#ski centre

[arc-hus]

Ski Centre, Campra, Switzerland - Durisch & Nolli

https://durischnolli.ch/en/

[bohinj000]

Vogel ski centre is above Lake Bohinj and inside Triglav National Park - Slovenia

That is why snow cannons for artificial snow there are not installed / permitted. But, nevertheless on Vogel can be plenty of snow in March or April too. Snov cover height  (  14. 2. 2025 = 70 cm , 1. 2. 2024 = 75 cm  1. 2. 2023 = 130 cm , 29. 1. 2022 = 90 cm ,  28. 2. 2021 = 245 cm , 5. 2.  2021 = 260 cm ,  8. 2. ‘18  = 3 m , 31. 1. ‘19 = 80 cm  )

First with a cable railway (cable car) 1540 m height above sea leve then chairlifts and draglifts till mountain "Šija" (1880 m). But oneself mountain Vogel ( 1922 m ) is west of Šija and actually not on region of ski centre Vogel. New 4-ski chair lift "Heads of eagle" (2007)  

[mijamija1234]

Winter idyll

[ophelia-b-belle]

[marykassie]

[chrismcmorris]

The Cairnwell Munros

My folks are over for a long weekend and Emily and I are staying with them for two nights in the Dalmunzie Castle. As usual, Dad was keen to bag a hill of description but we didn't want it to be the main focus of the weekend either, as we were staying in a rather nice hotel for the weekend after all!

Saturday was looking like a decent day, but it wasn't looking too good while we were having a late breakfast. However, as we headed towards Braemar, the clouds lifted completely and were replaced by a blazing sun and bright blue sky. As the weather was favourable and we didn't have much time, I set our sights on the easy round of The Cairnwell Munros from the Glenshee Ski Centre.

We parked up at the Ski Centre and were soon making our way up the stoney path to the summit of Carn Aosda. It was very easy going and straightforward. Not the most interesting of summits but on such a nice day we had a great view of the hills all around us. Herbie even recognised the An Socach ridge from earlier in this year - I was most impressed.

We pressed on quickly, as it was extremely windy on the top. The wind continued to hammer us as we made our way down to the bealach above Creag a' Choire Dhirich and past Loch Vrotachan. Here, we had a good view of the way up to The Cairnwell summit - which we would be back for later on. The landscape was more dramatic and far more scenic than I had expected, as we first headed to the top of Carn nan Sac and then on to the summit of Carn a' Gheoidh (passing a couple of Arctic Hares).

We paused at the summit to slap on some more suncream before retracing our steps and heading for the ugly summit that is: The Cairnwell. It wasn't long before we were heading up the steeper scree and approaching the summit buildings. However, it was a bit of a struggle as the wind was absolutely hammering across us and made the final few metres quite challenging indeed. As soon as we reached the top, we took shelter behind the buildings and admired the view to the East across the Cairngorms.

As we headed back down to the car over the grassy, we passed more hares darting around. Herbie was buzzing that he was able to increase his Munro tally by 3 so easily and I was really happy with how the short day had gone. The walk was actually a great deal more enjoyable and scenic than I had expected - very underrated. On the way into Braemar for some grub, we spotted a large heard of Red Deer in the heather at the side of the road - a great day.