Santa Delivers Big Toy to Good Boys at CairnGorm
Santa Delivers Big Toy to Good Boys at CairnGorm
Published : 24-Dec-2010 06:17
CairnGorm Mountain piste machine drivers Tom Moodie and Adam MacInnes with Santa(aka Les Andean)
All five ski areas are now open in Scotland following Glencoe's opening on Thursday, December 23rd. The only area that hadn't opened already has intermediate and advanced level terrain now open.
There's extra Christmas excitement at CairnGorm ski area above Aviemore where the staff took delivery of a new Pisten Bully 600 grooming machine which replaces an older machine in the operator's fleet of vehicle.
The new machine is also the only one in the UK with a winch attachment, that means it can be anchored by cable to a fixed point on the mountainside, allowing it to groom Britain's steepest groomed slopes in safety – without risk of it sliding off down the slope.
The machine has arrived just in time to be used for the benefit of Christmas holidaymakers who can ski Cairngorm's slopes daily from now on – except Christmas day itself when, in common with Scotland's other four ski areas, the resort is closed for the day.
Cairngorm is hoping for another record-breaking winter after last season, which lasted for nearly eight months and saw the greatest visitor numbers for nearly 15 years.
So far this winter – which has been underway for a month at CairnGorm already - in Early snow cover has meant that already this season over 14,000 skiers have taken to the slopes at the resort with many more expected over the next two weeks. The resort has also arranged for a greatly enhanced public bus service to operate from Aviemore to the ski resort with buses operating three times an hour form early until late from Boxing Day until 9th January. There is good snow cover all over the mountain and on Christmas Eve all uplift was operating.
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