First day of the 13/14 season at Glencoe. Tons of snow had arrived in the storms at Christmas. Unfortunately this had damaged the Cliffy chairlift and buried the Main Basin tbar. So no uplift to the top. This also meant the queues were pretty bad. Loads of people were up since it was the first […]
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Any activity that takes place in or around Glencoe.
Meall a’ Bhùiridh
Jan Feb Stuff 610 on Flickr. A side view of Glencoe Mountain Resort or Meall a’ Bhùiridh to give its real name.
Glencoe, Sunday 26 May
The week after my previous visit to Glencoe they decided to close all uplift due to warmer and wetter conditions. It had been a fantastic snow filled season, not just in quantity but the quality of snow was outstanding. However I had reached 16 days on Scottish snow. This equaled my previous record. I was […]
Glencoe Thursday 24th January
After a thaw some snow eventually started falling. It’s been all over UK, apart from West of Scotland. Really once again only the top was really worth riding. Main Basin had soft in the middle but ice and rocks were a constant threat. Skiers right of the top tow had some nice wind packed powder. […]
Glencoe, Saturday 13th April 2013
Day started with a bit of dubiety with regards to the weather. Wind an temperatures were set to rise through the day. Visibility in the morning was non existent but the whole mountain unveiled itself around 2:00. This meant we could go everywhere and anywhere, and the snow was some of the best non-powder I’ve […]
Glencoe, Saturday 27th April 2013
The upper slopes of Glencoe Mountain Resort have some of the best late season conditions we’ve seen in a long time and look set to offer skiing for the May holiday, depending on the weather of course.The snow is in great condition as it has remained dry, without the usual freeze/thaw action of a typical […]
Glencoe, Saturday 20th April 2013
Was unsure whether the weather would work out. Gales were forecast at high level and Coe were not updating their Facebook page. Kept checking and it wasn’t looking good. I phoned and asked about the wind. “There is no wind” they said. I was in the car before you could say Spring Snow. The car […]