Here are some photos from a recent tour Jason Williamson did with his two sons on Februay 17th. The Mount of Haddock is above the Clash and well worth a visit when conditions allow.

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If you were good enough to fill in one of the survey forms at the end of last year, here are the results, collated by Peter Thorn

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The next block of  six weeks has been announced for the Huntly Nordic Youth Club for 18th February to 25th March. The evenings are again on Thursday at the ski centre.

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It’s worth taking a moment to thank the people who spend time maintaining the trails in the Clash. It mostly goes unobserved, we just assume the forest grows in a handy way for us to ski around. Forest Enterprise has recently done a lot of work to cut back the trees on short cut which was getting a bit narrow. Here are some photos of club members Dave Horsley and Colin Miller sorting out some of the fallen trees yesterday. Guys thanks for the work!

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Peter has issued the latest newsletter with news of our Olympic entries

Newsletter 33 Feb 2010

Although it looks like the thaw is setting in now, it’s worth noting we have reached an important milesone, 50 skiable days in the 2009/2010 season and we’re only at the start of February!

Just to prove there are a few hard core skiers in the club here are the photos from this month’s Full Moon Stomp, which was held at the Bin Forest. I’m afraid I wimped out when I saw the snow that evening…

Dave says there were some excellent conditions, but the trip back to Udny was a bit nerve wracking.

Here are some comments from Ian

3 participants – Dave Horsley, Ken (Thompson) and Ian Cooper. Due to dodgy road conditions on the Cabrach Road the 3 skiers departed Huntly for the local ‘Bin’ forest for a very pleasant 2 hour ski around the un-groomed trails.
The wind, which had been blowing quite hard all Saturday abated and the forest was left in a state of peaceful tranquility under 2010s first and brightest ‘Perigee’ full moon – Perigee being the moon’s orbit when it is closest to the Earth and thus appears bright and large in the sky.  The skiers were extremely lucky as the clouds cleared away leaving a beautiful moonlit landscape.

Dr Dave prepares to ski

Ian Cooper and Ken Thompson

Just to prove it was full moon

Market Muir Car Park

The Huntly Youth Ski Club started a new 5 week block on Thursday nights  and it still looking for new members. If you are in the S1-S4 years  and interested please download the the HN Youth Ski Club Jan 2010 flyer.

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