Day 28 of Scottish season 15/16. The drive up today was beautiful. I left Glasgow in brilliant Spring sunshine and traveled up through Loch Lomond where the cloud was starting to encroach. It had been cold over night so the snow had set up hard so I was in no rush. I thought I’d […]
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Day 27 of Scottish season 15/16. It had been a late night as I repaired my board from the previous day and only finished p-texing and waxing my board just before 1:00am. I left just after 8:00am to get to the hill just before 10:00am. Today had been forecast to be sunny, but it was actually […]
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Day 26 of Scottish season 15/16. Forecast to snow today and there had been some overnight so was looking forward to freshies. There had been snowfall, but the only cloud in sight seemed to cover the summit of the ski hill. I was early up the access chair and once up to the top I […]
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Day 25 of Scottish season 15/16. It was a slow start. Feeling tired now and the weather wasn’t looking particularly promising. Today was to be a second day for the World Freeride Qualifiers, but from what I could see on the webcams there would be no action near the Flypaper. It was truly clogged […]
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Day 23 of Scottish season 15/16. A new record for days on lift assisted Scottish snow in one season. Tuesday was the last day of my holiday and the conditions were very pleasant for a days riding at Coe. Conditions were cooler and mist was skudding over the mountains with a milky sun occasionally learning […]
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Day 21 of Scottish season 15/16. Another greybird day. This cloud doesn’t want to shift from the summit of Meall a’ Bhuiridh. It’s my third consecutive day at Glencoe Mountain Resort and the staff are wondering if I have a job to go to. I just tell them ‘some folk go to the Alps but I’ve […]
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Day 20 of Scottish season 15/16. Another misty day, but slightly better than yesterday. Drier but still with no visibility at the very top. After a few runs on main basin and the wall crossover, which still has great snow. I took things down to Mugs Alley and ‘Old Mugs Alley’ as they call the […]