For the first time in my snowboarding history I’ve bitten the bullet, placed a bet if you like on Glencoe Mountain Resort coming up with the goods. This morning my season ticket arrived. Fingers crossed for an epic season.
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Anything Snowboard related including reports direct from the mountains.
Anticipating Winter
The excitement slowly builds for Winter. For the first time in my all too many years of snowboarding Scotland’s ski areas, I’ve invested in a season pass. For those who may not be familiar with Scottish Winter weather, it’s a fickle beast. We need the storms to bring the snow, but often these bring warm […]
Glencoe Season ticket
Well, I’ve decided to take the gamble and invest in a season pass for Glencoe Mountain Resort this coming season. Here’s hoping we get plenty of snow! This is the first time ever I’ve gone for a season pass, the last three years I would have saved money had I invested. News from Glencoe Mountain […]
Meall a’ Bhùiridh
Midsummer Shred
Niels & myself take a hike from the car park to the summit of Meall a’ Bhùiridh at Glencoe Mountain Resort to find some snow and ride on real snow on midsummer’s day. Glasgow had been beautiful and bright but conditions deteriorated as we had come North. There was a mountain bike race on, so […]
Faulty Vans Cirro boots
What a shame! Less than 20 days riding and I see what I had thought were great supportive snowboard boots fall apart. I had purchased these Vans Cirro snowboard boots (£165) from the Board Basement’s ebay site to replace the Vans Encore Boa boots I’d been riding since 2005. The old Encore’s had been super comfy […]