Car camping not snowboarding Saturday 14 January 2017 Snow had swept across the country from Thursday and the media was full of all the usual apocalyptic snow stories. The winds that brought the snow had been particularly fierce on the high peaks, so I was already doubtful that there would be any uplift at Glencoe. […]
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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.
Glencoe
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 […]
Glencoe
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 […]
Glencoe
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 […]
Glencoe
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 […]