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Scottish freeskiing

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Kage105
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Just moved to Fort William "Nevis Range" for the winter and heard there is some really sic lines to be had if you don’t mind a little walk, So first nice day hiked up to the summit to do a little recky  just to see what lines I could see from the summit and right enough there are lots this is one I spotted with a 10 min hike from the summit looks like it will fill in nice, and you should make the brave heart chair with a traverse and hike.

Bring on the Snow !!


If you unsure about off piste the ski patrol @Nevis are running a avalanche transceiver park this year and the ski school and ski patrol will be working together to help guide more people over the back. KJ
Nov 14 2011 6:08PM
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Nov 14 2011 6:14PM
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scottishskier
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its good to hear freeskiing is getting more popular in scotland. with the winters we have recently been having its about time!
Nov 14 2011 6:16PM
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GBS
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So sick, will there be enough snow to hit it?
Nov 14 2011 6:17PM
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Yossarian
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Nice one. I've never hit any of those lines, but I've wanted to do for a long time. I'll hit you up before I come shred one time and we can get some Scottish Newschoolers action. REPRESENT!
Nov 14 2011 6:18PM
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Inline.
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Nov 14 2011 6:22PM
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jarrell
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So sick! Scotland got a tonne of snow last year, only problem was that the access road was always closed.
Nov 14 2011 6:42PM
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gaper-raper
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"if its not scotish its crap!" haha classic
Nov 14 2011 6:46PM
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howlongcanausern
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Nov 14 2011 6:48PM
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Shireshredder
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No scottish skiing thread is any good without this:


Nov 14 2011 7:43PM
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razors-chaz
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yes, nice to see my friends edit getting recognised. hoping to do some similar stuff this year + some more park and urban. see also the recent article on unofficialsqaw http://unofficialnetworks.com/couloir-skiing-scotland-unofficial-skiing-scotland-52912/
Nov 15 2011 8:11AM
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dobski
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sick... makes me want to cancel my verbier season and stay at home in scotland! The snow will probably be better!
Nov 15 2011 8:57AM
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Orrin
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Lets just hope we get decent coverage this season! Probem is it's so unpredictable here and the forecasts get it completely wrong half the time hah. Those lines could be really sick, all depends on how much snow we get I guess.

We should have a scottish NS day skiing :D
Nov 15 2011 9:03AM
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YoungJah
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Nov 15 2011 9:31AM
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Mag
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you guys got any idea on when the estimated opening time for cairngorms is? i know this will be hard to predict but just a VERY rough guess(e.g whats the soonest date possible and what's most likely)

thanks
Nov 15 2011 11:27AM
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scottishskier
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i think i saw this at edinburgh mountain fillm festival. got me so stoked for skiing!
Nov 15 2011 11:50AM
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^ taken at the lecht in scotland in march 2011 with my gopro! looking forward to more days like this :)


btw if you would like the photo could you please vote for me in the gopro sponsorship competition. i need all the votes i can get! it would be much appreciated +K ;)


this photo is also included in the entry. the heart was made out of all the gopro photos of the day! :)

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Nov 15 2011 11:56AM
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razors-chaz
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if this year is anything like last it should open soon as i've got a lift ticket up on my wall from early season last year for the 14th of Nov. having a look at the forecasts though there is a occluded front coming in so hoping its cold enough for a reasonable dump to get some snow. but it shows nothing before friday
Nov 16 2011 7:29AM
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in_flight
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Some pics of the back cories at Cairngorm in March last year

Was a brilliant day, bit of a hike to the top but can ski out the bottom and back to the train so loops are possible. Also had to dodge ice climbers as some of the corie is marked grade 1 and 2 routes but they were friendly enough.

Another great Scottish back country ski sight is http://www.haggistrap.co.uk/
loads of good pics on there

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Nov 16 2011 10:13AM
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YoungJah
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There is nothing good about that website.
Nov 16 2011 3:33PM
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howlongcanausern
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seemed ok with me.
Nov 16 2011 3:50PM
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