I still don't understand this potential 27 million, why don't the other areas also receive this support?

Well, for a start, HIE are the land owners, and thus are more inclined to maintain facilities on their land (like if you believe that given the axing of a 2 Poma lifts, 2 t-bars and 2-chair lifts in the last 10 years!!!)

Honestly, HIE and the way they operate is beyond conventional. Rational thinking isn't really HIE's fortie!!

The test of modelling is whether real-life data confirms the modelling assumptions to be correct.

I would ask Mr Johnston to document cases where experiment validates modelling claims as part of any application for funding.

I would also suggest a small pilot costing far less than a Cairngorm/Glenmore scheme to run for five years before investing in a big project at Cairngorm.

Would trees grow on the bottom 200 metres of the car park track down to Glencoe car park to create a test site?

It seems the most obvious site in current use. No lifts would be needed, the concept is the tree-lined piste to the bottom....

There are lots of forest plantations on the west coast of Scotland that go above 600 metres altitude. A little further north just east of the Nevis Range at NN253767 is an example on a north facing slope. If you where to grow trees to the same altitude as the above grid reference at Glencoe you would be within 100m of the top of the chairlift, which would probably do wonders for surviability of the run to the car park. Though to be honest just covering a bit above the blue run to give it shade at the bottom (around where there are already tress) would be huge.

The basic answer is yes, but you probably need to break out the mini gun and get rid of the deer first...



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Jabuzzards right....

I'd plant a mixture of clones and seed, with a higher density the higher ya go for losses, though I wouldn't be shy lower down either.. The first pic in the Cairngorm snow thread says enough about grading the land for less snow needed tae get something open, the access should be cleared tae a lawn and with these snow factories Glencoe would make a killing having the access open along with the plateau and would spred the numbers out killing their shitty queues when it's busy..

Cairngorms I imagine is cooler and drier than Glencoe so I don't see much point of trialing there for around 10 years then starting something, They have trees around their base station higher than snow fences so they'll grow below, the ones they have planted in the ski area could do with some grub too!