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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Hell how did someone beat me to that..... 
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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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My car is booked in the garage Friday for it's MOT! 
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I'm due for fitting my winter tyres on Monday, currently riding on virtual slicks. Damn!
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Get a taxi! woooooooooooo
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brian
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As pointed out on the other thread, Friday is the 31st October.
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Well done to the Lecht.
First non gacier lift served skiing in Europe, and perhaps nearly the northern hemisphere 
Got to be a worth a headline somewhere !
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What's the situation going to be like on the roads? Not been up before and i have city dwelling summers on..
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I'll be down in Glasgow on Friday 
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Roads - Snow showers expected Friday, but not to as low levels as yesterday, so apart from the final approaches the roads shouldn't be an issue, but some drifting likely up top in a moderate NE wind. Saturday looks dry atm, Sunday still up in the air.
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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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ahh wow i almost wish i wasnt saving up for a trip in jan so i could get some skiing done now
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Cant decide whether to drive up on friday, ski saterday, and then drive home sunday. Its a long way from Gloucestershire but would be awesome to ski in the UK in October!
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brian
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JimSearle, Saturday would be November. Still pretty awesome but I'm not sure I'd drive all the way from Gloucestershire for the Lecht. I'm pretty unlikely to drive all the way from Edinburgh for the Lecht come to that (without any of Falcon, Harrier, Buzzard anyway).
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Damn!
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Poster: A snowHead
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| Winterhighland wrote: |
| Roads - Snow showers expected Friday, but not to as low levels as yesterday, so apart from the final approaches the roads shouldn't be an issue, but some drifting likely up top in a moderate NE wind. Saturday looks dry atm, Sunday still up in the air. |
Winterhighland, Has the Lecht, or any other stakeholders, put out a press release about their Oct opening? Gotta be worth some publicity.
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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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Whitegold, kitenski, Looks bril - wish I was richer!
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| Peter S wrote: |
Well done to the Lecht.
First non gacier lift served skiing in Europe, and perhaps nearly the northern hemisphere
Got to be a worth a headline somewhere ! |
Yes the Lecht need to be really hitting the PR front hard - I really didn't expect that Scotland would be the first 'slopes' to open that doesn't involve going up a glacier.
Look how much the two resorts in the USA fight to be first to open - and they get PR that otherwise they wouldn't get..
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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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There are some resorts open in the US. Further research shows that the Lecht has more tows open than all of them put together can manage on man-made snow. The vertical descent seems some way short of that available at Cairngorm. See this thread from the cool people featuring a reasonable (but failed) attempt at collecting a Darwin award on the 1st day of the season (see the 2nd lot of photos, post 22) !
http://www.tetongravity.com/forums/showthread.php?t=136472
Do I still hear complaints about drag lifts?
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What...snow. Superb !!!!
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You know it makes sense.
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I learnt to ski at lecht staying down in Tomintoul - lovely place. Might even have a drive up later in the season for a few days.
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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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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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what...snow, whats scarey is the merkins seem so behind europe - no safety bar on the chairlift ? (and/or footrest) I always assumed all the litigation was overactive lawers, but with chairlifts like that maybe the operators deserve it ?
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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firstracks, great pics and it looks like the snow was deep enough to not be skiing on grass 
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lampbus, Think there are no safety bars becuseof the overactive lawers in USA I may be wrong though
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II,
Did you ski today?
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johnboy, no, went on a nice walk though 
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See any snow?
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Just back from the Lecht - absolutely awesome day for early November - blue sky, sun, no wind, good cover.
First time I've ever been there in spite of skiing in Scotland for 30+ years. Drive up through Deeside was magical - autumn colours, snow capped peaks and mist hovering over the river.
Report here:
http://www.winterhighland.info/publicreports/index.php?21,2008-11-03
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FAQ
Actually, Lecht is not bad at all as it has very few rocks or stones to damage the bottoms of a board or skis (unlike those heading to Cairngorm on Saturday which will be noisy and scrunchy / grindy when venturing onto the fresh stuff). 
