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The Pentlands and Hillend
 Poster: A snowHead
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Saw a link to this on WinterHighland and thought some of you may be interested. I have never been closer to thinking about touring, pity my off piste experience is negligible.



http://youtube.com/v/HyBvuFpB1mY
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

Where is this? Where is "pentlands"??? rolling 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?

The Pentlands are on the southern outskirts of Edinburgh.

The chairlift and tow service the dry ski slope at Hillend. The dry ski slope is 400m long and was in the 1970s the longest in Europe.

Apparently Finlay Mickel and others have also been skiing on Arthur's Seat in Holyrood Park in Edinburgh.
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Nice hills - I did a walk there a few months ago. (You can see the edge of Edinburgh in the big 360º pan shot.)
Were they just walking on up to the top from the top of the lift?


Last edited by You need to Login to know who's really who. on Sun 5-12-10 12:39; edited 1 time in total
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 Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.

welshflyer, Cheers, i didnt know it was a dry ski slope, couldnt see it from all that snow!!!
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From the thread on Winterhighland the guy said they were out with only downhill kit so they were hiking in the shots away from the dry slope.

Out of interest where is the longest dry slope now? I thought it may have been Sheffield if it is still open.
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Then you can post your own questions or snow reports...

Ricklovesthepowder, what's the matter, don't you have Google where you live? Laughing
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 After all it is free Go on u know u want to!
After all it is free Go on u know u want to!

Not sure what the weather is doing back home but came across this if anyone is in the vicinity:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=168490646525088
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Scotland's 6th ski area!
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offpisteskiing, no login for fb, what was it?
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brian
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SHRED-INBURGH!! Arthurs Seat Flashmob Downhill. THIS SUNDAY!!

Sunday, December 5 · 3:00pm - 6:00pm

You've got enough time to get there! Toofy Grin
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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.

Be careful though and perhaps take your tranceiver, shovel and probe: Arthur's Seat avalanche warning Shocked
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roga, brilliant! I could just get there in time but I'm trying to get some work finished off to clear the decks for a wee jaunt up north tomorrow. wink
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 You know it makes sense.
You know it makes sense.


http://youtube.com/v/lRJldrUKaDs
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 Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:

Fantastic Very Happy

For historic interest, I can report that 2 or 3 friends and I did a traverse of the Pentlands from Balerno to (I think) Nine Mile Burn in the snowy winter of 1963. In those days we had cable bindings but I cannot remember now whether we loosened the heels to give a sort of Telemark or whether we just got blisters. We certainly weren't skiing as well as the folk in the clips.
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