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Starting to pick up some snow today. looks as though there may be some more tonight so possibility of skiing tomorrow. Keep an eye on the BBC radar.
Ring the snowline first if you think there may be some skiing tomorrow 
http://www.thepriceofcheese.com/snowreport.php
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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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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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There was plenty of snow near Morpeth this morning while I was driving on the A1!
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We had a good day in the end but were delayed getting started. The generator battery was flat and wouldn't respond quickly enough to charging. Eventually we used the Kassbohrer batteries to get things going.
We then derailed the system at Pylon 7 due to ice build up on the wheels and rope. Eventually we sorted that out but had to deal with several more derailments and trip outs during the day. By 1pm the system was running reliably !
Everyone seemed very patient however and I hope they all had a reasonable day. Beacuse of the late start we only charged £10.
I'm doubtful about tomorrow because of the milder weather coming in and the thin cover. However you never know ! Check the website and answerphone after 7:30 tonight to find out if we are going to run or not.
Was anyone skiing there today ?
pics and full report over on Winterhighland:
http://www.winterhighland.info/publicreports/index.php?21,2008-01-04
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Peter S -- Cool pics.
Didn't realize you guys had your own pisteurbully.
Can you say how much it costs to buy and run?
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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.
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Peter S,
Excellent. Keep us informed
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Peter S, Keeping my fingers crossed for you.
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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yep, the website has now updated and the tow should run tomorrow from 10am
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Poster: A snowHead
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Peter S,
Any reports?
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We're going up tomorrow and hope to run the tow.
The snow will be thin and the direction wasn't great but we're hoping for some drifts to bash out.
At least the forecast is reasonable and the grass will be frozen
May be see some of you nearby northern Snowheads there ?
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Peter S, Good pics.
How long has Yad Moss been operational?
Is it seeing more or less snow than, say, 10 or 20 years ago?
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How did they afford a piste basher?
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Enjoyed a couple of hours there on Sunday morning, reasonable snow cover, with some deeper pockets around.
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| How did they afford a piste basher? |
Bought second hand from Cairngorm IIRC
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Whitegold,
We were one of the last of the Pennine clubs to get established. During the late 1970s we visited lots of different places around Cumbria with our portable ski tows and eventually settled on Yad Moss to construct two 400m semi permanent rope tows. At the time we also operated the dry slope in Carlisle. Surplus funds from there together with a Sports Council grant made the purchase of the second hand Poma possible. we bought it from a ski resort in southern France that had gone bust. We have operated the Poma since 1988.
With regard to snow cover, Yad Moss is really set up to ski on Easterly arriving snow. Whilst the late 70s and early to mid 1980s delivered some big easterly blizzards since then snow fall has been rather spasmodic and only infrequently from the east. In the worst seasons we may only get 2 or 3 days skiing. In 1996 there was more or less continual snow cover between the end of January and Easter so that was a bumper year for snowsports in the Pennines as well as Scotland. So far this year we have managed 4 or 5 days.
Whilst at Yad Moss we can sometimes get upwards of 150 skiers on the slope this does require good cover, good weather falling over a weekend and at least 2 days warning for people to find out. It normally also requires snow low down to remind people that there may be skiing high up !
Raise, in the Lake District, on the otherhand is much higher and more reliable but even when the conditions are good there it seems that not many people are prepared to make the effort, unlike 20 years ago.
I suspect as Winterhighland sometimes points out about Scottish skiing, it is probably not climate change that is going to end skiing in England - just Apathy 
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Peter S, Thanks. Good info.
Britain's Winter resorts appear to be suffering the same challenges as their Summer ones.
Namely, unpredictable domestic weather and cheap foreign travel.
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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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The cybermoor webcams are showing a good fall this morning. With more snow likely this afternoon there is a possibility of some skiing tomorrow. 
http://www.cybermoor.org/travel-services/webcams/webcam.asp?cam=howhill
Raise has also received a covering this morning and since it has largely held onto its base there is a good chance of action there over the coming days.
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The news from YM is that there isn't sufficient snow for skiing at the moment. However it wouldn't take much more and if we get some showers overnight we may run tommorrow.
The website and snowline will be updated probably around 7:45am.
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