At the end of last winter season, as a treat to myself, I purchased the latest version of my Lib Tech Phoenix. I love this deck design. Anyway, here I am prepping it for the coming season and getting my stickers stuck.
Category: Snowboarding
Anything Snowboard related including reports direct from the mountains.
Reinstate funding for MWIS
UPDATE: Funding has been secured for at least 3 years! Dear friends, I just signed the petition “REINSTATE VITAL FUNDING TO THE MOUNTAIN WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICE (MWIS)” and wanted to ask if you could add your name too. This campaign means a lot to me and the more support we can get behind it, the […]
I’m a feature on Glencoe’s site
So I went online to purchase the early bird season pass for Glencoe Mountain Resort only to see myself on the Spring Run. I gave them permission a while back to use this. Good to see it’s getting used. Buying the season pass early means you get a great discount. Last year it meant each […]
Glencoe Birthday Hike
Day 34 of Scottish season 15/16. A one run wonder after a hike from the carpark to the summit. For the second year in a row I thought I’d go for a birthday slide on the remaining snow at Meall a’ Bhùiridh. Niels and myself left Cardoss around 8:00am on a cool bright day. The […]
Glencoe MacAvalanche Mass Descent
Day 33 out of season 16/17. Not really a full day snowboarding, but I did hike the top part of the mountain after getting the access chair up. Last Sunday turned out to be the last day of mechanised uplift for the ski season. However, the mountain bike season was opening with the No Fuss […]
Glencoe
Day 33 of Scottish season 15/16. I woke around 6:00 to the wind and rain rattling the window. So thought I’d lie in a bit. The winds were supposed to abate later in the morning so I figured there should be no rush. On checking Winterhighland, Glencoe had announced things were on hold until 9:00. […]
Glencoe
Day 32 of Scottish season 15/16. Glasgow was bright and sunny in the morning and the hill looked bright on the webcams before leaving. Once on the hill the though snow clouds started rolling in again sending flurries down from a grey sky with occasional blue patches and bright spells. Fresh snow had been fallen […]