 Poster: A snowHead
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Another ski season approaching for Scotland.
Last season began in November and wrapped up in May.
Scotland has 6 ski resorts.
* Glenshee = 40km of trails / 35 pistes / 22 lifts / best for beginners + intermediates.
* Cairngorm = 30km of trails / 35 pistes / 11 lifts / best for beginners + intermediates.
* Nevis Range = 20km of trails / 35 pistes / 12 lifts / best for intermediates + advanced + offpiste.
* Glencoe = 20km of trails / 20 pistes / 8 lifts / best for intermediates + advanced.
* The Lecht = 20km of trails / 18 pistes / 14 lifts / best for beginners + intermediates.
* Lowther Hills = 2km of trails / 3 pistes / 3 lifts / best for beginners + intermediates.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Accurate thread so far, then..................
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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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Snow showers possible on Glencoe summit this pm... 
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Snow showers possible on Glencoe summit this pm...
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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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Fantastic pic.
Here's to a great season.
Hoping to make it up for the first time.
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| Mike Pow wrote: |
Fantastic pic.
Here's to a great season.
Hoping to make it up for the first time. |
Well worth a trek.
Nevis bowls and Glencoe steeps in Mar and Apr, when all the rocks are filled in, and the sun pops out, are as good as anywhere for a weekend.
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Not sure how such a cr*p skier can be such a good backflipper, lol.
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| Whitegold wrote: |
Not sure how such a cr*p skier can be such a good backflipper, lol. |
He isnt a cra*p skier, do you know who he is or anything about him?.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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That was the Coe Cup. I was lucky enough to witness that moment from the sidelines. There were quite a few, probably better skiers than me making a hash of the run. He came out of nowhere and blew everyone away.
I still remember hearing him screaming all the way to the bottom! Everyone was.
I'd met his (deservedly) proud dad on the tbar going up earlier that day who'd predicted he'd win.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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 A little snow overnight. Likely to be washed away by rain during the week.
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^^^Nice to see - and October skiing in Scotland isn't unheard of... 
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You know it makes sense.
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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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The Cairngorm funicular situation spells potential disaster for the local economy.
Shocking... 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Yes, very sad for Aviemore and area, and staff, if it has a major impact.
It's also going to put pressure on the other resorts as people can't or don't want to go to CG. Great for the other resorts, except they don't all have the uplift capacity or car parking, never mind easy access in snowed-road weather. Hopefully the new - and hopefully ongoing - investments at the two Gs will negate these potential problems (in time). Nevis should be able to cope, although it has lift issues as well, as far as my (somewhat limited) experience goes.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Yes I think we will see more of those gridlocked days at Glencoe. Hopefully Glenshee will get a decent early base and their larger lift system can take up some of the slack.
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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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Anyone know about plans for a new chairlift at Glen Coe? I first heard of these about two years ago - thought it might be up and running this season.Wishful thinking?
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I asked them a couple of months ago on facebook. They didn't give me a direct answer so I said 2019/20 then and they replied "probably".
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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On page 2 of the summer improvements thread on Winterhighland the owner of Glencoe wrote that they have started work but are more likely to complete it next summer than this one. That was in July.
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The chair isn’t going in this year but hopefully next.
The new piste basher garage is going up just below the sledge run. It’s visible on the webcam
http://www.winterhighland.info/cams/glencoe/
Nipped up Ben Nevis today. Tiny bit of fresh snow at the summit 
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Thanks for the info on Glen Coe. Shame the new lift seems some way off.
Wonder if they've tried to crowdfund it at all. I'd happily chuck in a few quid!
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@Neil Neige, I don't think it was a funding issue - more a timing one due to how long it took to build the access track for construction of the chair.
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They were waiting an age for planning permission for the road up so it delayed everything. The new chair is sitting in the carpark. Now the road is done it'll be up for the 2019/20 season no doubt about it.
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Snowing up in Glencoe, heavy flakes by the look of it. Seen the vid on their FB page.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Taken from road camera just below summit Glenshee.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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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| Peter S wrote: |
https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/outdoors/interview-the-lecht-s-james-mcintosh-looks-forward-to-a-winter-of-guaranteed-snow-1-4818634
Article here about the Lecht |
The Scottish resorts need to pull their fingers out and also start snowfarming.
Store a bunch of snow under sawdust or plastic on a shady northfacing summit in Mar / Apr... and refarm in Dec.
Plenty of low-level Nordic, French and Austrian resorts doing it already, like Ruka and Kitz.
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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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Probably not realistic in Scotland. It doesn’t have the accessible flat spaces of uniform snow depth to collect snow and it’s a more sensitive environment for using vehicles. Far better to adapt skier behaviour to go when the snow is still there ie. particularly in March and April at Glencoe and Nevis Range.
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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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| Peter S wrote: |
| Probably not realistic in Scotland. It doesn’t have the accessible flat spaces of uniform snow depth to collect snow and it’s a more sensitive environment for using vehicles. Far better to adapt skier behaviour to go when the snow is still there ie. particularly in March and April at Glencoe and Nevis Range. |
If man can walk on the Moon, they can dig and store a few piles of snow.
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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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Glencoe webcam today looking snowyish.
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| Whitegold wrote: |
| Peter S wrote: |
https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/outdoors/interview-the-lecht-s-james-mcintosh-looks-forward-to-a-winter-of-guaranteed-snow-1-4818634
Article here about the Lecht |
The Scottish resorts need to pull their fingers out and also start snowfarming.
Store a bunch of snow under sawdust or plastic on a shady northfacing summit in Mar / Apr... and refarm in Dec.
Plenty of low-level Nordic, French and Austrian resorts doing it already, like Ruka and Kitz. |
They are doing that.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Nice one, looks decent coverage. Hopefully another good season ahead!
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Surprised they did not open a lift or two.
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FAQ
Should have gone up...
