J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Pablo Escobar

Glenshee's skiing is usually by the fences anyway, cover looks good to me + you can't see Glas Maol from the webcam, it is my understanding that the links are still in place. The weather is still going to be terrible and you will spend twice the amount of time driving there as it would take to Glencoe.

It is possible that the lifts at Glencoe are sheltered by the wind coming from a certain direction.

By all means go but prepare for it to be miserable.

Ian Wickham wrote:Only you can answer that question by looking at other skiers around you and make the comparison where you stand ability wise

Definitely don't look at the skiers around you as 80% of them are rubbish.

In my opinion, you should continue lessons and ideally you want to be doing more than one week a year but I understand that may not be possible. If you can do 2 weeks I would do lessons for the first and use the second to improve on your own by practicing what you have learned.

semw posted this photo of Friday on Winterhighland

http://www.winterhighland.info/forum/file.php?2,file=6410

I think you need to just get on with life. You have broken your toe and it is getting better (with no apparent resulting damage), get over it.

baillie353 wrote:Deary, deary me.. Life sucks!

I checked out Glenshee for a little hope - but they too according to MWIS have the same precdiciment as the rest (they say the entire of the mountains will be the same)
Can that be possible?
Regardless; if it even were to be decent weather.. Would they be open tomorrow (bank holiay Monday)?

Anybody know anyone going tomorrow?
I feel i'm about to cry.. :-(

I wouldn't waste my money or my time going tomorrow. They would be open but the winds, if they come as forecast, will probably shut uplift.

Reports coming in that today was the best day of the season at Nevis and a guy backflipped in to Easy Gully.

Marked here.

baillie353 wrote:One more little question (Instead of making a whole new thread for it)

Equipment hire at Glencoe - Can one hire this equipment at the Glencoe Ski Center or must you stop at a place before the mountain?

Possibly heading up to Glencoe tomorrow as today sounds promising for them, so hopefully keeps the weather going!
Thanks!

You (and I) are definitely missing out today, things are just starting to clear up at Nevis Range with 4 inches of fresh last night.

From MWIS for the Western Highlands tomorrow...

Southerly 40 to locally 50mph, gusts 60 to 80mph; generally the strongest winds will be on higher western summits and major ridges.

Gales will make walking/skiing markedly more difficult with increasing height, and mobility very difficult on higher areas. Severe wind chill

A little snow (maybe) but mostly rain...

Heavy rain

Rain will fall more or less constantly all day, most patchy north of Glen Spean. Snow melt will lead to rapid rise of burns and rivers.

I wouldn't waste my time, there is no forecast that suggests it might be good.

6.30pm and you are not skiing? Wot?

Glencoe takes at most an hour and 15 from here (say 2 max for you, depending on where you are in Glasgow). Leave at 6 to get there for 8; ski 9-2?! and you are back in Glasgow for 4.

Just get a half day ticket.

Also, winterhighland.info have a forum section 'lifts to the hills', I'd post there + in the respective thread for the hill you want to go to saying you are looking for a lift and will give petrol money.