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Today we headed across to C.N.S for a shot decent down the north-west face via loch vrotachan and back up to the carn aosda col. The actual plan was to ski the cairnwell, south ridge again. But in the ended we really couldn’t be bothered because the snow conditions on south, south west and...

Skiers: Punx/Lil Punk Date: February 11th 2009 Route: Sron Na Gaoithe, South West Ridge Aspect: South West Vertical Drop: ? A very short trip report from wedensday's little adventure. On wedensday 11th, lil punk and i went for a short ski tour to the south west ridge of sron na gaoithe...

1 Recent Avalanche Activity: Any recent avalanche activity is a sign of instability in the snowpack. 2 Wind: If it has been windy or very recently it has probably created dangerous unstable windslab. 3 Snow And Rain The more snow that falls in a short period of time and the faster it falls...

Today, some unknowing guy triggered a slide on the flypaper at glencoe ski area. From the information i have gathered the flypaper was closed all day because of high avalanche danger (CAT 4). What is disturbing is, there wasn’t any thing on the top station information board warning people...

Skiers: Punx/Lil Punk Date: February 6th 2009 Route: ? Aspect: ? Vertical Drop: ? The plan was to ski dubh choire today. But, the weather turned out pretty nasty, with 50 mph winds, with heavy snow all day. So we ended doing another 2 hours of beacon practice and a bit of cornice cutting...

A lot of people in scotland, seem to be clueless about the dangers of avalanches when travelling in the backcountry. They seem to think. Just because it’s scotland, that there is no real threat of getting caught in a slide, when it is still a real possibility. Just like any ware in the...

I’ve been measuring the snow depth in the garden for the last 3 hours. I did the last measurement at 9.00pm and the snow depth was at 11cm. The temperature has risen to +3 since 9.00pm, with sleety snow and very wet snow falling now at (12.20am). Date: 2/2/09 Time: 7.00pm Snow Depth: 9.5cm...

Skiers: Punx/Lil Punk Date: January 31st 2009 Route: C.W Col And Beacon Practice Aspect: ? Vertical Drop: ? After our failed attempt to ski creag leacach on the 28th, we decided to try for another attempt on saturday 31st. We rolled into the car park at 9.30am. Only to see that the snow...

Skiers: Punx/Lil Punk Date: January 28th 2009 Route: Glas Moal Aspect: ? Vertical Drop: ? I can’t be bothered writing any more, so i’ll let the photo’s tell the story. Lil Punk Skinning Up The Icy Path To Glas Moal Via Meal...

Skiers: Punx/Lil Punk Date: January 24th 2009 Route: South Ridge, The Cairnwell Aspect: South Vertical Drop: ? Lil punk and i went for a very short ski tour to the south ridge of the cairnwell today. There isn't really a lot of snow about for any great touring, but the conditions have...

Slope cuts have been a standard, techniques among ski patrollers and mountain guides for decades as an effective technique to reduce the odds of getting caught in a slide. Slope cuts work fairly well for soft, shallow slabs. But, slope cuts are more tricky for hard or deep slabs. Because...

Skiers: Punx Date: January 6th 2009 Route: Meal Odhar Aspect: ? Vertical Drop: ? Driving into the car park at 10.35am and seeing there was still no big improvement from saturday, my touring options were going to be very limited to meal odhar agene. The weather was not that great. 20 to...

Cornice cutting has been a standard, techniques among ski patrollers and mountain guides for decades. Cornice cutting is a good way to test the satiability of the snow pack and should never be attempted by an unexpressed individual. Find a small car sized cornice that weighs significantly...

Skiers: Punx/Lil Punk Date: March 15th 2005 Route: Rochers De La Peitite Blame Aspect: East Vertical Drop: 300m When we finally got around too ski the un-named couloir on 15th march, we were only the seconded group of skiers to descend the line all winter. There was a group of three ski...

Skiers: Punx Date: January 3rd 2009 Route: Meal Odhar Aspect: ? Vertical Drop: ? I thought my first day touring was going to be annoying, when it came to taking the skins off and then putting them back on. But, it was hassle free for some odd reason. I must say, ski touring has to be one...