Scotland's Ski & Snowbaord Show:

“Glasgow SECC, 16th and 17th October. Come and visit all your favourite Scottish Ski Resorts on Stand 67 and get the  pre season gossip. Packed with everything you could need for the winter season, the show will provide the opportunity to research and book your winter break and purchase all of your ski and snowboarding equipment from the best retailers around - all at exclusive show prices!  As well as this, you can grab a cold beer from the log cabin apres-ski bar, listen to live music and watch some of the world’s best professional ski and snowboarders take part in the Freestyle Jumps Show!  Book your tickets now and quote SSScairn promo code to get a 2 for 1 discount. Book Ski Show Tickets”

(Via CairnGorm Events Calendar.)

Super snow season keeps Scottish resort open till May:

“CairnGorm’s best season in decades continued with 40cm of fresh snow last week, one of the world’s biggest accumulations. The Scottish ski area saw over 2000 skiers take to the slopes on Good Friday to check out the recent fall of snow, which was perfectly timed to provide excellent snow cover across the mountain for Easter [...]“

(Via SKIREBEL Magazine.)

CairnGorm Weekly News Update:

“Week commencing Sat 27th March 2010 at CairnGorm Mountain

We still have excellent snow cover across the Mountain with fantastic skiing and boarding on offer. With the forecast of a return to wintry weather  tomorrow, and all next week, we are looking forward to great conditions over the Easter Holidays. [...]“

(Via Week at CairnGorm.)

CairnGorm Weekly News Update:

“Week commencing Friday 12th March 2010 at CairnGorm Mountain

We welcomed our 100,000th skier of the season to CairnGorm Mountain this week and the depth of snow we have should enable us to go on providing good skiing conditions throughout March and the Easter holidays in April. [...]“

(Via Week at CairnGorm.)

Just found this on the BBC website….

Apparently the Glencoe ski area in Scotland received 32 inches (80 cm) of new snow in just over 24 hours on Wednesday 24 February, 2010… that is, apparently more snow than any other ski area in the world.

According to our daily US snow report for the US on Wednesday the top US snow fall was at Holiday Mountainin New York, and it received 16 inches (40 cm) in the same period.

Glencoe ski centre boasts the heaviest snowfalls in the world:

“The ski centre at Glencoe Mountain is reporting to have had the heaviest snowfalls of any winter sports resort in the world.”

(Via BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition.)

This is not the sort of thing you usually hear from Scotland….

Patroller’s Blog “Snow Joke”:

“Back Home after pulling out from the hill at 11.00am. The ploughs were struggling even to keep a single track on the down road. The wind was not really the problem but the volume of snow falling out of the sky, I knew we should not have tried to wire up the cannon this week.

Anyway the rothiemurchus official weather station is reporting 75cm in my back garden now, oil tank is buried, soon to be followed by the trampoline and it is still thumping down. After this mornings frolics I need spotlights on my roof bars as going up the glen the snow was above my headlights, if anyone from Volvo reads this I could do with an upgrade or raising kit after getting bellied in the down road.

Up the hill there is between 1.5 to 2 metres of fresh powder on the lower slopes and zig zags and probably more further up, the snow is level with the top of the tunnel and track buried in the usual places. I would also imagine there will be avalanche risk in places we have not seen before.

If the forecasted winds materialise who knows when we will get open…

July Glacier skiing anyone?

Cheers

Colin”

(Via Cairngorm Mountain – Patroller’s Blog.)

Sir Frances Walker Trophy – Highland Schools Ski & Snowboard Race:

“This race has a long tradition on Cairngorm but has not run for a few years. The race will consist of a GS course set on an easy gradient of slope. It is open to skiers and boarders in P6 or above (max age 18 yrs). Competitors must be in full time education within the Highland Schools catchment area. Teams will be made up of four competitors, with the total time of the fastest three counting towards the team event.  Full details and entry form from donald@snowsportscotland.org“

(Via CairnGorm Events Calendar.)

Season Ticket Holders Meeting:

“Season Ticket Holders Meeting on Sat 20th March at 4pm. Meet in the T Bar in the Day Lodge. Your chance to meet the operational team and talk about the issues that matter to you.”

(Via CairnGorm Events Calendar.)