As my other thread says (sorry for starting a new one but that dried up!), I'm planning to shoot up for a slide over easter. I now have availability of a chalet near Nevis or Aviemore. I did consider going somewhere in-between, but obviously that would mean more travel in what MAY be a busy time....
Question is..... which way is the wind going to blow? (cookie crumble....toast land etc...). I've not skied at Aviemore so am having trouble weighing up the 2 options. Which is MOST likely to have some decent sport over easter? I've always assumed Nevis because of the extra altitude, but further east did better out of the recent snowfall......
Paul Richardson 8 March 2005 19:56:49 [ permanent link ]
On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 13:17:49 +0000 (UTC), "John Ricketts" <John@UNSPAMsynectixltd.com> wrote:
Any good guesses?>
J >
Extract of a report below is from the Winterhighland website - looks like you're probably going to do better in the Cairngorms for the amount of snow. Certainly most of the weather in the past couple of weeks has favoured snowfall in the E Highlands rather than the West.
"Snow conditions are the best since the 2001 season, with most of the snow falling in the east. Don't just think about getting out there - act.
Continental snow conditions have been attracting the snow junkies to the slopes, with 20 inches of fresh snow falling at CairnGorm recently, on top of the base that was already there. Off-piste areas open notably include the East Lady which offers a massive area of fresh snow with few rocks. Other off-piste areas include the East Wall, Cas Headwall, and Coronation Wall. All runs are complete, with the Gunbarrel finally receiving enough snow to allow it to be packed down."
In message <d0k8lt$j4a$1@hercules.btinternet.com>, John Ricketts <John@UNSPAMsynectixltd.com> writes>As my other thread says (sorry for starting a new one but that dried up!),>I'm planning to shoot up for a slide over easter. I now have availability of>a chalet near Nevis or Aviemore. I did consider going somewhere in-between,>but obviously that would mean more travel in what MAY be a busy time....>
Question is..... which way is the wind going to blow? (cookie>crumble....toast land etc...). I've not skied at Aviemore so am having>trouble weighing up the 2 options. Which is MOST likely to have some decent>sport over easter? I've always assumed Nevis because of the extra altitude,>but further east did better out of the recent snowfall......>
A pointless exercise. Things can change that quickly, however, it changes slightly less quickly further east. East is generally colder too. I'm going tomorrow to Cairngorm. I suspect it will depress me but what the hell. It looks good just now and snow and cold is forecast for the weekend. I would guess that Cairngorm will hold its snow for easter but as I have already said, any guess is a pointless exercise. I have seen 2 feet of snow disappear in a morning. -- Pete Devlin [{//////news03//////at\\\\\secondrow/////co\\\\\uk}] "Mind the oranges Marlon!"
"pete devlin" <spamtrap@secondrow.co.uk> wrote in message news:RusLexY4ViLCFwrP@sukmabobby.com...
A pointless exercise. Things can change that quickly, however, it> changes slightly less quickly further east. East is generally colder> too. I'm going tomorrow to Cairngorm. I suspect it will depress me but> what the hell. It looks good just now and snow and cold is forecast for> the weekend. I would guess that Cairngorm will hold its snow for easter> but as I have already said, any guess is a pointless exercise. I have> seen 2 feet of snow disappear in a morning.
Never a truer word spoken, it changes so quickly. Do not go this weekend though as you will be skiing in blizzards with very strong winds and no vis.
"pete devlin" <spamtrap@secondrow.co.uk> wrote in message news:RusLexY4ViLCFwrP@sukmabobby.com...
I'm going tomorrow to Cairngorm. I suspect it will depress me but> what the hell. It looks good just now and snow and cold is forecast for> the weekend. I would guess that Cairngorm will hold its snow for easter> but as I have already said, any guess is a pointless exercise. I have> seen 2 feet of snow disappear in a morning.
Thats very true, here today, gone tomorrow.
I was up there for a few days last week and though the snow cover was better than I can rember it for a long time the whole area apart from the lower day lodge slopes were covered in low cloud. 3 days of snow/blizzards with the usual gusting winds now and then made for a tricky few days skiing. On Wednesday morning, after a good dump of snow the off-piste area beside the White Lady was in good shape. Even with a foot ++ of fresh powder I still managed to find a rock. Nice deep gouge in the base of one ski. White Lady was good most of the week, M1 was in OK condition though not fully open as the army champs were running. Thursday morning was nice, bad vis cleared and had a good 4 hr spell of blue skis and could actually see what/where I had been skiing. Very difficult conditions made good by decent snow.
Aviemore, the only ski run, where the wind has blown me back up a fairly steep run. Ah but dont you just love it. Gordon Dudgeon "John Ricketts" <John@UNSPAMsynectixltd.com> wrote in message news:d0k8lt$j4a$1@hercules.btinternet.com...> As my other thread says (sorry for starting a new one but that dried up!), > I'm planning to shoot up for a slide over easter. I now have availability > of a chalet near Nevis or Aviemore. I did consider going somewhere > in-between, but obviously that would mean more travel in what MAY be a > busy time....>
Question is..... which way is the wind going to blow? (cookie > crumble....toast land etc...). I've not skied at Aviemore so am having > trouble weighing up the 2 options. Which is MOST likely to have some > decent sport over easter? I've always assumed Nevis because of the extra > altitude, but further east did better out of the recent snowfall......>
Adrian D. Shaw 10 March 2005 00:59:01 [ permanent link ]
Felly sgrifennodd KMM <down@under.com>:>Thursday morning was nice, bad vis cleared and>had a good 4 hr spell of blue skis and could actually see what/where I had>been skiing.
I'm surprised the colour of your skis makes that much difference!
Adrian (blue skis also so in theory should be able to see where I'm going) -- Adrian Shaw ais@ Adran Cyfrifiadureg, Prifysgol Cymru, aber. Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, Cymru ac. http://users.aber.ac.uk/ais uk
In message <qdq8319tbcg7rmdi9o6mdqbljmtovok9sk@4ax.com>, Colin Irvine <Colin.Irvine@spamcop.net> writes>Indeed. According to one of the (Glenshee) locals we were chatting to >the Scottish resorts haven't had the weeks of frost necessary to get >the ground cold enough to hang onto the snow.
We haven't had that since the early 80s! It's been cold for quite a while now. It's not like we rely on permafrost or anything. It's 0 deg outside just now and that's here at sea level. It's March and it's Scotland. Anything could happen. There is heaps of snow at the top of Cairngorm. There will be some kind of skiing at Easter but how good it will be is anyone's guess. -- Pete Devlin [{//////news03//////at\\\\\secondrow/////co\\\\\uk}] "Mind the oranges Marlon!"
