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Glencoe // Friday 27th April 2018
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Looking across to the Shepherd of the Glen.

Heading down the Plateau at close-of-play. Passable, but very wet and heavy.

Spring run fully loaded with soft snow - terrifying in the bowl.

Looking back up the disheveled plateau run towards the loaded mountain at the end of the day.

Looking across to the Wall from the plateau.

View down Happy Valley, by far the best run of the day.

Looking down the Main Basin - good snow, but rather heavy going in the fresh powder.

Looking up the Main Basin from the T-bar.

View across to the Main Basin T-bar. No queues all day, so the button saw no action.

View across the lower slopes during the morning.

Heading up...

 
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Report
:: Snow Cover
Most Terrain has Good Cover.
:: Surface Conditions (out of 5)
4
:: Weather Conditions
Clear weather conditions dominated through most of the day, with the occasional light snow shower closing in from the West, but visibility was always excellent. The showers eventually burned off at the end of the day, raising the temperature from just below freezing in the morning to 4-5 degrees by the afternoon.
:: Snow Conditions & Info
Snow cover was generally fantastic. The upper mountain was loaded with a mix of fresh skier-packed snow higher up and soft granular snow lower down. Happy Valley was by far the pick of the day with skier-packed powder on a firm base. Main Basin was also good, but less packed and rather hard on the knees on the way down. Spring Run was soft and fully loaded, though heavy in the bowl. Mugs Alley was mostly full-width, but the snow was also somewhat heavy and sticky with the occasional unexpected hole. Plateau run was just about passable until the last 50m, but very heavy and wet with narrow sections.
:: Riders
Callum and Chris
This report was posted by InDIGnation at 20.45hrs on Fri 27th Apr 18


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