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CairnGorm Mountain // Thursday 2nd January 2014
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Impressive rime ice on the weather station

   
Run from Fiacaill Ridge Poma to Sheiling area . Firm to start but good lower down

Fiacaill Ridge Poma run. Upper section was best

Lady. Nice powder on the east side

M1 side track. Grippy at start but then it was very scraped and difficult to get an edge on.

Lower Fiacaill Ridge run. Upper and lower sections were best

Lower Daylodge. Not open

Aonach . Good cover but slabby near the M2

Daylodge. Complete and pisted but not open.

Upper M2

Mid M2 broken in several areas.

Snow piling going on just above the top of the ptarmigan tow.

Cover improved around the summit in the past week but very icy. Despite the sun on the summit the plateau was in mist all the while I was there.

Cas. Good skiing especially to the RH side of the run where there was powder. Gunbarrel good too.

 
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Report
:: Snow Cover
Most Terrain has Good Cover.
:: Surface Conditions (out of 5)
2
:: Weather Conditions
Clear, dry, cold, below freezing all levels, fairly strong wind.
:: Snow Conditions & Info
Skins on and wandered around closed areas to begin with ;summit, more snow than last week but still has rocks protruding; Marquis Wells nice grippy surface: Top bowls fairly hard; M2 good at top and bottom but broken in several places in the middle; Aonach good cover but slabby in places; Daylodge, complete and pisted.
Then used the lifts to ski the open area ; White Lady very wide but best over to the east Lady side where there was more drifted powder; M1 sidetrack, initially it felt like a good choice with a grippy surface but after a short distance it was scraped and icy. Maybe I was too late in the day skiing it. Cas nice drifted powder especially over to the funicular side ; Fiacaill ridge, grippy to begin with but less so in the mid section . The run from the ridge to the Sheiling run was good. Lower slopes were a bit polished by the end of the day
Cas ,F R poma, Car part T and funicular were running . Too windy for other lifts
Personally a bit too hard in general for me hence the grade 2 but those with sharp edges and more guts would probably have rated it higher. !

:: Riders
Helen
This report was posted by h11lly at 20.41hrs on Thu 2nd Jan 14


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