 Poster: A snowHead
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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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So... they're decades behind other resorts in Europe in installing snowguns... Can't raise enough funds for the new kit... And the track-construction is behind schedule...
It's a disaster.
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The use of crowdfunding to try and pay for snowmaking infrastructure seemed a little desperate to me.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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whitegold.....without being bit of a dick...shut-up!!
Glencoe is the oldest and smallest of the scottish resorts, they have struggled with poor winter weather for several years and the resulting loss of income has mean they haven't had the investment that other larger european resorts regularly welcome. they don't get any goverment help and are a community based operation.
The new up-track has been held up due to delays in the planning process by the highland council which stopped them from starting construction add to that the two autumn storms which haven't helped.
Andy (the boss at Glencoe) has managed to secure a brand new PB600 / re-build the access chair (new gear box and motor) / secure a 2nd hand chair from Fugen which is currently being built / build a new dry slope at the bottom of the hill to help bring in money on poor snow weeks and diversify the business with the first at resort accommodation in the uk with camping / hobbit huts and camper van hook ups, which provide a steady year round revenue....in short he has worked a friggin miracle.
so you can have your opinion but pease know the story before running your mouth!
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don't worry about whitegold, literally anything he posts is about something in Europe being a "disaster"
I don't know how we manage.......
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@enduroaid here here
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I ski Glencoe every year and Andy has done a fantastic job getting it to where it is today, but I felt that the snow factory campaign was really poorly communicated i.e. why is this business asking for crowdfunding like it's a not for profit, and the incentives for putting money into it were very poor. £250 gets you a free day of skiing and a t-shirt, £2500 gets you a mention on the website, Facebook and some branding on site.
I wish them all the success with this, but I just can't see them getting the support for it without a clearer message behind it.
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I'm curious about what sort of quality the resulting snow might be? The prevailing Scottish conditions of high humidity (100% many times...), volatile temperatures low altitude and wind are not shrieking "great snow" to me. It's not the Dolomites...I would be concerned about crowd funding hailstones. But i fully accept I may need enlightening 
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There are so many times when it is freezing in Scotland but the snow was not good enough to ski. So many days where I said, damn if only. Having some snow made to store nad top up will help dramatically in Jan and Feb.
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