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pix from the slopes // glencoe
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 Top of the Rannoch Triple Chairlift. Direct access to the Low Road and Rankins Return for longer greens on the Plateau.
|  Skier out on Rankins Return. Bit of a slalom to get out there but then decent, though thin/narrow approach to the lifts.
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 The obligatory Scottish gone 4pm clearance! However, Wednesday should start fairly bright with high / broken cloud.
|  Sledge Park is full length / width adjacent to the Plateau Cafe.
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 Looking up Old Mugs Alley.
|  Old Mugs Alley from the top of the Plateau Poma.
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 Top of the Plateau Poma, Rannoch Chair beyond.
|  Looking up the Plateau Poma.
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 Going up a busy Access Chair it looked like you might disappear into the grey, but that didn't happen and it cleared up more during the afternoon.
|  Outside the Plateau Cafe, easy access to the Cliffhanger via Old Mugs Alley. To return to the Top of the Access, either take the Cliffy or Coire Pollach Tow.
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It does look like it might be Wednesday or not at all for the rest of this week and the weekend, so far as lift served snowsports is concerned!
Milder weather will erratically establish itself during the next couple of days, with the wind frequently Severe Gale to Storm Force from Wednesday evening onwards.
It brightened up during Tuesday afternoon, that is supposed to set the scene for how Wednesday will start, and by a long shot, the best of the rest of the week is Wednesday morning! Get what sliding you can, while you can!
Most of the Plateau and mid mountain runs are skiable, however rain showers in subzero temperatures on Tuesday morning has left a mix of pockets of windblown fresh, grippy firm snow, icy crusted snow, breakable crust and some scrapped areas of icy hardpack on more heavily trafficked areas.
The wedge of warmer air aloft will widen during Wednesday, while the strong SE wind is not expected to impact the lifts at Glencoe - SE winds rarely hit Meall a' Bhuiridh full force - the wind will none the less contribute to mixing out the colder layer near the surface.
The evolution of the snowpack during Wednesday will depend on whether that mixing out of the colder layer occurs during lift hours or not. However if the temperature and dew point lift above zero, the mid-mountain ungroomed areas could abruptly transform from horrible in parts to a fun spring snow playground!
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