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Old February 6th 17, 08:53 AM posted to uk.sci.weather
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Default Worst ever Scottish Ski Resort Season?

On Sunday, February 5, 2017 at 9:49:07 PM UTC, Graham P Davis wrote:
On 05/02/17 20:22, Graham Easterling wrote:
Still not enough snow for skiing at Cairngorm.http://www.cairngormmountain.org/lifts-pistes/ They've only had sufficient snow on a handful (literally) of days this year. A bit here https://weather.com/en-GB/unitedking...otland-weather


But now they've had enough to cause a couple of avalanches:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotlan...tland-38872858

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Yes, but they often have avalanches when there is insufficient snow for sking, which is still the case this morning from Nevis in the west to Cairngorm, . This year the little snow they've had has blown off the mountain to form the overhangs which are very unstable in the frequently wet conditions.

Bit here for anyone interested http://www.parliament.scot/Research%...s/SB_10-91.pdf

Graham
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