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With snow having fallen on every day this last week, Cairngorm remains open for business.

According to the fine people of Winterhighland :-

If you're reading this email on Friday 18th May, you're also reading it on the 16th day of snow fall this month on CairnGorm Mountain! Yes, you read that correctly, so far this May it has snowed every day bar 2 on the 'Gorm and the even better news for skiers and boarders is that the third weekend in May is set to see increasingly fine weather as high pressure builds in, with light winds both days and CairnGorm Mountain is still offering 1250ft of lift served vertical with an additional 300ft on offer to those hiking to the Summit.

Photo courtesy of Winterhighland

Cairngorm plans to open again this coming weekend, according to the latest from Winterhighland...

Winterhighland wrote:We might be in the middle third of May, but it's still very much winter on CairnGorm Mountain with 6 to 8 inches of fresh snow having fallen during the 24 hours of Thursday and more was expected overnight through Friday morning! With a largely fine Saturday, but a stormy Sunday forecast, make your plans to get up the 'Gorm on Saturday - whatever else you had planned can wait for summer.

Photo from Winterhighland

Put that banjo down, Dave, and get up there...

As we enter the last few weeks of the season...

Sixty or so ski areas remain in operation and will be open for the next week or two.

Some of Austria's glaciers are still boasting depths exceeding four metres and most of the remaining resorts have had snow this week. Most of France's resorts will shut after this weekend, with Chamonix, Tignes and Val Thorens open for another week. La Clusaz ends its season this weekend having had over a metre of fresh snow in the final week! In Italy only a handful of resorts, including Cervinia, remain open. In Switzerland nearly 20 ski areas remain open and fresh snow has taken the depth up to six metres in Engelberg.

As always at this time of year, you should check opening times and days directly with the resort before travelling.

Scotland has had a late-season top-up and Cairngorm plans to be open this weekend; Nevis Range and Glencoe may also open but check with their respective operators before travelling.

Enjoy it while you can!

If you're lucky enough to be North of the Border with some free time today... head for the hills...

Photo: Fresh tracks in the Top Basin on CairnGorm Mtn, Mon 16th April - courtesy of Winterhighland

From Winterhighland this morning...

Winterhighland wrote:... Glencoe restarts the 2012 West Coast Season on Thursday Morning & CairnGorm Mountain continues to be open daily.

The week started with a fantastic bluebird day on CairnGorm Mountain on Monday, ahead of an overnight storm that brought significant further snow falls and finally some drifting to the mountains of Highland Scotland.

Sufficient snow has now blown into the top tow tracks at Glencoe to allow the Main Basin T-bar to run and Glencoe will reopen at 9.30 on Thursday morning. The best riding is expected to be on the Main Basin, Happy Valley and Etive Glades. The Wall which has something of a base is probably the best route down the mid-mountain. All unpisted with a further light covering of fresh already this evening.

If heading to Glencoe, why not take maximum advantage of the return of winter and get more than one day on the slopes, the fantastic Glencoe Hotel is under 15 minutes from the slopes.

CairnGorm Mountain is now offering top to Sheiling riding with 1200ft of vertical served by the M1 Poma, Coire na Ciste and Ptarmigan T-bars and the Polar Express Trainer Tow, plus Funicular for access. All Top Basin runs are in decent shape with fresh snow, a mix of windblown, skier packed and machine packed powder on a firm base.

Mid Mountain the M1 RaceTrack is pisted fence to fence above the timing hut and the Traverse, 105 and Upper Cas are also providing alternative routes to the mid-station. White Lady is skiable for advanced riders.

Thanks BB - always interesting to read about somewhere beyond The Alps; have you been anywhere else in Scandinavia?

Just as we were preparing to close the lid on this season... it's been snowing (quite heavily) again in The Alps.

Accumulations of up to 50cm have been reported in the past few days, across wide areas of the North, East and Central Alps. Snow has fallen as low as 1,000 metres and Spring has been put on hold. Fresh snow has also been reported from Scandinavia.

European Weather and Snow This Coming Week

The current weather patterns, with temperatures around or below the seasonal average and regular precipitation (snow to 1,500 metres or below), look set to continue toward the end of the month.

There are some very cheap deals still available for the last few weeks of the Northern winter, and superb skiing to be had... so if you can...

...you should!

OldAndy wrote:Follow the weather forecast from September
Spend several hours a day on here.
Get fit.
Get unfit.
Get fit again.
Check ski gear.
Decide to buy some new stuff
Research this
Buy this
Take it back and change it.

Ah, you found my summer to-do list...

I'm impressed (or is it jealous?) of everyone already with firm plans for next season! Far too many sleeps...

I've just cleaned this thread up, again.

Admin wrote:On topic please everyone - only Tignes-bound (or potential) peeps to post on this one.

As a special service to motivate the hard-of-understanding; any further attempts to trash this thread will get you banned until next season. Seriously.

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