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Scottish Skiing Enjoys Best Spring Snow in Living Memory

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Rumours of the demise of Scottish skiing are beginning to look greatly exaggerated.

While many Alpine resorts have closed for the season, thousands of skiers are still enjoying perfect conditions in the Highlands.

Scotland’s five resorts have struggled for more than 15 years with the effects of global warming, and several have diversified into summer tourism. The perfect snow cover at CairnGorm this weekend follows the worst season on record last year.

There is even talk of skiing on midsummer’s day, as visitors make the most of the best spring snow conditions anyone can remember.

The Daily Telegraph: ‘Late snow gives Scots resorts a ski lift ‘

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  3. Paul Biggs says

    Thanks – I saw that. Australia gets a mention, which must refer to this blog. Not terribly convincing – he could have said at least some of that in his email exchange with Jo Abbess, but he didn’t.

  4. Ivan says

    Also check out what “global warming” is doing to the polar ice cover in Greenland and Iceland (a couple of days ago) at:
    http://www.dmi.dk/dmi/index/gronland/iskort.htm#ugekort

    For a first-hand view of it, also see the the photos posted by Hans Schreuder of ilovemycarbondioxide.com at:
    http://www.ilovemycarbondioxide.com/Greenland_ice_cap.html

    But then again – maybe Hans is imagining all this. After all, I seem to recall that the Grand Genius “James Hansen and his NASA climate science team – have released several papers explaining this nonlinear vision of climate change focusing upon the unpredicted rapid melting of the polar ice caps.”

  5. Ann Novek says

    The Englishmen are really some jokers calling their small mountains ” alpine slopes”;) ! Small kids stuff!!!