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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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£85k - thats a lot for a coffee shop manager...........
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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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£85k is a bit low for the type of person I would be looking for.
I would be looking for someone with a history of getting major investment and running a team capable of high end business development.
The last time I was there I could see so many things that would generate revenue and enhance the customer experience.
Some.things in addition to the skiing. Maximising revenue per area of the hill.
EG so many people have breakfast in Aviemore then head up. A coffee stop in the car park. Sandwich sales to take on mountain (biodegradable) so people go up the hill first without a pit stop in Aviemore.
Ticket sales in the carpark so people can save a queue. When I was there the last time it was 90 mins to get a ticket for the funicular. I've never been back and gonto Glencoe or glenshee now
On mountain a coffee stop etc etc so you don't need to go into the one place to eat. Glencoe and shee do that
All of these could bring in an extra 30% revenue and that is before we talk about the ski infrastructure. Or event infrastructure.
Corporate sponsorship of staff equipment cutting the costs but not the quality.
Merchandise for sale at a reasonable price.
And the list goes on and on and on.
Anyway, rant over. And before anyone says why don't I do it. £85k for guaranteed abuse....... no thanks 
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They really need someone that has already done their career and made enough money to do this without being bothered about the pay. There are so many things that could be done, key would be trying to heal the wounds with the local stakeholder groups. Problem with all these is you can’t actually do your job or make decisions as as soon as it goes up the line you are into the world of politics. I looked at it but on balance don’t think it would be feasible to make the changes required without getting squashed upstream.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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You also need the ability to make it snow....
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| GreenDay wrote: |
| £85k - thats a lot for a coffee shop manager........... |
True  That job is poison chalice. So long as punters can't leave top station for 8 months a year then Cairngorm will never make money no matter how much it snows.
| russ_e wrote: |
| You also need the ability to make it snow.... |
More important would be an ability to make HIE see error of their funicular obsession...
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| Haggis_Trap wrote: |
| More important would be an ability to make HIE see error of their funicular obsession... |
^ +1
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| Haggis_Trap wrote: |
More important would be an ability to make HIE see error of their funicular obsession... |
I can well imagine how the job interviews will go on this one - so your views on the funicular? It's not £85k to be a genuine CEO, it's £85k to do what HIE tells you to do, the job is protecting HIE by keeping the funicular limping along so no more searching questions get asked! Oh and £85k for CEO of a company that turned over £215k in its last accounts! 
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| You also need the ability to make it snow.... |
1. Historically, Cairngorm has a pretty decent snow record, with a long season. November and May snowsports are not uncommon.
2. They have a double-unit Snow Factory for the lower slopes these days (though it hasn't worked for a lot of the time they have had it  )
3. Winter starts tomorrow - with 18cm of snow forecast at the top in the next few days 
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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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@mountainaddict, Was snowing on Nevis last night
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Was snowing on Nevis last night
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Was hoping to see some snow - but Neviscam images are still from June
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You know it makes sense.
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Let's hope the Scottish ski areas get a good snow season!
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Ahhmen to that. I just moved up to Orkney and am buzzing to get the van down South (everywhere is South) and get a few good tours in. Not many skiiers up here so more local company very welcome!
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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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@giantsquid, if you own touring kit, and don't mind a bit of grass skiing between patches of neve, you could soon be bagging some first routes on the islands. Just mind those cliffs !
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Poster: A snowHead
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So I'm up near Inverness 27th 28th of November I assume that will be too early for any lift served skiing?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@wam15, probably too early, but the Lecht, which has mostly grassy slopes so can (and does) open at the proverbial drop of a hat, sometimes offers November sport.
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That's the closest to where I'm staying so fingers crossed we get something!
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| moffatross wrote: |
| @giantsquid, if you own touring kit, and don't mind a bit of grass skiing between patches of neve, you could soon be bagging some first routes on the islands. Just mind those cliffs ! |
Yep I've got a touring set up with me, I went out desperately at the end of March to get some but the wind had taken the snow on any decent slopes onto the meadows below. Sacked it off after a morning of driving around. It can happen though, a friend has a video of him sending a backie in a meadow on a tractor built kicker a few years back. Personally I've got my eyes on the island of Hoy, some decent gradients (and scrabbly rocks and cliffs and lots of helmet magnets) there
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| mountainaddict wrote: |
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Was snowing on Nevis last night
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Was hoping to see some snow - but Neviscam images are still from June |
The cameras were switched to the StreamDays platform in June, they’ve not been offline, but are only available as streams. Downside is you can’t see the end of day images or quickly scroll through the cams.
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Since dark a cold front has swept SSE through the Highland ski areas, temperatures on the tops now below -3ºc, so should be snow from showers and the back edge of the cold front on at least some of the webcams in the morning! 
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Very cold in SW Edinburgh first thing with a sprinkle tinkle of white stuff on the S Pentlands. Further north webcams at The Shee, Glencoe, Lecht2000 and Cairngorm all showing snow. Wahoo !
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Bring it on! Hail up here in Orkney yesterday and a little today so it has to be snowing somewhere nearby!
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The Lecht this morning....
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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@larry1950, cheers yeah I'm already a member
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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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@giantsquid, Should have guessed, its a become a very popular group, do you also check Graeme Pringle (Windy Miller) updates for Cairngorm in winter.
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Just adding a post so I can see the updates in tghe hope of (at least) a long weekend this coming season
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You know it makes sense.
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The Sphinx patch has melted on Braeriach leaving just the patch on Aonach Beag as the UKs only remaining snow this year.
Presumably this is on the news because of the Glasgow climate summit.
It’s a shame that Winterhighland seems to have become defunct. For 20 years that was the definitive place to discuss all thing Scottish snowsports related.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-58980007
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@Peter S, yes, from the report "What is historically the UK's longest lasting patch of snow has disappeared for "only the eighth time in 300 years"".
Sadly, a sign of the changing climate. 
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Great words Peter S and Alistare on the sphinx disappearance in a long wee while. Gone but not forgotten and I’m sure to re-compactize itself into a good run for the boundless in a few moons top. When it comes back I will call it’s original Scottish name that was Folkrah meaning Bath in Gaelic.
Delightedly on a interview on Radio 5 I heard a interview with one of surely the fittest people on the forum. Cameron Philips giving a clear, concise state of the Sphinx’s play with thousands of mountain miles under his belt it was a tremendous interview which straightened out the airwaves.
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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?
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Winterhighlad defunct? Website is still there?
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Think the reference is to their Forum (last post October 21..)
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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| albob wrote: |
| Think the reference is to their Forum (last post October 21..) |
Oh dear. It's many years since I skied in Scotland but always use winterhighland D a reference point
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Yes, yes Iain Cameron. My mistake when I’ve seen his mountainy exploits for so long. A true Scot of Rabbies tribe. Adventure minded fit and skilled. Iain Cameron.
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Seemingly nothing on the horizon for Scotland....Time for the snow dances (or snow ceilidhs  )
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Looks a bit cooler last week of November. Will need somewhere grassy!
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| Looks a bit cooler last week of November. Will need somewhere grassy! |
The 49cm of snow that is forecast in Scotland on Sat 27 Nov might cover a few rocks Could be decent in the Pennines too.
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