jabuzzard Wrote:
swavis Wrote:
Hardly greeting, I just wish Cairngorm would add some uplift rather than reduce it. And I do get on with it, at the Lecht or Glenshee
To be fair Glenshee have removed lifts too. The Grianian Poma; Tiger Tow long before the new chair replaced the lost capacity, and the Trainer Tow for certain.
They also lost Courrour and Meall Odhar T-Bar. Point is they are now undoing the historical damage so I can easily support this move.
Unusually I don't fully agree with Alan about Meall Odhar. I agree that Coire Fionn can have snow but it's often at the end of the season when numbers fall below break-even. There isn't an obvious way to get practical chairlift access from car park to Coire Fionn AND get back again.
You could put a chair up the Cluny but you would then need another chair up Meall Odhar Poma and that would not make the Meall Odhar cafe anything other than a difficult walk.
If they install chairs as part of natural lift replacement it's fine, but you can't make a business case for it based on a few days skiing on Coire Fionn.
As for a chairlift up the valley burn, it's another luxury. Ideally it would have a mid-stop near the Cluny as the run from Cluny for Tom Dearg can be tricky for beginners due to holes and inconsistent Gradients and contours. The mid-stop would also help if the back passage is complete but Tom Dearg/Sunny side Poma is broken.