not looking great for the weekend, some links will go and it could mean back to cairnwell side only and baddoch for downloading too

and a re-freeze on fri/sat

snow at side of carpark could be used o help things

Be nice to skiers...they have enough problems already

too windy today for the chairs and caenlochan closed

snow hard first thing, softened about 10-11am

try again on Thur or Fri

more snow desperately needed to maintain any descent amount of Lifts open

another lull in the conditions to endure

Be nice to skiers...they have enough problems already

Yeah its back to the problem with sunnyside being very thin due to no real base. Tom Dearg & the Cluny's are still good. Coire Fionn will still be good.

The Baddoch went off today from the wind. Plastic was commissioned instead. Cairnwell T-bar wasnt on. And as said as said Caenlochan was off and therefor Coire Fionn. Allot of lifts were on/off with the wind. Though apparently the guys were fixing Caenlochan today, with blow torches. And a groomer has been repairing the home run.

Full width on the Dink Dink though!

Some of the gusts were pretty mighty. Knocked lots of people off their feet!

Surely the sunnyside chair could be used for downloading. This would provide access to loads of snow right into Coire Fionn when sunnyside gets bare.

For want of better words... Oh dear!

Come on everybody get dancing as the snow forecast this weekend could be what determines the few weeks ahead.

Few runs are now complete and walking is required coming off sunnyside.

it must be bad Cammy if you are saying "oh dear"...
I was over in Norway today for a work trip, they have had loads of snow further north there, shame it can move a few hundred miles further West...

The usual suspects have suffered badly. Unfortunately we are back to just the Cairnwell side. And like last time we are going to need quite a large amount of snow to bring back access to the other 2 valleys.

I cannae deny that its depressing. BUT. Dont be so put off, remember cairnwell red race track is still excellent and still loads of Snow on Butcharts to be enjoyed. And the Baddoch Chairlift will be providing easy peasy swift access to the snow. With the Cairnwell cafe being the main hub of operations. We've seen it much worse already this season, and back then it didnt stop people having a great time.

I also beleive the park has been repaired and reshaped where necessary.

But its times like these that make us appreciate how great the last two season actually were. But dont be so down. Any snow is good snow. Go have fun.



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I was working at gs this week and things are bad - hope this week brings some joy - we are back to sq1 at the moment.

what a difference a snow shower can make...

godd visibility and sunny in the morning with boiler plate conditions and bare patches on claybookie and butchards made it very difficult for beg/interm

race track was very hard but smooth so was negotiable by experts

then just before lunch we got a snow shower which dumped 1 inch or snow in 30min and subsequent very heavy showers on a strong wind added to this and was still snowing when I left at 4.30pm, hard to tell how much fell as redistribution on strong winds

race track was by then 60% fresh powder in wind blown stashes and some icy bits...what fun didnt stop lapping it until they closed the lift at 4.15pm

wind was very strong all day, calmer lower down in sheltered areas

a great powder reward for those who decided to stay and brave out the icy conditions

not enough to open more runs but what an improvement

Be nice to skiers...they have enough problems already

Damn! The Ski School & I had had enough by 1pm and went home.

It was, as the liftie described, bulletproof this morning. Proper hard stuff & largely ungroomed due to the wind (apparently).

Going to get up whenever I can early this week as it wont be pretty by next weekend.

Just been skiing the Braemar golf course this evening. Some good drifts developing low down, so hopefully the same is happening up the hill. If they can consolidate what comes, just maybe they can survive the next week. finger, arms and legs crossed

Interesting day today! Mix of nice deep powder and bomb proof ice with a liberal sprinkling of rocky bits. Definitely a day to keep you on your toes anyway. Best bits off the cairnwell t, red race track best piste but a huge margin, but most fun to be had rockhopping off piste.,worst bits around the acces poma, a run best avoided, tbh should really have been shut down it was that icy and narrow.

Good efforts from the gs staff to keep stuff patched, and a big thumbs down to tayside polis for keeping the mostly black road shut till half ten. Speaking of which, flugeryl, by any chance were you third back in the q in a black skoda? Someone who looks a lot your wh pic was anyway :-)

yeh that was me, arrived at 8am....to say I was angry at the council man is an understatement

road was ready to open at 9am snow plough had done its thing

Grampian police told the council man he could open, but his responce was your no a tayside polis so it stays shut

GS staff were not allowed up either

some cars turned around with their cash still in their pockets... a crime in itself

will complaining change anything...no IMHO the bureaucrats will quote line for line procedure, saying any deviation from this is unsafe...i.e. they will spout a lot of bollocks and change nothing while buisnes's in the area suffer

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hi folks anyone know if theres enough snow after the weekend for a short tour out to Carn a'Gheoidh from the cairnwell tomorrow ? still looks a bit thin on the webcam davy