 Poster: A snowHead
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| bambionskiis wrote: |
| When is the best month usually to ski in Scotland? If we don’t get to Canada again at Christmas I’m happy to tootle up North. Is it worth the trek? |
Not at Xmas, that's for sure. Often the season is just about starting now. March / April often the best.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Great thanks for that kitenski
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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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@bambionskiis, although this season, snow cover is currently deteriorating (having been excellent for most of the season so far), and the medium term outlook is poor for snowfall prospects.
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Ah right that’s a shame then. Just your luck year-on-year I guess. With the resorts being shut I’ve not been able to keep up with snow depths etc so I wasn’t sure
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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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@bambionskiis, your also best deciding the night before based how much wind/rain/snow is forecast even if there is enough snow on the ground
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| kitenski wrote: |
| @bambionskiis, your also best deciding the night before based how much wind/rain/snow is forecast even if there is enough snow on the ground |
Righty ho. I’m the sort of person who is quite happy pootling about so would find other stuff to do if the conditions weren’t great so this doesn’t bother me. It looks such a beautiful part of the world I’d just be happy with the scenery. Thank you 
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Sounds good to me brian.
Variable sounds like you’re being generous 
And don’t us skiers laugh in the face of wind and cold?!! We’ve done a few trips to Norway and Finland (-21 yoiks) and yes it’s not ideal but hey, it is what it is.
Cheers
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| bambionskiis wrote: |
And don’t us skiers laugh in the face of wind and cold?!! We’ve done a few trips to Norway and Finland (-21 yoiks) and yes it’s not ideal but hey, it is what it is.
Cheers |
Yes, but minus 3 on a Scottish Hill in horizontal gale blown sleet kicks the back bottom of -20 in the alps or elsewhere. 
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| Not at Xmas, that's for sure. |
Not sure at all. Historically, Cairngorm has often had skiing in December - with skiing fron November not uncommon.
Can't remember if the lifts were open (seems like a past life now...  ) but there was enough snow for us to ski tour there between Christmas and New Year in the last two Decembers before lockdown.
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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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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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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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You would come all the way up from Leeds for that amount of snow in 1994 pic?
I'll need a lot more snow just for the whole experience |
That's the thing about Scotland. Snow cover is just not like The Alps. It's the gullies that hold the snow - the whole mountain does not need to be all white for runs to be complete and skiable. Kitenski's pic actually shows the iconic White Lady run with virtually full snow cover.
Based on that photo, other gullies on the mountain - such as Coire Cas and Coire Na Ciste would have had full cover and the Ptarmigan area at the top of the mountain would also be complete. So very decent cover (and skiing) overall. All resulting in at least 400m of vertical from the top to mid-mountain area.
Mrs MA and I have regularly made the 600 mile round trip to ski similar - or less - cover at Cairngorm. We once drove up in August to ski a great 200m snow patch that we'd seen photos of online - it took about 90 mins to hike up to it but we had a great time summer skiing 
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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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You would come all the way up from Leeds for that amount of snow in 1994 pic?
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Imagine having to drive 200 miles in the other direction for no snow at all
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Blimey that was in May?!! Probably not possible these days because of global warming. Great pics.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Sounds as though the 5th April might be the earliest the centres could re open?
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| Ram80 wrote: |
You would come all the way up from Leeds for that amount of snow in 1994 pic?
I'll need a lot more snow just for the whole experience. |
yup was a great weekend, lower slopes I'd not really ski even if open. Also had a day at Nevis.
I think you are missing how Scottish skiing works, big deep gullies and fences hold snow, so anything cosmetic often disappears.
A lot more snow and Scotland don't often come together, some of my best days have been on the upper mountain at Glencoe with no snow at all until you get to the plateau.
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19th May 2013, climbing back to the lifts from skiing off-piste down to Loch A'an behind Cairngorm (White Lady still complete and full width for the majority of it).
 That was the last day the ski lifts ran, that season. Forgot to pack the suncream with obvious results.
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