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Scotland - Thu 24th Dec 2009
Posted by: HighRustler at 22.34hrs on Thu 24th Dec 09
• View Photos •:: Tour Route(s) or Location Skied/Ridden Tinto Hill (707m), Lanarkshire. Ascent from Fallburn car park nr A73. via Totherin Hill. All pics are from the 23rd. Too busy powder skiing on the 24th!
:: Weather Conditions23rd Dec
:: Snow Conditions and Distrubtion-3 at car park. Little or no wind. Very good visibility. with some sun at the summit. 24th Dec -2 at car park. Low cloud, visibility reduced to 20m in places on the ascent. 23rd Dec
:: Skiers/RidersA bit of everything! Deep soft snow, wind slab and gnarly heather man traps lurking under the soft snow esp below 480m. 24th Dec 7 inches of fresh overnight. Plenty of powder turns above 480m on the west side of the fence running North to South parallel to main ascent route. Scary heather man traps still lurk below 480m 23rd HighRustler 24th HighRustler and friends
Report Edited Once. Last edited by HighRustler: 2009-12-24 23:06:43 Scotland - Mon 21st Dec 2009
Posted by: Guest at 10.08hrs on Tue 22nd Dec 09
:: Tour Route(s) or Location Skied/Ridden
Lowther Hills
:: Weather ConditionsTop of Dalveen Pass out to Hirstane Rig - Ballencleuch Law - Scaw'd Law and return along track. Sub zero, freezing fog above 500m
:: Snow Conditions and Distrubtion6" of powder increasing to 12" + deep drifts on the tops. No base to speak of but when its less than a 20 minute drive away who's complaining !
:: Skiers/RidersEd
Scotland - Mon 21st Dec 2009
Posted by: Doug_Bryce at 18.35hrs on Mon 21st Dec 09
:: Tour Route(s) or Location Skied/Ridden
Hillend Ski Centre. Classic off piste extremo routes such as the 'old elbow' and 'par 5 14th hole' are in conditon ;-)
:: Weather ConditionsBlue sky, -3c
:: Snow Conditions and Distrubtion8-10cm on top of brushy dendex base.
:: Skiers/RidersSurprisingly decent - however barbed wire fences and tufts of grass to be avoided. Haggis Trap / MSC staff
:: E-Mail ContactDoug_Bryce at hotmail dot co dot uk
Scotland - Sat 14th Feb 2009
Posted by: ianh at 18.27hrs on Sat 14th Feb 09
• View Photos •:: Tour Route(s) or Location Skied/Ridden Afternoon outing before it all goes: Scottish Borders. Tala Linnfoots (290m) to Megget Stone then up Nickies Knowe (760m) and back.
:: Weather ConditionsOvercast but no snow or rain. Freezing level above summits, temperature around 2-3 dgC
:: Snow Conditions and DistrubtionSoft / wet / water lower down but couple of good spring like pitches at first on descent. Walked 5 minutes up road from Tala Linnfoots then pretty much skis on all the way. Would be great with more snow - it's thawing fast here now.
:: Skiers/Ridersian & mark
Report Edited 2 times. Last edited by ianh: 2009-02-15 08:57:42 Scotland - Sun 8th Feb 2009
Posted by: Mike_w at 20.10hrs on Sun 8th Feb 09
• View Photos •:: Tour Route(s) or Location Skied/Ridden Parked at Nine mile burn just off the A702 and skinned up Monks Rig. Decided to carry on to West Kip. Skins on all the way to the summit where the snow was several feet deep.
:: Weather ConditionsFast descent back down West Kip before donning skins again to get back onto Monks Rig. Contoured round using the cornice and then some combat skiing/boarding to get off the hill. A bit of walking/pushing/sliding saw us back at the car with skis and board intact. Overcast but little wind. Probably hovering around freezing.
:: Snow Conditions and DistrubtionAround 6" at the bottom to several feet at the top. Quite sticky in places and light in others.
:: Skiers/RidersMike & Fiona
:: E-Mail Contactmike at prog99 dot com
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