 Poster: A snowHead
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Should the Scottish skiing folk spend a bit of marketing cash alerting fellow Brits to the fantastic conditions in the Scottish resorts at the mo, given that many will now be afraid to travel to t'Alps given this whole corona virus thing?
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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. Though whether they have any cash to spend is another question!
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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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Unfortunately Scottish ski resorts are generally full when the snow/weather plays ball, so its unlikely to bring much repeat business. Nobody likes queueing. Obviously midweek is best .
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No. They wont come back once its all over Keep it to yourselves and enjoy it.
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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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The Scottish resorts are indeed full at the weekends and in the holidays when the weather's good, but not from Monday to Thursday...
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If by some quirk my trip to VT is cancelled on 3r week March then I shall by certainly heading to Scotland. 
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| Neil Neige wrote: |
| The Scottish resorts are indeed full at the weekends and in the holidays when the weather's good, but not from Monday to Thursday... |
It was utterly rammed at Glenshee today, car park full, overflow car park full................for the avoidance of doubt, its Wednesday 
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| GreenDay wrote: |
| Neil Neige wrote: |
| The Scottish resorts are indeed full at the weekends and in the holidays when the weather's good, but not from Monday to Thursday... |
It was utterly rammed at Glenshee today, car park full, overflow car park full................for the avoidance of doubt, its Wednesday |
That's great to hear! Glenshee have had a very unlucky time of it in recent years, hopefully the snow is here to stay.
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I started to learn to ski in Scotland. It is very special. In all senses of the words.
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| GreenDay wrote: |
| Neil Neige wrote: |
| The Scottish resorts are indeed full at the weekends and in the holidays when the weather's good, but not from Monday to Thursday... |
It was utterly rammed at Glenshee today, car park full, overflow car park full................for the avoidance of doubt, its Wednesday |
Is it still half term in the UK though? I've been hoping to head over midweek to try it sometime and don't like the sound of that
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I was at Glenshee today - Thursday. Great snow but high winds meant closed lifts and quite big queues. This week has had a schools ski competition which has made it even worse.
We can tolerate short runs but add long queues and that makes it a less than ideal experience. I spoke to someone who took two hours to get lift pass and ski hire sorted out. There is just not the infrastructure for big numbers of skiers and there never will be while the unpredictable snow levels and hugely changeable weather continue. If you spot the odd day with good snow and weather you have to drop everything and just go for tomorrow it could all be gone; great for retired locals like me but difficult to plan anything in advance. There is no comparison with France etc.
Oh yes, and the road from the south to Glenshee is too narrow for modern vehicles having been planned in the 1940's and disintegrating like most in the area; all the money is probably being spent on dualling the A9. Don't get me started on that waste of funds.
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You know it makes sense.
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Here's a quote I've just found from a Fort William hotel (on Trip Advisor).
"Owing to Coronavirus we were forced to cancel our planned ski weekend in the Italian Alps, so decided to ski for the 1st time in Scotland, which ok the face of it wasnt filling us with galaxies of joy and to be fair we came prepared to be disappointed.
What a surprise we had, the skiing was really good on the nearby Nevis range and the Cruachan hotel exceeded expectations.
Nice bedrooms, relaxing bar and the hotel obviously has employed a good interior designer. Tasty breakfast included in the price and 'nothing is too much trouble'friendly staff.
Well positioned on the Loch and 5 minutes walk to the centre of town.
We will definitely stay again."
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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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Great review. A nice sunny day in Scotland with good conditions can be as good as anywhere in the world
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Poster: A snowHead
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In the West, is Glencoe typically more crowded than Nevis Range on a good weekend, or is it more less the same?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@DonardFlump, ceteris paribus, I'd say Glencoe gets more crowded. It's the first place people hit on the road from Glasgow (or Edinburgh). Glencoe's upper mountain uplift can be a queue bottleneck, it helps if the Rannoch button tow runs in parallel with the Main Basin T-bar. Nevis has a quad chair but the upper lifts are all draglifts. Greater variation in terrain at Glencoe unless Coire Dubh at Nevis is 'open', but then you have to routefind out.
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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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It depends. Glencoe has a fairly small car park and once it’s full, to park the car will require you to do one of these: 1. Block a single track access road blocking in thousands of people
2. Block the main road (A82) to 2 way traffic
3. Walk a fair distance (roughly 30 minutes)
I have been stuck in a large queue (on the way back from Nevis) when people have taken option 2 but PC plod was definitely in attendance and didn’t look entirely pleased to be spending hours on a Sunday afternoon directing traffic (which includes plenty of lorries and fairly regular coaches) around badly and illegally parked vehicles. Would not have fancied returning to that welcoming committee! If every tow is working (including the top button if needed) queues never seem that bad. If you can ski to the car park reasonably that soaks up lots of people.
Nevis has multiple car parks and fairly extensive verges along the fairly long 2 way access road so plenty of space but is a fair distance further for most people. If Glencoe car park is full, I expect most people would choose 45 mins drive rather than any of options 1-3 above so it can be quiet at first but end up quite busy. Queues again determined by how fierce the drop into the back corries is and if the Braveheart is going as lots of people skiing there will reduce queues elsewhere. Common to get queues at the button tows Linnhe and Alpha and Summit. Usually not much on the quad or Rob Roy and rarely at the Braveheart. If the weather stays nice you might have a queue getting the Gondola down but people will fill it and the queue moves fast.
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