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Covering the following 6 ski resorts...
Cairngorm
Glencoe
Glenshee
Lecht
Lowther Hills
Nevis Range
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Of which only 3 are fully operational 
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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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I didn’t think that Lowther Hills were operating anymore at all. Happy to be proven wrong.
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| JoyZipper wrote: |
| I didn’t think that Lowther Hills were operating anymore at all. Happy to be proven wrong. |
Last I heard everything was being mothballed but there was some talk of winding the club up  but dont know present situation.
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| JoyZipper wrote: |
| I didn’t think that Lowther Hills were operating anymore at all. Happy to be proven wrong. |
The Lowther Hill tow almost certainly won’t be used this winter, it needs a new rope and realistically a new engine shed if it is going to be used again to stop everything getting too damp / corroded to start.
Some of the stuff from the hill is now at Glencoe, including various novice park features and the small piste basher! It might be seen out and about grooming the haul road down to the carpark!
The portable rope tows have been serviced and are still there so skiing on the golf course might still be possible.
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Snow coming for Scotland next week.
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Cairngorm. Fecked
Nevisore or less dead.
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^so with the funicular fecked it’s nice to see the surface lifts all ready to run! Oh 
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@haggishunter, now, you may very well think that, but of course HIE couldn't possibly comment..... 
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| so with the funicular fecked it’s nice to see the surface lifts all ready to run! Oh |
Given the absolutely unpredictable nature of Scottish snow cover (especially at lower altitudes), it's incredible that the policy of years gone by of making hay when the sun shines, has been completely jettisoned in favour of an Alps-style determined opening date.
What's the betting that there's not enough snow to run the lower lifts (for upper mountain access) on 22nd December? I do hope there is though...
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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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^When the wages get paid no matter if not a single coin has gone in the till, why bother?
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You know it makes sense.
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Cairngorm is supposed to open in a week. I've been watching a little snowman melt on the Ptarmigan webcam. Depressing...
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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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Colder again next week, still plenty of coverage up top as I am sitting looking at it from the sofa just now !
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Poster: A snowHead
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How do we get to it though? Walk?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Yep, shanks pony. Might get a decent drop of snow in next 10 days so tiny possibility of tow assisted
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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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What's the snow level now? The Ptarmigan webcam looks very depressing.
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| Deveron53 wrote: |
| What's the snow level now? The Ptarmigan webcam looks very depressing. |
There’s more snow in gullies below the Top Basin - as well as being exposed to the highest winds the top has been persistently in low cloud, it’s by no means continuous but the burn gullies such as the Gunbarrel and Ciste Gully retain something of a base. That in itself is the hardest work done in starting things off on CairnGorm.
However given the uncertainty over the coming week, it remains to be seen if things build out from what is there or cover retreats further. This is all pretty normal for time of year, historically CairnGorm often offers turns in Nov or early Dec then loses it pre Christmas. Between Boxing Day and New Year is often the start of more consistent lift served riding, indeed historically mid Jan is the average start at Glencoe.
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Optimistically looked at the Glenshee webcam this morning, however it was grim viewing.
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We should see a bit coming through in the next 10 days and hopefully stick around. I'm back working from Jan snow permitting so will see what we get after new year.
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Fascinating item included on BBC forecast last night. Braemar 10°c Balater 1°c 16 miles? Between them.
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Distinct cold / warm air boundary from SW to NE. I also read that there was a period where it was raining at the top of the Cairnwell Pass while snowing at the bottom in Braemar.
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Good bit if snow forecast.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Nearterm forecast looks very windy.
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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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Heavy snow around Glencoe and Glenshee at the moment, unfortunately its also blowing a hoolie............
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I’d say the Lecht is probably the best place just now. It tends to be less wild and takes less snow to get going.
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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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Drumochter
Lecht
Bottom of Glencoe:
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| Glenshee doing a plow |
Hadn't realised you're a Yankee Doodle Dandy @Whitegold.
Meanwhile, near the Lecht 
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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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@mountainaddict, It always intrigued me that someone from the USA would start the Scottish snow report thread every year.
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Both look fantastic !
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| It always intrigued me that someone from the USA would start the Scottish snow report thread every year |
You may be intrigued...others may be p1$$€d by him/her/it/ them 
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A trip up to Glenshee next week looking very tempting! Long old drive from London mind.
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Glenshee in quite a good position now - some slopes open already and a promising forecast, including cool and settled weather in the long term forecast which is good for income if there's snow already on the ground. Plus they haven't completely missed the school holiday period.
Happy for them as they're a properly skier-orientated centre but often struggle for natural snow.
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Yep, Glenshee deserve a good spell.
Happy New Year when it comes 
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FAQ
As the legendary Cairngorm skier Mr Fraser would say...."Doooomed I tell yer!" 
