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Posted by: Guest at 20.11hrs on Wed 28th Dec 22
:: Snow Cover
Limited Terrain Complete/Open.
:: Surface Conditions (out of 5)
3
:: Weather Conditions
Cloudy
Heavy snow showers after 2pm
+1oc - -4oc
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:: Snow Conditions & Info
Great snow cover from 900m on north facing slopes. The fiaecal ridge area, east lady were stripped of snow, while areas like the upper cas, traverse, and ptarmigan bowl. We skied up the access track to the sheilling mid station, then zig zags and traverse.
We considered skiing to the summit but was put of by the ice. We also considered skiing back the way we came, but saw the m2 being posted, though in the end it was obvious That the snow groomer had just been pushing out snow drifts
The m2 had great cover all the way down to the car park, but was icy and uneven, great fun for me and my sharp edged skis, but not great for my friend who had lightweight touring skis. Overall a good day and with 20-40cm of more snow the who area could be opened with some effort.
:: Riders
Jonathan, Pablo
:: E-Mail Contact
technicianjonathan at gmail dot com
Posted by: Guest at 05.22hrs on Tue 28th Dec 21
:: Snow Cover
Limited Terrain Complete/Open.
:: Surface Conditions (out of 5)
2
:: Weather Conditions
Foggy till 11am, then partial temperature inversion with cloud lower down. Sunny at the summit all day from 12noon. A little breeze at the base, around 18mph at the summit. Temps -2 to -+5oc approx.
:: Snow Conditions & Info
Generally quite icy due to freeze-thaw cycles. Some areas with little cover, other areas with several meters of snow above 950m and huge snow drifts, particularly on the upper M1 race piste, white lady, traverse and upper zig-zag.
Snow to be found lower down by snow cannons
Good snow at learners area, which seems to be growing.
Generally a shame as the upper 3 lifts and possibly the Cas T-Bar/m1 poma could have operated (with help from A few snow cannons and grooming) if the funicular was operational.
:: Riders
Jonathan & Pablo
Posted by: Skicadets at 20.58hrs on Sat 29th Feb 20
:: Snow Cover
Mostly Skiable - Some Areas Thin/Narrow
:: Surface Conditions (out of 5)
3
:: Weather Conditions
some snow showers in the morning before it brightened up with some sunny spells for most of the day. The weather closed in with a ballistic wind from the s/sw causing a significant windchill and snow showers mid afternoon
:: Snow Conditions & Info
After the rain overnight everyrhing was really icy and fast. Best run of the day was the Home Road. West Wall Poma opened and the top half of the M2 was good though lower half was poorer. Surprisingly quiet so no queues.
:: Riders
skicadets
Posted by: 01cookjk at 10.15hrs on Sat 6th Apr 19
• View Photos •:: Snow Cover
Most Terrain has Good Cover.
:: Surface Conditions (out of 5)
4
:: Weather Conditions
Windy and Misty at first, then glimpses of sun from around 11: 30am. By 2pm the wind had dropped significantly and the M1 Poma was able to open. By 3pm it was blue skies!
+5oc (estimate) at 650m, freezing level at around 1000m.
:: Snow Conditions & Info
Powder/packed powder at the summit with lots of snow formations along the snow fences. The mid-level runs were quite good - some louse, but heavy spring snow on a packed, hard base. Lower down it was slush, but certainly skiable. Off Piste high up is great, but the heaviness of the snow made offpiste below 900m pretty challenging.
A snow park was open on the Cas, near the top. Apparently one of the pistenbully operators was working on it till 11pm on the Thursday night - credit to him and all the other staff. They certainly put some effort in to snow farm where the could to ensure lifts were in use.
:: Riders
Jonathan Cook
:: E-Mail Contact
technicianjonathan at gmail dot com
Posted by: veletron at 09.30hrs on Tue 19th Mar 19
• View Photos •:: Snow Cover
Excellent Cover
:: Surface Conditions (out of 5)
5
:: Weather Conditions
Bluebird with no wind!
:: Snow Conditions & Info
After radar skiing at Nevis range, today was a breath of fresh air. Perfect visibility and perfect snow. I was going to tour today, but was unable to find a touring buddy and had developed a cold so I opted to tour from the top of the lifts. All the open runs were in decent shape with the ciste and then the WWP following the initially offering of CPT, M1 and CAS T bar a little later. M2 was great, ditto M1 all the traverse runs in grand order, Ciste skiing well, and plenty lines from top of CAS. The top half of the lady was great with the lower half a bit 'ball bearing'. The bowl skiiers right of the M2 was also grand. I headed up to the summit the. Down Ciste Mhearad. Great for the top half, but soft and 'grabby' snow lower down. I stayed clear of the steep pitches as did everyone else. The temps over the comming days likely to wipe out the lower slopes, bit plenty touring to be had!
:: Riders
Nigel
:: E-Mail Contact
nigelmwebber at gmail dot com
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