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Glencoe - Mon 16th Feb 2015
Posted by: eagles at 21.51hrs on Mon 16th Feb 15

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:: Snow Cover
Excellent Cover
:: Surface Conditions (out of 5)
5
:: Weather Conditions
A cold blustery day with plenty of snow showers down to the top of the Access Chair and spindrift blowing in the gusty SW wind. It was 2C at the car park in the morning and the cloud base was lowering below the summit in the snow showers.
:: Snow Conditions & Info
An stunning day's skiing on Meall A' Bhuiridh with loads of fresh overnight snow over the whole mountain from the top of the Access Chair with 3-5cm on the plateau and at least 10-15cm on the middle and upper mountain. Fresh tracks were to be found everywhere on the Main Basin, Etive Glades and The Wall. The Spring Run was giving epic skiing on deep soft powder as also was the FlyPaper which was open in the early afternoon with deep soft snow and only a few icy patches. The pick of the day for me was the East Ridge which was sublime with loads of untracked fresh powder....
:: Riders
Ken
:: E-Mail Contact
munro33 at aol dot com

Report Edited 2 times. Last edited by eagles: 2015-02-16 23:50:41

Glencoe - Mon 16th Feb 2015
Posted by: JMAC at 20.56hrs on Mon 16th Feb 15

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:: Snow Cover
Excellent Cover
:: Surface Conditions (out of 5)
5
:: Weather Conditions
AM - Wind was light/moderate, cloud cover was around the tops, but coming and going.
PM - Wind strengthened, but the SW/W direction did not affect the skiing, cloud broke up a bit more, with some clear spells.
:: Snow Conditions & Info
'POW' - der Day!!!!!

The legend that is Glencoe continues!

Where to start?

Significant snow had fallen over night on Sunday as forecast and provided the mountain with a fresh feel from the snow line at 650m up to the summit.

Although it was the start of the half-term break, the car park was only 1/3 full at 9am, when I went up the hill.

There was about 5cm of POW on the plateau runs (Green) which was great first thing and got me thinking about what lay waiting above.

The mid mountain was loaded, with 10/15cm in the Wall (Red) and Canyon (Red), and about 5/10cm on the run down Old Mugs (Green). Being up early meant that I was skiing fresh lines on the Wall/Canyon all morning.

The POW was super dry and moved really well under your skis giving 'Hero-Snow' conditions, helping the skis on every turn.

Main Basin (Blue) and Happy Valley (Blue) had about 10cm of POW in them. The Pisten Bully had been out earlier, but more wind-blown POW had landed on top of the already fresh/soft pisted base layer. The skiing here was epic! Everyone was skiing like heros on this snow.

Then after that warm-up, it was time to head out East to look at the Spring-Run (Red). Nobody appeared to be going out East, so by 11am I was still one of the first to ski the Spring Run. It was immense! 10/15cm of POW in there. Every turn was Hero skiing - steep POW in Glencoe does not get any better.

After lunch, the car park was about 3/4 full, but the hill still did not feel too busy. I was still playing around on the various Red Runs, every run still had fresh snow if you looked for it.

Then after a busy morning the Ski Patrol got round to checking-out the Flypaper (Black). It opened in the early afternoon around 2pm and people started to nervously glance over at it as they dropped the Spring Run. I joined a group of skiers who were the first to go down it. Again there was about 10/15cm of POW in it. The previous icy snow was now totally covered with fresh dry grippy snow, that helped your skis to stay stuck to the Flypaper with every turn.

After dropping the Flypaper a couple of times, a few of us headed out to the East Ridge to ski the gullies - again loaded with 10/15cm of fresh dry grippy POW.

All in, my best day out skiing in Scotland this year, so far!
:: Riders
JMAC

Report Edited 9 times. Last edited by JMAC: 2015-02-16 22:27:43

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