A simply epic Easter Sunday to start April at Glencoe with all uplift open, all mountain runs open and absolutely fantastic snow sports whether first day learner or after the steeps of the East Ridge.
Now we'd love to tell you Monday is going to be a repeat, sadly it isn't so straight forward... However early indications are Thursday could be a cracker, so keep an eye on how that develops.
For Monday winds will increase through day but timing uncertain to some extent though it is expected to be a bright morning with it probably staying dry for the bulk of lift operating hours. The lightest winds will be in the morning, so the best of the weather will be first thing thus taking the gamble could pay big dividends if Monday begins like Sunday finished with a largely blue sky dusk this evening.
There are extensive snowfields extending well below the Top of the Access and up on the mountain much of the mid mountain and Plateau is ride anywhere with the named trails having become something of an irrelevance.
Cover is wide and deep across the mountain, surface conditions are varying with time of day to an extent as colder temperatures are keeping the fresh layer fairly fresh, but also non sunlit aspects firmer off the grooming. Careful selection of pitch and aspect will provide some very sweet turns on spring snow off the groomers.
Main Basin, Happy Valley and Spring Run being groomed upper mountain. Mugs Alley, High Road and Wall Crossover mid-mountain, plus all Plateau Green trails being extensively groomed every morning pre opening.
Still possible to ride about 2/3rds of the way to the Carpark via the Blue / Weasel Gully or 3/4 via the low level Red Access Run. Later saw quite a bit of action today, but the former though is an absolute delight down Weasel Gully and well worth the short hoof out the track to the base.