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An aide-mémoire. Mostly hiking & snowboarding in Scotland. Currently involved with @RoamResponsibly & @ProtectOurWintersUK

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Any activity that takes place in or around Glencoe.

Day 13: 2019

Posted on 13th April 201913th April 2019

My 13th day snowboarding this season at Glencoe Mountain Resort.

Posted in SnowboardingTagged corn snow, day 13, Glencoe, snowboarding, Spring1 Comment

Day 12: 2019

Posted on 7th April 20197th April 2019

Glencoe Mountain Resort A mild night gave way to another misty morning. MWIS had forecast that the mist would clear from the tops leading to widespread sunny spells. Everything was crossed for this to come true, but as is often the case, once the flag sets in, it sticks. The good news was, it was […]

Posted in SnowboardingTagged bindings, Glencoe, mist, Scotland, switch snowboarding

Day 11: 2019

Posted on 6th April 20196th April 2019

Improving my snowboarding at Glencoe Mountain Resort. Day 11, 2019.

Posted in SnowboardingTagged bindings, Day 11, forward lean, Glencoe, mindfulness, mist, Scotland, Spring, technique, turning3 Comments

Day 9: 2019

Posted on 30th March 201930th March 2019

Snowboarding at Glencoe Mountain. Day 9.

Posted in SnowboardingTagged Day 9, Glencoe, snowboarding, Spring1 Comment

Day 1: 2019

Posted on 23rd January 201926th January 2019

Glencoe Mountain Resort Winter has been a long time coming. At Christmas I had cousins visiting from Australia and they would stay almost the full month of January. The plan was to get up the hill and shred with them before they had to travel home.  Winter did not cooperate, not until two days before […]

Posted in Snowboarding, StoriesTagged early season, Glencoe, Scotland, snow, snowboarding, Winter, winter sports

Winter throwback video

Posted on 19th July 201826th October 2018

A brief reminder of early winter at Glencoe Mountain Resort. After the heat wave of summer, I took to the laptop and uncovered some shaky unstable video footage then used it to try my hand at editing using Da Vinci Resolve. Apologies for the shaky cam, but I wanted to play about with the colour grading. […]

Posted in Stories, VideoTagged Glencoe, powder, Scotland, Snowboard, video

Day 39: 2017/18 last uplift

Posted on 7th May 20189th May 2018

Glencoe Mountain resort It was finally here. 7th May had been marked on the calendar for some time as closing day. Glencoe Mountain Resort was the first Scottish ski area to open and the last to close. I’ll leave it for a later blog post for a retrospective on possibly the best snow season in […]

Posted in SnowboardingTagged Glencoe, last day, Scotland, snowboarding, Spring

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