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Has the Haggis Trap vanished?
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The Haggis Trap, for those who don't know it, is a famous terrain feature of the Glencoe ski area - a wee gorge of terror. But the western Highlands are receiving such a pasting from these Atlantic storms that ... see next posting ...
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Haggis Trap, full up?

The clip is from the Glencoe Snow threat on Winterhighland:
http://www.winterhighland.info/forum/read.php?2,159117,page=6

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This YouTube gives a great impression of the Haggis Trap in better-than-typical conditions ... [60 secs into the video]. The skiers begin from the top of the ski area - top of Main Basin t-bar ...


http://youtube.com/v/LKq1imUZcOw
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Has the Haggis Trap vanished?
I'm hoping to find out this weekend Very Happy.
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OMG! Scoop! Heavy snow fills in terrain feature!!

The most amusing image I hav eseen of the HT is from the '50s where an FIS GS course was run with the line passing straight through the HT and a control gate bang splat in the middle.
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under a new name wrote:
OMG! Scoop! Heavy snow fills in terrain feature!!


Laughing

To be fair, the gullies up there are absolutely loaded with snow. Was commenting when we were up on Saturday that the haggis trap was fuller than even the previous 3 seasons. Might have something to do with the more southerly wind direction dumping more snow on the the northern aspects which have been on the lee side a lot this winter so far.

Comparing it from when I skied it with moffatross at the end of November, it's amazing how much snow accumulates there.
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Would you hazard a guess as to the depth of snow?

I guess we can expect some interesting news from the Ben Nevis corries too.
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I don't ever really remember the haggis trap being that deep when a kid. Mind you I've some pictures from 1984 somewhere with the top tow track so full that the tops of the pylons were at shoulder height and you had to go around them.....
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