Snow on the Scottish Mountains.

[Daniel*]

Looking good from above.  

 

[Gavin Hannah]

[Blessed Weather]

It's a lovely day in Glencoe!

 

[Gavin Hannah]

4 weeks I will be back in Scotland for the Xmas period!   Waxing the snowboard as I type this....ARgggh I don't know if I can wait that long! lol

[Gavin Hannah]

 

 

Glencoe Summit this morning.  Snow all the way down to the bottom and beyond!

 

 

 

[Summer Sun]

Glencoe are going to open some pistes tomorrow

[Gavin Hannah]

Cairgorm mountain taking a beating today.

http://www.cairngormmountain.org/webcam-overview

[*Stormforce~beka*]

36 minutes ago, Gavin Hannah said:

Cairgorm mountain taking a beating today.

http://www.cairngormmountain.org/webcam-overview

I love this picture! http://www.cairngormmountain.org/lowerslopes-webcam

[Blessed Weather]

The snowy wilderness of Alaska in mid-winter? No, our very own Scottish Highlands this week!!

 

[Blessed Weather]

It's a long time since I saw blowing snow drifting around here in the south of the UK, so I have to admit to a bit jealousy.....in fact, a lot of jealousy!!

 

[Polar Maritime]

 

[Blessed Weather]

Thanks to some great photographers the current cold spell just keeps on providing us with fantastic pics of the snow covered Scottish Mountains. It's going to be a shame if the forecast upcoming milder, wetter spell washes away these beautiful scenes!

 

[Blessed Weather]

What a stunning photo from up on Aonach Mor yesterday (Sun 21st Jan):

 

[Blessed Weather]

Looking terrific up on Meall a'Bhuachaille above Aviemore this Friday morning, 2nd Feb!!

 

[Polar Maritime]

https://www.ukhillwalking.com/articles/features/imagining_britain's_lost_glaciers-10207

An interesting read here.

[Norrance]

Here was Glencoe last week sent by my daughter a few days ago. Fresh snow and sunshine. She is up at Glenshee today so might get a photo from the East side later.

 

[Summer Sun]

Enough snow in Scottish mountains for 'skiing into May'

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-43716141

[Summer Sun]

Profits slump as range suffers from bad winter

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Hit by a lack of snow and closed for 30 days because of high winds, the centre, on Aonach Mor mountain near Fort William, suffered its second worst winter last winter since its 1989 opening, according to its annual results for the 12 months to the end of last October.

A snow sports season that got off to a bad start with the storm-lashed slopes only open for two days over the Christmas period came to an “abrupt end” following a major thaw on March 29, with the resort having recorded a “dismal total” of 10,200 skier days, compared with 26,760 the previous year.

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https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/north-of-scotland/1452535/profits-slump-as-range-suffers-from-bad-winter/

[Norrance]

3 hours ago, Summer Sun said:

Profits slump as range suffers from bad winter

https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/north-of-scotland/1452535/profits-slump-as-range-suffers-from-bad-winter/

Just to clarify. This was 2016/17 Winter, not the one just finishing.

[Norrance]

40 minutes ago, Norrance said:

Just to clarify. This was 2016/17 Winter, not the one just finishing.

This year has been a big success for Scottish skiing which has not yet finished at Nevis, Glencoe and Cairngorm and has just closed at Glenshee yesterday.

Edited April 17, 2018 by Norrance

[iapennell]

On 4/17/2018 at 20:38, Norrance said:

This year has been a big success for Scottish skiing which has not yet finished at Nevis, Glencoe and Cairngorm and has just closed at Glenshee yesterday.

Further snowfalls in the Scottish mountains are likely during the remainder of this month and well into May with chilly showery airstreams looking set to predominate over Scotland for the next fortnight!

[Norrance]

Nevis is now closed. Cairngorms last day is Sunday 29th April and Glencoe closes after the bank holiday Monday 7th May. There may well still be skiable snow but there will not enough people skiing to justify the costs of opening from then on.

[Norrance]

Glencoe closed for the season yesterday with yet another great day for skiing. Some regulars are saying that this has been the best year ever when combining snow cover, snow conditions and decent weather. Ironically this follows what was possibly the worst year ever in 2016/7.

[Norrance]

Oops. Glencoe doesn't close until next Monday. Still open this week until after the bank holiday. 

Milder and often cloudy forecast means that conditions will not be as good as last week though.

Edited May 3, 2018 by Norrance

[Polar Maritime]

Uppers cold enough for snow over the highest tops tonight.