 Poster: A snowHead
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Anyone heading up? Think I am going to throw my ski stuff in the car early doors and go for it. I am 3 hours away..
Give me a PM or post here if you are. Be back from football in 2 hours.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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you do know there aint any uplift tomorrow or for the next month? choo-choo is being lifted off the track for maintenance. Re-open early December. If you're will to hike / skin up however, there'll be great fun to be had
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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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Ah f*ck. Just assumed it would have been reviewed due to the snowfall, ie put on hold a day. Cheers for that.
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Can you not just roll up to the old car park? Is it just the funicular thats not running ie other lifts are?
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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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sorry bout that mate, but sadly not. Engineers jetting in from the choo-choo makers etc to do the maintenance, so it's been long planned.
I was at the lecht today and it was great. I think they're opening tomorrow. Would add another 45mins-1hr to your journey and a much smaller area (that's still only limited opening - 2 pomas, the chair and 3 nursery tows on today - probably same tomorrow).
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barry, thanks for that, seems stupid that they don't just run a couple lifts if you don't need the funicular to get to them? I usually just ski at Nevis/Glencoe.. I am not spending 4 hours in the car for the Lecht when Xscape is a half hour away 
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I am gutted, I have spent the night getting prepped and excited for skiing, even took it easy at football tonight to avoid injury. 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Just not worth while, 3 hours is hard enough to justify with an essay to finish for Tuesday!! I envy you. If you are ever making it to Cairngorm//Nevis//Glencoe give me a PM and I will be sure to make the pilgrimage. 3 days Uni a week allows for plenty skiing time this winter 
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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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A car that doesn't go up hills well  Especially when full of gear. Figured because I had never been before it would take me forever to get lost on the way to the Lecht. Would probably be more like 3 and a half! I know the road to Xscape well...
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You know it makes sense.
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arv,
Are you referring to Xscape at Braehead.
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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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Yeh
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Poster: A snowHead
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I forgot about that one, here's me thinking you were referring to Castleford 
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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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Either that or he has a helicopter!
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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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arv,
Surely Lecht is worth the trip. Snow looks superb and it will probably be empty. If the Irish sea wasn't in the way, I'd be prepared to drive 6 hrs to get there.
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barry, cool photos - that's what it used to look like when i was learning to ski there about 25 years ago. happy memories
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| marmot wrote: |
| barry, cool photos - that's what it used to look like when i was learning to ski there about 25 years ago. happy memories |
not my photos (didnt have camera with me yesterday), but those of the webmaster of Highland-Instinct.co.uk, a great site (along with Winterhighland.info) for getting the best user-submitted condition reports and photos etc for all the Scottish centres, and many many backcountry trips too.
As I said earlier, sunday was possibly even nicer at the lecht, with bright sunshine. Still obviously early season so infrastructure and hence lift-served terrain was limited, but other than that, what a great opening weekend!
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johnboy, essay to write.... was pushing it even for Cairngorm
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skiing the last 2 days was only off the train 
