 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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snowball, W O W !!!!! Fantastic, just showed them to my son, we live in Austria, and I swear he had tears in his eyes!
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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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To clarify
Is Easy Gully named in an ironic fashion?
Or is it actually the easiest of the bunch? 
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It's ironic. It is the hardest of the regularly skied off-piste routes from the main ridge. The normal way into Spikes is easier (the guy in the photo was making it hard for himself going in from there) but both vary with the cornice situation . Good photos here on Winterhighland . Summit Gully is the easiest.
Last edited by You need to Login to know who's really who. on Tue 11-05-10 18:51; edited 8 times in total
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brian
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andytb, it's the easiest ice climbing route *up* Coire an Lochain.
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Absolutely stunning, thanxs.
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arv, is that pic you last season then? 
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DAB, sorry to disappoint but I think it is one of the guys from freeskiing.co.uk , I'm sure someone else will be able to confirm.
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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.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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arv... there doesn't seem to be a landing in that pic... 'that's not flying.. just falling with style!'
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Still, it must be difficult for him to land something like that when he has to factor in the weight of his balls. 
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You know it makes sense.
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flangesax, I'd really like to see the video.
snowball, 
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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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snowball,
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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THIS is still one of the all-time great jumps with back-flip. "Holy shiit" indeed.
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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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snowball, BIG 
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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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HighRustler, beautiful shots.
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HighRustler, Nice photos. I've been trying to get clear who took those photos but Andrew seems not to get most of my emails - not sure why, since he does get some.
So we have met...hmmm, trying to remember who you might be. During the weekend I skied with Andrew and Craig and for a while another snowhead, who was not you - then an East coast Scottish skier on the Monday who cannot have been you since he hadn't skied Nevis before. So presumably we just met very briefly?
I hope, if I come up next season, we get to ski together at some point.) It would most likely be late March or early April since I am probably skiing late January, mid February and early March in the Alps. (I would have preferred late March but the guide I want to ski with would be on an expedition then.)
Ben jumped Spikes on skiers left... I don't get it, has the photo been reversed? I assumed it must be skiers right. Or is this actually above the Easy Gully bowl rather than what is normally called Spikes?Or is this on the end of the promontary between the two?
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Snowball, it's Craig. I know Andrew has had some issues since changing pc, so I wouldn't be too hard on him! The pic of Ben hasn't been reversed. It's probably easier to explain using another pic.
First tracks in Spikes on Easter Sunday. I've added a black line to show Ben's line, skier's left of the normal line.
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Oh Hi Craig (sorry, HighRustler I mean) - I didn't know you posted on here. I was really sorry I couldn't come up to ski this year - it was a matter of household politics after I'd already been away skiing nearly 4 weeks in the Alps (my wife being a non-skier). Last year I chose to do an extra weekend at the EOSB bash instead of Scotland since I gathered the snow was not so good.
Ah yes, I see there might be just room to stand and photograph the entry from the very tip of the promontary - I hadn't realised there might be. Too radical an entry for me, I think!
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More fab photos - keep them coming, thanks.
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PS for those who don't know the area, that's Summit Gully in the distance. Easy gully bowl is just off-photo to the right.
HighRustler, I put two of the photos you sent me 2 years ago together to make this composite of the Easy Gully bowl:
(perhaps should have lightened the left one a bit more)
However, with the "Ben dropping into Spikes" reference I just realised you may have been referring just your new photo rather than the one I posted at the top - or was that true for both?
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Snowball, my comments referred to the pic I posted, not your earlier pic.
Here is a pic to illustrate the location of where Ben did the cliff drop in your pic. (I've added a black line to indicate his line) As you can see, this is in Coire an Lochain near the lower of the two lochans rather that Spikes, which is over the ridge line in the distance with the cornice and entrance to Spikes just visible.
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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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HighRustler, thanks for the pictures. What was your best day up there this season? I'd imagine it is a toss up between the 2nd and the 4th of April?
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Oh OK, that solves it. Andrew had labelled it as Spikes. I'll re-label it. Not quite so extreme as I thought then, though still a good jump!
The two ways you showed us down this bit were on each side of this lump, but the slope with tracks in the middle, right next to Ben's jump, looks like a good alternative to remember.
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 Sun 16-05-10 15:23; edited 1 time in total
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You know it makes sense.
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Arv, many great days this winter, spoiled for choice! The stand out days for me at Nevis were, as you mentioned, 2/4th April and also 20/21st Feb, the weekend where some of the pics posted by Snowball were taken. 11th April was also an amazing day. Only two runs completed that day but one was the East face of Carn Mor Dearg and the other was Easy gully so not a bad combination!
Firsttracks dropping in on Carn Mor Dearg on 11th April
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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I saw your TR of that one. I'd like to try that one day, though a good size walk to get to it (about the most I'd be up for in a day, these days.  )
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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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Snowball, Ben's cliff drop looked fairly extreme to me when I watched him do it The shot doesn't really convey the steepness and the distance he dropped. Have to say, it was very impressive!
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I didn't mean I would do it!
Yes that descent through the rock bands certainly looks very exposed. (I don't imagine it would be feasible with any less snow.) That's a photo I don't remember from the TR: shows it better than the more restricted one I remember.
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I expect to see a pair of Legend Pros doing the same next season 
