 Poster: A snowHead
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Yes yes, we know the story, and we've seen this picture, wrongly attributed to Austria at the weekend by the Daily Fail.
Here's the article about the real road:
http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2010/12/29/so-you-think-you-have-snow/
But someone has pointed out to me that the first photo is different to the others because the centre line is a broken white line, not a solid yellow line, which roads in Japan have.
But they are driving on the left, so where IS that road in the original photo? Is it a photoshop?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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The centre line in Japan is similar to in the UK in that it's broken when overtaking is permitted, and solid when it isn't. (Although overtaking when the snowbanks are that high would be a pretty risky manoeuvre!)
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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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That's a long way off 56 feet... Maybe 26...
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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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| clarky999 wrote: |
| That's a long way off 56 feet... Maybe 26... |
I agree.... still, that's a shedload of snow!!! 
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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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Piccadilly, The first contribution in the comment section of the link you posted is dated Dec 2010. Daily Fail indeed.
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I thought I'd better self-moderate my Glencoe road post although as that picture has made FB labelled Les Arcs, St Anton & Zermatt already & who knows where else in the papers & ski forums, it would probably have been believed by someone. 
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It looks like the access road up to Cairngorm to me.
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The way the trees adjacent to the road are sitting above the snow makes me think that something is not right with that photo...
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Part of the apparent depth of the snow will be caused by the snowploughs blowing snow sideways to open up the road, building up levees of snow either side of the road. But Japan gets a lot of snow so I don't think those photos are the result of some clever photoshopping.
Some more details including a video here.
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Reminds me of Western Norway in the snowapocalypse years of the early 90's; driving around I was wondering why there were so many window cleaners in Norway since every car had a 2-stage 4m ladder on its roof. Little did I know it was to to get out of the road to go skiing 
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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| Ricklovesthepowder wrote: |
| It looks like the access road up to Cairngorm to me. |
Nah, it's open and people can drive up it
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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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