Last saturday I was at glenshee for the skimo race, after a morning of heavy rain the weather cleared to allow a great race, we could see enough to see that there is a lot of snow close to Glas Maol. We raced up Carn Asoda, down bucharts up to the top of and down the Tiger, I won the womens race in 44mins,
On Monday and Tuesday I was working for Glenmore Lodge with John and Louisa who were preparing for skiing the Haute Route. On monday they battled the weather very well to learn about some kit, some skinning skills and some basic axe and crampon use. On Tuesday we headed to Drumochter, and had a ski up A Bhuidheanach Bheag, we were treated with some views and grabbed a quick extra descent with nice turns, we descended the easiest angle gully back to the road, care was needed with slope selection and nothing steep was an option but it made a good day, the weather closed in at the end but we had had a good day by then an no walking required,
Wednesday we drove to the carpark for Ben a Choarainn but turned around as it was pretty wet and windy, you cant win them all!
Thursday was the day to be out, Nevis range and fantastic wind packed snow all over the front face of the mountain, you could pick any route between the goose and warrens lift and it was all great skiing. Over the back was scoured with sastrugi but there was no need to go there with the front of the mountain so good. Prob as much snow as I have ever seen at Nevis Range. It was good to see so many skiers make the most of the break in the weather,
Unfortunately back to the storms for now, but there is loads of snow when the weather finally gives in, till then take care, there is a lot of snow with a lot of unstable layers in it, when it finally stabalises there will be some superb off piste skiing, patience required. Unfortunately we have had to postpone the Ski Performance Scotland course this weekend. We are confident the snow will last the winter so please get in touch if you would like to book in March, extra midweek courses can be added on demand, just let us know,
