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Lowther Hill - Sun 11th Mar 2018
Posted by: moffatross at 21.54hrs on Sun 11th Mar 18

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:: Snow Cover
Most Terrain has Good Cover.
:: Surface Conditions (out of 5)
5
:: Weather Conditions
Scattered clouds and little to no wind. Around +3C.
:: Snow Conditions & Info
Fabulous, fast, sugary spring snow. Deep and complete coverage east of the tow line and snow fence towards the rollover into the cleugh. The snow fencing is really doing its stuff. Good coverage towards the radar road fence, with just a few broken patches showing through. A mile long line is skiable well past Whiteside.
:: Riders
moffatross

Lowther Hill - Sun 25th Feb 2018
Posted by: SussexSnow at 11.09hrs on Mon 26th Feb 18

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:: Snow Cover
Limited Terrain Complete/Open.
:: Surface Conditions (out of 5)
2
:: Weather Conditions
See my other report, forgot to add pics
:: Snow Conditions & Info
See my other report, forgot to add pics
:: E-Mail Contact
nickmacjones at gmail dot com

Lowther Hill - Mon 26th Feb 2018
Posted by: Guest at 11.06hrs on Mon 26th Feb 18
:: Snow Cover
Limited Terrain Complete/Open.
:: Surface Conditions (out of 5)
2
:: Weather Conditions
Very cold and crisp with a strong wind that cleared the hill top clouds early on.
:: Snow Conditions & Info
Fairly solid drifts that are now a good base. Hard packed but not ice. Edges needed but can get a grip. However, if boarding, wear you pads. Falling on it will bruise you.

Due to having to return to Reading for 5pm that day, I thought I had to ride Lowther Hills on the journey from EK. Rude not to, as I was passing that way. So it was a very early start. I parked by the Mountain Lodge at 0645 and walked up the air traffic control road in about 50 minutes. The road is a good easy gradient and has several large drifts over it. It also gives a great view of the cleughs and their drifts. Lots of expansion potential - well at least a chance to play fantasy lifts.

From skiers left at the top here's the review.

The road fence side 'blue' is a great run, At widest 10m with narrows lower down of about 3m as it swings back to the tow. This really is a nice run. I got some good edges and was able to crank up the speed on my board a bit. It has one of two cut overs to the tow line run. Hike up beyond the tow hut to get a extra 30m on your run.

The tow line narrows a lot in its lower half. Doable but not fun.

The run to the right of the tow line has the potential to be something else. The drift extends way down beyond the tow bottom and is probably over a kilometre long. It's blue run pitch but complicted by the exposure to the right of the steep walls of the cleugh. With the run camber pitching you that way if you fall. The snow fencing is obviously working but the posts are creating diagonal small drifts across the run which have frozen into rollers. This stopped me cranking up the speed.

Lower down the ride widens open into a nice fan of snow by and below the bottom of the two, I was able to crank some bigger turns here and I decided to ride the whole drift. I think it would make a great ski or boarder cross piste. Rollers at the top, and some banked turns on the fan ;-). I traversed high trying to ride out the drift but drifted down and didn't make it to the end. If you make it you have to walk up across the flattish moor to gain the fence line the southern upland way follows.

On the walk down I managed a few opportunistic turns on the road side drifts. Indeed the last one on the left let me traverse to within sight of the garages at the road end. Watch out for the traps though. stay high.

In summary this offered sporting skiing for those who earn their turns hiking in. The hills are lovely to look at and the view from the top is reminiscent of looking out over Rannoch Moor from Glencoe. If you've ridden Raise in the Lakes you'll love this. The tow is longer, but it doesn't have the way out west potential for long elbow runs. However, the main drift is long.
:: Riders
SussexSnow
:: E-Mail Contact
nickmacjones at gmail dot com

Lowther Hill - Sun 25th Feb 2018
Posted by: SussexSnow at 10.33hrs on Mon 26th Feb 18
Sorry, there is a problem with this report and we are unable to display it.:: E-Mail Contact
nickmacjones at gmail dot com

Lowther Hill - Tue 13th Feb 2018
Posted by: stuart at 21.11hrs on Tue 13th Feb 18

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:: Snow Cover
Most Terrain has Good Cover.
:: Surface Conditions (out of 5)
4
:: Weather Conditions
A clear late afternoon/early evening. Temp -2c dropping to -4c after sunset.
:: Snow Conditions & Info
New early morning snow freshened things up well from yesterdays skiing. Dry powder on a firm base made for some lovely sliding. Ski anywhere from top to bottom.
:: Riders
Around 18 members were out this evening.
:: E-Mail Contact
stuart at smcwilliam dot co dot uk

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