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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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Haggis trap looks almost skiable.
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WOAH
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I said almost 
And I never said it was skiable by me, that is a long way off!
Todays webcam show that much has gone, but the deeper drifts should persist
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@roscoeh,
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Snowing in Moffat just now 
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Looking good heading into December.
Remember its unusual for Glencoe to open before christmas because it needs a decent base to cover all that rock. However freeze thaw looks the order of this week, which is ideal. 
http://www.snow-forecast.com/resorts/Glencoe/6day/top
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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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That wee blip on tues/wed where it gets milder for a bit should just make the base that is building up pretty robust, a few more weeks of these cycles and it's game on - 18th December for the Coe opening is my guess.
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hope we get some snow in the East soon!
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You know it makes sense.
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| hope we get some snow in the East soon! |
Gonna be hard to get up from Edinburgh now.
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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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What looked like predicted snow a few days ago has fallen as heavy rain today. Just a few degrees too warm.
Starting to look like the Scottish resorts may struggle to open for the busy Christmas period.
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Starting to look like the Scottish resorts may struggle to open for the busy Christmas period. |
really?? It only takes a night of two of snow with the all important wind to drift the snow in behind the fences to get the centres open. It is only early December - way too early to forecast what will happen in 3 weeks time!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@cameronphillips2000, am Fife so not a problem- for once an advantage of living in Fife 😄
Am booked to stay in Aviemore for New Year week- really hope Cairngorm gets opened for then!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Glencoe and Aviemore got a dusting to midmountain level today:
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| Gonna be hard to get up from Edinburgh now |
Any update on the FRB re-opening 
We regularly travel 300 miles to Cairngorm. According to Google maps, the detour's not as bad as I feared - it's saying it's only an extra 18 miles.
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@mountainaddict, New Year at the earliest apparently, and only if the weather plays ball.
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Looks like there might be some snow arriving!
Hopefully it will stay cold
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Re bridges if you're driving up early in the morning on a weekend day I don't think there would be a problem at Kincardine or Clackmannanshire bridges it's just rush hours.
Let's hope the frb is fixed for new year though.
Just on bus from Dunfermline to Glasgow- it's actually getting there quicker than normal and hardly anyone on it
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| mountainaddict wrote: |
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| Gonna be hard to get up from Edinburgh now |
Any update on the FRB re-opening
We regularly travel 300 miles to Cairngorm. According to Google maps, the detour's not as bad as I feared - it's saying it's only an extra 18 miles. |
Eg form Newcastle
A1 to Edinburgh, up to Stirling then perth then Aviemore.
Via A1 and A9
271.8 miles (show in km)
4 hrs 59 mins
or A66 or A69 to M74, M73, Stirling to Perth to Aviemore.
Eg form Newcastle
Via A69 and A74(M)
284.8 miles (show in km)
5 hrs 10 mins
I can guarantee you that the A69 and M74 will be a lot quicker because of traffic and your average speed.
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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.
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Looking a bit whiter on the Cairngorm webcams this morning!
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You know it makes sense.
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Loch Tay looking very wintry today...
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Poster: A snowHead
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@mountainaddict, yeah was half hoping to get a ski in on Saturday - but looking very thaw-y the next few days.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Forecast all looking very depressing 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Yep, no skiing anytime soon. Super warm!
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Extremely mild in Elgin today (14deg) by far the warmest it has been in a while.
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Looks like no Scottish resorts will be open before 2016. Busy Xmas and NY missed. Their worst season for years.
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Met office is saying heavy snow at Cairngorm summit all day Sunday, Monday and Tuesday! Rain at the base station though.
However MWIS not predicting much and I'd tend to go with them and their forecast says- "Although a long way off, a few days after Christmas, there may be a couple of colder less windy days, followed by another period of anomalously high temperatures on the mountains - and thus low expectation of consolidation of snow for winter activities."
I'm trying to cling on to a glimmer of hope that I'll be skiing New Year week! But think i'd better get the biking stuff ready
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At this rate ill be trying my new boots out in glasgow indoor slope. Its quicker to get up the mountain too 
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Such a shame, was planning a week long play in the mountains from Boxing Day, even if the forecast for the weekend onwards plays ball I don't suppose they will open with no base, but not giving up hope yet and will be putting my board in the van just in case, come on snow gods, make my 10ish hour drive worth while.
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| notverygoodatskiing wrote: |
| Such a shame, was planning a week long play in the mountains from Boxing Day, even if the forecast for the weekend onwards plays ball I don't suppose they will open with no base, but not giving up hope yet and will be putting my board in the van just in case, come on snow gods, make my 10ish hour drive worth while. |
Glencoe was almost ready to open last weekend, but a week of melt has clobbered the snow.
http://www.winterhighland.info/pix/displayimage.php?photo_id=32375
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FAQ
.....with rain to come 
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