Ski Scotland winter 08

[OfficialArma]

@atraherne In the winter months there is nearly always decent snow cover in the resorts in the East of the country like Cairngorm, Lecht etc however Nevis usually has a good Spring and unreliable winter where skiing often lasts until May or beyond like a couple of years ago.

[atraherne]

@OfficialArma Yeah your probably right, I thought Scotland was unreliable due to mild temps but the smaller verticals usually mean its ok, unless a poor season. I think the problem is more the high winds that strip snow off the mountain and cause powder to turn to hard pack quite quickly.

[cammyR33D]

the 2nd place called cairngorm is ma crib a go dare every year is rad

[halifaxtanning]

If you did go to scotland skiing I would combine it with other activities (like a mountaineering course), or try to ski all 5 areas in 5 days. The ski areas are small by aplpine standards, and also the weather is far more extreme than the alps, which can close the runs even when there is good snow.

There is good snow in scotland now though, while the alps have a season end shocker, and scotland is such a great country you'd find something to do even if you couldn't ski,

[OceansElwell]

scotland can be skiied, Novermber - april (early may maybe)..

[studapoo1]

the roads are often closed cos of drifts

[pclle]

great vid..scotland looks like a place to ski

[mralpaters1]

@pclle There's powder snow all over the mountain right now.GREAT.

[GravityUpsideDown]

does it snow every year in scotland?

[Stumoo]

Yep, without fail.

Sometimes the skiing is crap though.

[badlydrawn5868]

i love winter, its so awsome

[kesson12]

what is that song called?? can u tell me any1

[88Christophe]

Is it really possible to ski in scotland ? I can see on the vid there is not much snow. How many days a year can you ski in Scotland ?

[rockguitargeorge]

there are 5 resorts, 3 are particularly good. Cairngorm has a good base on the top of the mountain from december to april, sometimes early may. The bottom half of the mountain is constantly opening and closing throughout the season, feb and march are reliable. I followed the conditions this winter and cairngorm was open almost all the time, weekdays and weekends. They only closed in particularly bad weather. Check my profile for a few vids from cairngorm

[badlydrawn5868]

the problem isnt really the snow, the wind speeds are what stops you most of the time.

[filmfast]

I agree, the varied weather can cause Gale force winds on top of Cairn Gorm, but it's very rare between Jan and Apr that they close wth lack of snow

[b0n60r]

@88Christophe

It varies considerably. Sometimes there is snow but so much wind you can't get up the mountain. Sometimes there is almost no season at all. At this moment in time the Cairngorm resort is reporting the best conditions in Europe!!!

[studapoo1]

u can ski tons ive been skiing from november till february(by the way its only february) theres still about 1ft of snow at my house and about 3-4ft up there

[thedavidhumping]

great video