Fuck You, Global Warming

After some pretty bumper snow fall last week all of the scottish ski centres were open for business at the weekend. Saturday was forecast to be clear blue skies and no wind, and it didn't disappoint. Conditions up at Glenshee were absolutely fantastic. The only downside was that everyone else in the world had also decided to head up so there were a lot of queues. I don't mind queueing too much in good weather and there was a good atmosphere around the resort. We got there pretty early and after sorting out a lift ticket headed up the sunnyside chair and over the back before the queues got too big. Unfortunately the Glas Maol tow was closed after suffering some damage in high winds but there was still plenty of excellent terrain around. After a quick lunch back at the car we headed up the Cairnwell side with some excellent runs down Carn Aosda and Butcharts. The day was finished off with an excellent run down the tiger. Dave and Rosie had to be back in Edinburgh by six so we set off before the lifts shut. We didn't make it back to Edinburgh by six because of the chaos in the car park caused by the sheer volume of people. Folk who had arrived late had parked up both sides of the road, blocking the cars in the car park and turning the road into a single lane road. We spend quite a while waiting to get out the car park, got the car stuck in the snow for a bit (cheers to the guy who helped Dave push us out) and then sat in a queue on the road for ages. There's not really anything that could have been done better due to the massive number of people there.

Who says that it doesn't snow in Scotland and that the ski industry is fucked, pah.