Day 5 of season 14/15. Rising up on to Rannoch Moor around 9:30 I was met with a traffic jam. -7 outside and the road had been relatively good. Snow all around and the mountain gleaming in winter sunshine. The cars were not moving and people were getting out. I asked the guys from the […]
Category: Snowboarding
Anything Snowboard related including reports direct from the mountains.
Snow is falling
The first snow has started to fall in the city. Unfortunately this is due to a rather volatile weather system coming off the Atlantic. High winds over 100mph put paid to any snowboarding. However, on the plus side conditions should be favourable after the storm passes in a week or so!
Glencoe
Day 4 of season 14/15. First slide of the new year. There seemed to be a few different weather reports floating around. Winter Highland was predicting high winds, but the main Met office report and Glencoe themselves seemed sure it was going to be bright and still. Since I was on my own and with […]
Glencoe
Day 3 of the 14/15 season. The day didn’t start too hopeful. I took a break yesterday and was kicking myself as the weather looked great on the webcams while Glasgow was gloomy under a shroud of fog all day. It looked like Monday may have been the last chance before new year as the […]
Glencoe
I was up early today, having done an airport run at 5:00am. The car was frozen in the morning and the sky was clear for day 2 of the 14/15 season. I collected Beth, my niece and Seth, visiting from the U.S. as I had promised to show them the sights. On arrival at the […]
Glencoe
Day 1 of the 14/15 season. Blowy morning so no access to Glencoe Mountain till lunch time. Only Plateau Poma running so just a few warm up laps and a hike above Mugs Alley to tell me my legs need more practice. Sunday looks like another bout of rain coming off the Atlantic bringing mild […]
Counting my chickens…
…before they hatch. Waxed my board and sharpened the rails in anticipation of Glencoe Mountain Resort opening this Saturday. Weather on Friday has been blustery with heavy snowfalls on the hill. Looks like the morning is going to be wild, calming down for the afternoon. Maybe even some bright spells. Ready to go whatever the […]