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 Can ski off the Access Chair to either the Plateau Poma or Rannoch Triple Chair.
|  Old Mugs Alley is now pretty much full width between the outer fence and the Coire Pollach Tow. Some nice moderate fresh on the Coire Pollach Run other side of tow.
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 The outside of the Old Mugs Alley fence where the landrover track goes had really nice snow, since its between the High Road and the Low Road, we'll call this track Mid Street!
|  Heading to the Cliffhanger past the Glencoe Ski Club Hut from Old Mugs Alley.
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 Top of the Cliffhanger Chair as tomorrows freshies began to fall!
|  Looking up from the Top of the Rannoch Chair, lots of routes available now from the top leg of Mugs Alley.
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 Rankins Return was sublime with wind blown fresh loading the fence line even between the afternoon snow showers.
|  View from Rankins Return. Plateau runs are now generally wide, able to ride either side of the single fences on the Low Road and Rankins Return.
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 Looking to the upper mountain from the Plateau Poma. Poma run much improved, but still stubbornly thin at the bottom - hopefully will improve with WNW to NW wind tonight.
|  This was not a good idea! People were riding to base, but the middle third of the track isn't really a goer.
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Another 5-6cm of snow has brought the total since Saturday to around 23 to 28cm, towards the higher amount above mid Plateau. With a more variable wind direction, snow has been blowing about in different ways, really helping fill things in on the easier terrain.
The Plateau green runs are now generally wide, able to ride either side of the single fences on the Low Road and Rankins Return, and parts of the Plateau are becoming almost go anywhere. Old Mugs Alley is in great shape for snowplough turners advancing from the Nursery slopes to the gentle Coire Pollach Tow.
From the Rannoch Chair the whole Plateau can be accessed with a mix of machine groomed new snow and windblown fresh beyond the pisted lines. Now a big exapnse for early intermediates at Glencoe. The Poma run is still thin at the bottom, the wind coming round more WNW or even NW tonight should finally improve this section that has not been catching snow in the SE wind.
Mid mountain Mugs Alley continues to improve and there are now a range of options from the top traverse part, either down the fence line, cut left to the Bunny Run, or pick various lines above the top station of the Rannoch Chair.
Upper mountain the Main Basin was catching more fresh today, gustier wind from the NW quadrant expected overnight, so the best stuff for more experienced riders may not be where it was the past few days, evening out the snow cover on the upper mountain runs.
That wind, though expected to be fairly strong overnight, is due to fall away before dawn as a ridge of high pressure builds in from the West, to give a bright and sunny Tuesday and Wednesday, probably staying fine for Thursday too.
With now great terrain for all ability levels now and the forecast set to sunny, drop whatever you had planned for the next couple of days and get up for a slide!
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