Last year was my best season ever. So far this has been the worst snow season for a long time. This is only my second outing and in less than favourable conditions. I’m afraid I don’t hold much hope for the remainder of the season.
Tag: Snowboard
Anything snowboard related
Nevis Range
DAY 2 OF THE SCOTTISH SEASON 16/17. I had taken another long weekend off work, and I knew I wanted to travel somewhere to car camp again. It looked like Saturday was going to be bright, there had been snowfall and the Friday 6 O’clock News was all about the Scottish Ski areas opening at last. […]
New Season, Nearly New Board
At the end of last winter season, as a treat to myself, I purchased the latest version of my Lib Tech Phoenix. I love this deck design. Anyway, here I am prepping it for the coming season and getting my stickers stuck.
Reinstate funding for MWIS
UPDATE: Funding has been secured for at least 3 years! Dear friends, I just signed the petition “REINSTATE VITAL FUNDING TO THE MOUNTAIN WEATHER INFORMATION SERVICE (MWIS)” and wanted to ask if you could add your name too. This campaign means a lot to me and the more support we can get behind it, the […]
I’m a feature on Glencoe’s site
So I went online to purchase the early bird season pass for Glencoe Mountain Resort only to see myself on the Spring Run. I gave them permission a while back to use this. Good to see it’s getting used. Buying the season pass early means you get a great discount. Last year it meant each […]
Glencoe Birthday Hike
Day 34 of Scottish season 15/16. A one run wonder after a hike from the carpark to the summit. For the second year in a row I thought I’d go for a birthday slide on the remaining snow at Meall a’ Bhùiridh. Niels and myself left Cardoss around 8:00am on a cool bright day. The […]
Glencoe
Day 32 of Scottish season 15/16. Glasgow was bright and sunny in the morning and the hill looked bright on the webcams before leaving. Once on the hill the though snow clouds started rolling in again sending flurries down from a grey sky with occasional blue patches and bright spells. Fresh snow had been fallen […]