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CairnGorm Mountain // Tuesday 15th May 2012
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Mist begins to lift to reveal virgin wind blown fresh powder on the East Lady.

Deep powder all the way down the M1 poma fence line

East Lady

Excellent ski anywhere powder between the Traverse and 105

Fairway fences almost buried

Chicken gully.Following fence lines was the best way to get as far down as possible to the middle.

Heading over to Fiacaill for the last run

Looking to the White Lady. Great powder on the top section

Lovely snow in the Fiacaill area but the wind reduced the number of turns possible

Pisted M1

Ski anywhere between the Cas and Fiacaill

The route between the M1 and the M1 poma was excellent

Traverse. Had drifts on the lower part

Upper Cas . Not much to see of the fence

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Report
:: Snow Cover
Mostly Skiable - Some Areas Thin/Narrow
:: Surface Conditions (out of 5)
4
:: Weather Conditions
A blizzard with almost zero visibility as I arrived off the 1pm train and tried to venture down the Ciste bowl. Then it improved and by the end of the afternoon the sky was blue.
Quite windy with drifting above mid Lady
:: Snow Conditions & Info
Deep cover in the Ciste bowl but after one run at the start I spent the afternoon skiing various routes down to catch the funicular at the mid station that was running every 20 minutes.
My pick was the East Lady and the area between the M1 and the M1 poma. Fresh tracks on excellent powder. Staying close to the fences was the best way to get as far down as possible .
The area between the Traverse and 105 was ski anywhere as was the boulder field between the Fiacaill and Cas but here the wind prevented swooshy turns.

Is this really May 15th ? !
:: Riders
Helen
This report was posted by h11lly at 18.36hrs on Tue 15th May 12


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