me that it would be worth investing the money in positioning the webcams in better places if it would encourage more people to visit?
Could be some snowy weather on the way in February, but pretty windy too...
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that's just half the lift served area - the infrastructure you can see there is in Coire Cas, the next one over (to lookers left in the photo) is Coire na Ciste, where is home to the top beginners bowls and the lift served steeper stuff further down the Coire into the Ciste Gulley, East and West Walls
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| nozawaonsen wrote: |
Really shows how where the photographs are being taken from can really tell a different story.
Seems to me that it would be worth investing the money in positioning the webcams in better places if it would encourage more people to visit? |
I agree but the Cairngorm ones are actually better placed than some of the others, Nevis Range in particular is very poor indeed and shows little but often bare lower slopes rather than the more snow sure upper slopes.
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| Could be some snowy weather on the way in February, but pretty windy too... |
FI I presume but when in Feb, before half-term?
barry, and the best side of the mountain IMHO 
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roga, thanks for that, makes it a lot clearer!!! I have been to cairngorm once for about 30 minutes before we got evacuated, yes evacuated lol! i got the train to the top, stepped outside into what i can only describe as a sheer whiteout and horrendously cold temps. i skied about 40 metres then got to a poma i think then the lift attendants we going mad and urging everyone to get inside asap and to get down the mountain. The wind was filling in the train track and the access road was being blown in with snow and wind, it was a pretty bad experience to say the least, one i will never forget though! The only bit of the road i can remember is the Hilton hotel and the bit where the access gates are, the rest i was to busy trying to stay on the road!
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FAQ
could email a couple to ya to put up on my behalf? 
