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liaml


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Re: CairnGorm Snow 2012
Date Posted: 15.36hrs on Thu 19 Jan 12
alan Wrote:
Looks promising in Aviemore atm:

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i like the cautious driving of the people in the cars, then right at the end white van man whizzes past lol

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daveski


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Re: CairnGorm Snow 2012
Date Posted: 17.35hrs on Thu 19 Jan 12
liaml Wrote:
i like the cautious driving of the people in the cars, then right at the end white van man whizzes past lol

The Van must have winter tyres

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alan


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Re: CairnGorm Snow 2012
Date Posted: 00.08hrs on Sun 22 Jan 12
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The Van must have winter tyres


...or it could explained the tangled mess of sign posts in the middle of the ski road roundabout! winking smiley

Around 4-6 inches of fresh indicated by the radar returns, carpark tended to agree and on Friday afternoon suddenly the wind switched off for a very pleasent few hours on the mountain.



Also if you've not already seen them, check out the Pix from Friday as well. A few inches of fresh with deeper windblown accumulations were transformational for the open terrain and the Fiacaill Traverse / Fiacaill was doable with some creative route selection to get some windpacked freshies.

 


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glenogle


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22nd May 2013
Re: CairnGorm Snow 2012
Date Posted: 11.52hrs on Sun 22 Jan 12
Your pix suggest that they were taken on Sat. I wondered if this was the case or not.

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alan


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Re: CairnGorm Snow 2012
Date Posted: 12.09hrs on Sun 22 Jan 12
Oops yes Friday was the 20th not 21st, had desk calendar sitting open at September... Doh!

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h11lly


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23rd May 2013
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Re: CairnGorm Snow 2012
Date Posted: 17.48hrs on Sun 22 Jan 12
Today,Sunday, the snow was lovely, easy to turn on fresh, and it snowed on and off throughout the day.
If you don't value your bases too much you can ski from the top of the M1 poma, but walking to just below the 'road crossover' of the M1 poma track and starting from there was the better option.

Good cover in the top bowl but too misty for photos



Helen

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h11lly


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Re: CairnGorm Snow 2012
Date Posted: 17.44hrs on Tue 24 Jan 12
Good conditions this afternoon smiling smiley Photos and report [www.winterhighland.info]

Helen

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johnDUB


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28th Feb 2013
Re: CairnGorm Snow 2012
Date Posted: 22.23hrs on Tue 24 Jan 12
nice video, whos the guys in blue skiing?

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Camacazi


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23rd Jul 2012
Re: CairnGorm Snow 2012
Date Posted: 00.49hrs on Wed 25 Jan 12
Yea, we were up on Monday and there were quite a few people with the same blue jacket and I could see the same blue jacket people on Alan's clip of Friday...who are the blue jackets ?

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SimonEllis


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20th May 2013
Re: CairnGorm Snow 2012
Date Posted: 09.23hrs on Wed 25 Jan 12
i could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you ;-)


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big-G


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13th Mar 2013
Re: CairnGorm Snow 2012
Date Posted: 10.15hrs on Wed 25 Jan 12
How busy do you think it will be this weekend? Planning to head up with a friend who's never skiied before. Guess it won't be too busy though due to lack of the main runs being open?


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N9jnm


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4th Apr 2012
Re: CairnGorm Snow 2012
Date Posted: 14.03hrs on Wed 25 Jan 12
wow just looked at the webcams. the snow has taken a huge shift from yesterday. hope the low temps brings a dump tonight !

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alan


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Re: CairnGorm Snow 2012
Date Posted: 21.49hrs on Sun 29 Jan 12
Skied the Carpark Run this afternoon on my newly serviced good skis, thought I'd got away with it until I had a disagreement with a Burnside cross-drain... eye rolling smiley



Edited 1 times. Last edit at 21.50hrs Sun 29 Jan 12 by alan.

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alan


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Re: CairnGorm Snow 2012
Date Posted: 13.53hrs on Mon 30 Jan 12
Strong to gale force SE wind coming over the Plateau, blowing what little loose snow there is up there down into the snowsport area. Gunbarrel slowly improving. Snow Cannon going on the middle corner of the Zig Zags.

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dhorsley


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22nd May 2013
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Re: CairnGorm Snow 2012
Date Posted: 14.45hrs on Mon 30 Jan 12
alan Wrote:
Strong to gale force SE wind coming over the Plateau, blowing what little loose snow there is up there down into the snowsport area. Gunbarrel slowly improving. Snow Cannon going on the middle corner of the Zig Zags.


There was snow blowing on southerly winds on Sunday, but it was a shame there was so little loose snow to blow around as the direction looked great for filling the Ciste Gulley and Gunbarrel

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