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Thought people might be interested to hear that Nevis Range have the Braveheart Chair ready for the weekend and weather permitting it will be open.
For those unfamiliar with the area, the Braveheart Chair is remote from the ski area lying in the lower reaches of Coire Dubh to the East of the Ski Area and is accessed from the Summit or Warrens Tow from anywhere along the cornice on Lemming Ridge - Access requires riding the scarp slopes of a Coire Headwall! This area is basically lift served off-piste.
Excellent cover on the access runs down the headwall of Coire Dub (snow has mostly fallen on winds from a Westerly quarter so the Back is loaded), and avalanche risk / surface conditions permitting (check with ski patrol) scope to come down lines in the other Back Corries such as Easy Gully in Coire an Lochan (Easy ice climb - not ski run!). The back is loaded with snow, though as the lie of the land dictates things narrow into the natural gullies between the rock outcrops on the final approach to the chair.
This is Late Season terrain that usually takes a long time to come in and for the surface conditions to be stable but still safe to ski on, to be able to ride the Braveheart in Jan is exceptionally rare.
A couple of photos from the Back Corries on Monday:
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Excellent news !
I remember skiing over there one midweek morning a few years ago and having the whole back coire to myself for about an hour before anyone else skied over, magic
IIRC they replaced the engine in the braveheart a year or 2 ago, hope the new one's a bit more reliable !
Here it is not running in April last year, click on wee pic for bigger version:
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
It's pics like these that make me wonder why i'm going to the alps to ski rather than just heading to Scotland
It looks amazing guys.
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my favourite lift, can't make it this weekend though
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Looks ace, wish I had some spare cash.
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