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Yeah I would say another week and it wont be possible to ski anymore in Scotland!
Lets all go to South America!
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Nope it will be possible to ski well into June in scotland, even if it is only on the snow fields in areas such as Ciste Mhaerad, or Coire Domhain.
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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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Don't know what the fuel at the pumps will be like to get up and down though. 
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T Bar, You could have a point there 
Apparently there are now queues at the petrol station's in Carlisle!
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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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Just driven in to work through aberdeen - no queues at any of the petrol stations I passed and no signs saying out of fuel. Will probably fill up on my way home though as I'm thinking of heading over to Cairngorm tomorrow and fuel over there is ludicrously expensive.
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Yup, there will be snow, the petrol situation is worrying though - will have to wait and see what the situation is next week.
I guess I could always fill up a few cans and take them with me
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Full details (petrol willing) for the weekend are now here (Word document download)
Seems like fun for the whole family! 
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BTW, I'm now considering flying up to Edinburgh and then getting a hire car with presumably a full tank which should get me there and back again - seems like that might be a way to beat the petrol problem!
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I was up at Nevis today. There has been significant snow loss over the week, and the hill certainly doesn't look pretty from the access road. However, there is still a lot of snow on the upper mountain. The Goose has full (Wide) cover up to a point approximately level with the top of the quad chair; after that it's a bit thinner, but you can still ski to the foot of the Goose T-Bar. The summit runs also retain full cover and apparently Warren's is still passable, although I didn't ski that today.
The Back Corries are still well loaded, and the braveheart chair span today. The Cornices are getting a bit unstable - a massive crack appeared today next to the entry to Chancer, and there is a lot of avalanche debris from fallen cornices on the traverse back round towards the Snowgoose. It is possible to ski to the top of the Rob Roy T Bar from the Back Corries, and then it's a 300m walk back to the snowgoose.
Lovely granular spring snow today, great for wide carving turns.
Nevis are now shut on weekdays from tomorrow, but will assess the snow for next weekend. There is some potential for snowfall this week. Glencoe have joined Glenshee and (probably) the Lecht in shutting for the season - drove past Glencoe an hour or so ago, and it still looked well loaded so closing is a shame.
That might be it for me this year now -off to the Lakes next weekend walking, so will miss out on the Cairngorm cheapfest. 35 days on Scottish snow though - not a bad season!
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^ real shame to hear that Glencoe are now closed, that leaves Cairngorm and Nevis flying the flag!
Looks like the family are coming with me next weekend so I'll be driving up as mentioned above, not flying. Hopefully with a few spare cans of petrol we should make it there and back again. The programme of events is looking good and if I feel like something different I might head Nevis way one day over the weekend - will see how it goes.
Glad you got so much skiing in this season Barclay, it's been a real corker of a season IMHO 
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35 days on Scottish snow though - not a bad season!
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31 days fro me so far, beats my previous record of 29 days from the 05/06 season.
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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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Soooo, just the family and me and the guys from Scotland I presume this time...
... nobody else?
Fuel situation looks fine now and the most recent photos (Sunday) 27th look decent enough (particularly for the time of year and there's more off-piste round the back I believe). There's also been some overnight snow at the top over the last few days and that's forecast to continue for a while longer although temperatures in the day towards the end of the week are above freezing. The weather going into the weekend at this point in time looks pretty decent though so that's promising
We're staying at the High Range by the way, £55 per night for 2 adults and 2 kids - now did somebody try to say Scotland was expensive?
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Just so the tumble weed doesn't completely take over in this thread here are some more details of what's going on at Cairngorm over the weekend.
Ice Bar
The Ice Bar will be run by the Cairngorm Brewery on both Saturday and Sunday outside the Top Station.
Hog Roast
The Hog Roast will run outside the Cas Bar at the top of the car park on Sunday only. (available from around 11am).
Snow Cave
A snow cave is being constructed in the snow pack of the huge jump that is located in the fun park in the Ptarmigan Bowl
Tickets
Online ski tickets for the weekend will be for sale on the wesbite
Last edited by So if you're just off somewhere snowy come back and post a snow report of your own and we'll all love you very much  on Thu 1-05-08 16:35; edited 1 time in total
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You know it makes sense.
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What are the conditions looking like and any news on the West opening? I really can't see how I can make it, plenty of family commitments and the missus won't ski scotland since getting blown uphill many moons ago.............
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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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| the missus won't ski scotland since getting blown uphill many moons ago............. |
Maybe now's not the time to share stories of riding the Daylodge Poma DOWNHILL.. 
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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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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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Nevis has closed for the season, so it'll just be Cairngorm this weekend... 
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Ok if Nevis is shut I'll be heading to Cairngorm whichever day looks best - I'll decide tomorrow night 
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There are some photos up on the Highland Instinct forum here showing conditions yesterday - plenty of snow for the time of year but apparently quite sticky!
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Nevis is and will be shut, it's the 'Gorm or nowt...
from the nevis website:
The Gondola is open throughout the summer 10am to 5pm weather permiting until mid November
Due to the weather forecast we will not be open for skiing and boarding over the weekend
Skiing and snowboarding is now closed for the season. See you on the slopes next winter.
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ickabodblue, I'll look out for you, although I'm sure the description you give isn't totally accurate
See you there II - it'll be strange seeing you at Cairngorm, so used to meeting in the west!
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It's now a few months of skiing on dry and the occasionally at Tamworth (when the heat gets too much lol) but I have the Tignes equipment test to look forward to in October - any regulars on the Scottish threads planning on going? Would be good to see folk out there if anyone fancies it
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But will there be any tele kit to test? I'm in the market for new skis and possibly boots - mine took a beating this year (46 days on snow, 33 in scotland). Very tempted 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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| But will there be any tele kit to test? I'm in the market for new skis and possibly boots - mine took a beating this year (46 days on snow, 33 in scotland). Very tempted though. |
Hey Dave, give them a shout and see if they can sort you out with something - do Atomic do tele kit?
The person to speak to in the first instance is Joanne Mountainsun who should be able to check up on the tele kit for you - see the October thread here and the December one here.
BTW, the guy who runs the chalet is from Boat of Garten and grew up skiing the Gorm
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