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 […]
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Day 38: 2017/18
Glencoe Mountain Resort This will be a brief one. I’m at day 38 and the terrain is retreating as I type this. The day started grey at Glencoe as I glanced through one open eye across the car park. It looked misty with no sign of the sunny spells implied in the forecast. I didn’t […]
Day 37: 2017/18
Glencoe Mountain resort I wont even begin to explain my jealousy of everyone who made it up the previous weekend. I was gutted I couldn’t make it and experience the fresh snow and sunshine. I was being sociable though, spending time with friends down in Wales. I had to make sure I could make it […]
Day 35: 2017/18 Record Days On Snow
Glencoe Mountain resort The forecast for Saturday at Glencoe was for sunshine, and on leaving Glasgow, the sky was blue and the air was warm. As I got closer to Glencoe, I could see cloud scudding across the very tops of the hills. It looked great though, the changing light across the mountain exaggerated the […]
Day 34: 2017/18
Glencoe Apologies for releasing an almost week delayed blogpost. I’ve only just found the time to sit down and write this update from last Sunday. It was a quiet day on the hill, especially compared to the previous day of the banked slalom. It was a landmark for me though. Day 34 equals my best […]