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Thursday, February 09, 2006
Snow in Scotland in February?
I met some friends in Pitlochry on sunday for a stroll up Ben Vrackie behind Moulin. The hill is not a Munro, but is only a kick in the pants off it and is one of the hills that stands out as you drive around Perthshire, or up the A9 on your way north.
The first thing that struck me was the signposting and immaculately manicured path all the way to the summit. It must have been backbreaking work constructing that path. ALl very nice, but a little bit too tame for me. As far as routefinding goes, with the path and all the signposts I didn't need a map and wouldn't have done unless there was snow. That's the thing though. It's February. Surely there should be some snow building up by now on these hills. Yes I know Ben Vrackie's only 2700 ft but come on, where is the snow? I've had my skis out a total of once this year. My winter climbing friends are having to queue for hours at the bottom of the few deep gully routes that actually have any snow in them. Pretty soon the clocks will change, winter will be on it's way out and we'll have had no snow. again. The ski centres will all go into receivership and I'll be selling a set of backcountry skis on ebay (hardly used!). Perhaps if we all do a mass snow dance at 5pm on friday we might be able to summon up some white fluffy stuff for the weekend. Perhaps not though. Maybe I should move to Canada. Posted by bigcrags @ 4:57 PM
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You may have to move to Canada! Global warming seems to have done for our bad winters. remember, this year we had a 2 in 3 chance of this being the coldest winter for years. Remember a few years ago when Scotland was looking to expand the ski industry? I would imagine few people are counting on that now! << Home
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