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 Not quite the edge of the world, but the brim of the Ptarmigan Bowl!
|  Warming up outside the Top Station.
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 Sigh, the Ciste Gully absolutely loaded and complete way beyond the boardwalk... if only there was a Chairlift!
|  Looking back to the White Lady from the Carpark Run, you can get down the Sheiling - but you have to walk down Burnside.
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STOP PRESS: From Wednesday 8th May if you have a valid 2013 Season Pass from the Lecht, Nevis Range, Glencoe or Glenshee you can use it to hit the 'Gorm for free! CML will honour all valid 2013 Scottish Season Passes till the lifts stop turning, just pop into the Base Station ticket office to collect your comp day ticket.
It was a superb Tuesday and a taste of Summer for Highland Scotland, with Aviemore breaking through the 20°c mark and recent strong winds easing to a nice breeze. Despite the spring thaw there is still some great fun to be had on CairnGorm Mountain, so don't put the toys away just yet - get up and play while you can.
If you like the Park, then the Ptarmigan Park currently has 7 advanced rails (mix of narrow and wide) and 3 novice short flat wide boxes that are ride on. There is also a pipe jib, tyre jib on top of a spine and 2 huge kickers with alternative take offs. Though the thaw has mellowed it, the Rider Cross course in the Ciste Bowl is still a blast and it's a gentle introduction to freestyle riding.
On the runs the cover is still good and pretty wide in the Ptarmigan and Ciste Bowls, though slushy to skiers left of the Ptarmigan Bowl for a bit. Ciste Fairway is narrow lower down, still a decent run though.
Moving down from the top the Traverse remains absolutely loaded, best route is straight on at the 105 corner onto the Upper Cas. Coire Cas is narrow in the middle, but widens out into the Gunbarrel which is still basically flat. The top 2 legs of the Zig Zags retain full cover and allow the steeper 2/3rds of the Gunbarrel to be bypassed, the lower third is as mellow as it can be, so still a good run for early intermediates from top to mid-station 90% on green trails.
Sadly we've lost the M1 RaceTrack to the thaw, it's directly exposed to the recent warm west winds. That said the top third is excellent and provides an unusual route onto the White Lady, which once again was the stand out run of the day. Great spring snow, bumps and not so bumpy lines and just great fun spring sport, under bluebird skies on Tuesday.
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