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pix from the slopes // the lecht
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 Wind turbine and Eagle Runs. Fenced runs mostly full width, but links thin/worn narrow in places.
|  Snowy Owl Run has full width cover of granular spring snow.
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 Kestral Poma could run but not full length.
|  Falcon Red has caught a decent amount of snow, but needs snow on a different direction to fill in the cutback to the Poma (this is forecast)!
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 Nursery slopes have good cover, but slightly muddy looking due to farmed snow from the carpark!
|  Both sides of the Grouse Poma have full width cover, but some firm / worn patches on the steeper pitch.
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 The currently out of action Harrier Poma.
|  Looking out from the viewpoint over Corgaff Castle - there is still widespread but patchy snow cover to low levels.
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Most of the fenced main runs are still full width at the Lecht, though thin / worn areas, and damp mild air mean it is skiing better than it looks with granular spring snow conditions.
The Buzzard Poma runs are still complete, but not full width. Sorry no photos of them as light was almost gone!
Given the forecast for Wednesday, with rain likely to set in further South towards Glenshee and the wind ramping up again, the Lecht could well be the best option for a Wednesday slide. With a milder night tonight, it looks like the snow should start granular, there maybe a slight thaw, but nothing drastic is expected overnight.
Most of what is in the photos should survive the fluctuating freezing level over the next 36 hours to provide a robust base for new snowfall, this time coming in on SE through East winds, rather than the North. This will blow snow across many of the fences and favour the main side to catch more than the Buzzard size, the reverse of what happened early January.
While the Lecht looks like the most promising option for Wednesday, more of a gamble for Thursday and increasingly so for Friday as the freezing level drops. The wind direction and speed will quickly cause drifting problems both sides of the Lecht Pass once the snow level drops below the ski centre carpark.
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