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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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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Sounds awful?
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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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In the pic of frozen loch morlich, is that aviemore in the top left corner?
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brian
brian
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Presumably Mike Pow, isn't into fiddle-de-dee
Ricklovesthepowder, think it's Coylumbridge.
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Looks lovely,, I have been there for hiking in summertime for many years ago,, and I realy like my week there,, and I realy want to try Scottish skiing, is there someone that know some B&B near, that not are to expensive?
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I had a trawl last night for accommodation offerings for CairnGorm from someone on snowboardclub.co.uk, the cheapest offers for this weekend were £25 for a single room B&B at the Bavill and Highlander Hotel's both in Newtonmore, about 15minutes from Aviemore by car. Doubles/Twins were £35 at the Bavill and £44 at the Highlander.
While there is a big choice of accommodation for all budgets in Aviemore, it's always worth checking out the surrounding villages as some cracking offers pop up as the hotels and guest houses try to entice folk out from Aviemore itself. The Boat Hotel in Boat of Garten (other direction) had some doubles for £49, supposedly have a great restaurant, but can't comment personally.
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Ricklovesthepowder, yeah, it's Aviemore.
freeheelskier, loads to choose from in Aviemore but probably the cheapest you'll find are the last 2 which are Youth Hostels:
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SYHA Aviemore is doing 3 nights for the price of 2 thru the end of February, makes it £11.30 per night for a 3 night stay and they have superb lounge and cooking facilities.
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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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Some related articles, giving a further positive buzz to the Scottish scene:
The Daily Mail discovers Scottish skiing: Spartan Scotland? Not at all, the ski resorts north of the border are thriving
Read more here: Spartan Scotland? Not at all, the ski resorts north of the border are thriving
Couple of points they have wrong though (it is the Daily Mail), this is the 3rd (if not the 4th) very good season in a row, not the second and the best website for Scottish ski information with snow conditions and weather reports is not Ski Scotland, it's Winterhighland!
And if you want to pay to read The Times online (which I don't!) there's also this: A taste of Aspen in snowy Aviemore
If you haven't got a subscription all you'll be able to read from the above is:
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It was very strange; we had just turned into the short high street of Aviemore, so we knew that we were in Scotland, but it didn’t feel that way at all. On one side of the road there was Coffee Corner, reminiscent of the café from the US sitcom Friends. On the other side there were red ... |
Sounds good as far as it goes lol!
Seems to be part of a trend of positive reporting on the Scottish ski areas, there was a nice article on Aviemore earlier this month in The Herald: The Rebirth of Aviemore
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You know it makes sense.
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roga, really good report.
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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 main problem i find with aviemore is the wind. sometimes you feel like you are being blown up the hill. on a good day glenshee is way better imho. got me thinking might take a wander up next week
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