J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by Snow Time

Skied Cairngorm today and although the season is almost over, the upper runs were still OK. The upper Ptarmigan is narrowing but still fine, as is the Ciste Fairway and Ptarmigan Bowl, but the Ciste Bowl is quite narrow at the bottom.

The 105 can be skied until about half way down when you need to hang a left onto the Cas and finish the run at the end of the first Zig Zag. There's about a 200 yard walk to the Mid Station from the end of the piste.

I would be surprised if the Coire Cas runs last more than 3 or 4 days, but the Ciste and Ptarmigan have possibly another week or so before they melt.

The kids skied their first blue run today which was brilliant. Narrow runs with a fair bit of ice but they did me proud! :D

Ian Wickham wrote:Wooooo just a wee bit touchy, eh :wink:

Yes, but only a wee bit!

Ian Wickham wrote:You Scots are so sensitive over your grass skiing conditions.....but mind you it's nothing that a sense of humour wouldn't cure :wink:

Wickers.....sense of humour; Wickers.....sense of humour. No, sorry, I can't see the connection. :lol:

Also, who said I was Scottish? I just said I live in Scotland! 8)

The top of Cairngorm was great today; the snow had firmed up overnight and the upper runs were in good condition. The cas car park was almost empty at 10am when we arrived, which makes a change, and the slopes were very quiet until lunchtime.

For beginners, the Ciste Bowl and Fairway are almost full width, and the Ptarmigan Bowl is (as always) full width, but looked a little icy in places.

Traverse, Upper Cas and the 105 are still fine until the lower parts of the run. Gunbarrel looked a little too bare so we didn't ski it.

It was snowing from about 1pm and with the forecast for cold weather next week we should have at least another week of skiing at Cairngorm, if not more.

I'm not sure where Wickers found the windchill of -50 but the temperature was about 0 deg when we arrived with 5 to 10 mph winds, which was perfect.

I'm off to Cairngorm tomorrow - wet snow is better than no snow!

The temperature is forecast to drop below 3 degrees at the top Cairngorm next week so we may have a couple more weekends left before the end of the season.

Very windy on Cairngorm this afternoon (50-55 mph) but all of the runs above the half-way station are in excellent condition. The top Cas car park was just about full by 11am but it was still reasonably quiet on the slopes.

Pablo Escobar wrote:Oh yeh, I almost never ski with a backpack and would discourage every day resort skiers to avoid doing so.

I'm don't want to p*ss on your bonfire Pablo but I always carry a small day sack with a first aid kit (splints, space blanket etc), water and high energy snacks. If someone has an accident on the longer slopes it could be quite some time before the ski patrol are alerted and get there.

I wouldn't recommend it for beginners getting to grips with balance, but I certainly would for more experienced skiers.

Ian Wickham wrote:

Dam. snow time's a bloke :cry:

I thought this was a skiing chat-room, not an Internet dating service! :lol: