Outdoor Capital of the UK Blog
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Good ski-ing in the Outdoor Capital
Monday, April 14, 2008
Views from a lift queue at Glencoe Mountain Sunday 13th April 08
Pic of Ben Thorburn by Kevin Thomson taken up at Nevis Range 12th April 08The Outdoor Capital is enjoying great weather whilst it seems that the rest of the country gets all the rain.
We are enjoying great spring ski-ing with both Nevis Range and Glencoe busy at the weekends.
I went to Glencoe ski-ing on Sunday, with most runs including Flypaper open and complete, it was only a bit thin ski-ing back to the chair at the end of the day. However the snow was in good nick higher up the mountain. As we came down at about four the BBQ was on and the music was pumping and there was a great atmosphere.
A friend Ben was at Nevis Range all weekend, getting up to some gnarly tricks off the back corries; in his words '... I had some cracking turns down Spikes and into the back bowl from Easy Gully.'
Make the most of the spring snow....and have fun
Labels: Ben Nevis, Glencoe, Nevis Range, Scottish Ski-ing
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Bonnie Prince Charlies Cave Walk
Wednesday, April 09, 2008
On an afternoon off from the office my Mum and I dodged the showers and went for a lovely scenic forest walk up by Caig Falls, Loch Arkaig. With the River Caig in spate the falls were raging and very dramatic. We chose to do Prince Charlies Cave Walk, where with a short detour you can see for yourself where Bonnie Prince Charlie hid from Goverment redcoats all those years ago. There is quite a steep climb up at first but you are rewarded with fantastic views across Loch Lochy and Loch Arcaig. There are many great low level forest walks in the area suitable for all abilities.
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