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Top to Daylodge riding on CairnGorm and limited roadside tows at Glenshee on Sunday. Potential for significant overnight snowfall at CairnGorm and the Lecht tonight continuing into Monday.

At update the A939 Lecht Pass remains closed with sustained drifting snow. The A93 Cairnwell Pass is open at update.

If you have been out on slopes please send photos to the email at the foot of this page!

The Lecht looks best placed to catch the most snow overnight through Monday, but the sustained drifting has meant the A939 Lecht Pass remained closed on Sunday. All fenced runs are continuing to fill in and given how powdery the snow is, somewhat less strong winds should actually help in this regard tonight and Monday, particularly for the top of the hill. The North to NW direction is generally good, blowing snow across the main fence lines. When the weather settles down the Lecht should be looking pretty decent for some of its main terrain to make its season debut.

CairnGorm is able to offer Top to Daylodge riding giving 1650ft of vertical descent from the Ptarmigan Tow to the top Daylodge Bridge for return to the Base Station, with the Funicular providing uplift below the Top Basin. Additional snowsports tickets have been released, though only a handful remain available for Monday. Further tickets maybe available from the ticket office, this will be assessed AM depending on wind/weather and uplift that can be opened.

The Traverse has caught the most snow of the fenced route down through Coire Cas, though groomed there are some thin bits, which may become scrapped with heavier use, but snow showers should continue to top up. The Home Road is closed, use the Carpark Run for return to the Base Station. For novices, the Daylodge level magic carpet area is the go to, less cold, less windy and a better base from the machine made snow compared to the Polar Express trainer tow in the Ptarmigan Bowl.

Snow showers were less frequent on Sunday, but the Lecht has seen a further 6 to 8cm bringing the total to around 30 to 38cm according to radar data. The Met Office recorded 52cm of snow lying at their Tomintoul station on Sunday morning. Radar data suggests around another 6 to 8cm has fallen on CairnGorm, bringing the total to 36 to 44cm of snowfall on CairnGorm in the past 72 hours. With relatively strong winds continuing and very dry powdery snow, there is significant drifting, so it is most definitely not a level covering of snow with any real elevation. Snow cover is much more uniform at lower elevations than at height on the mountains, windward slopes are significantly scoured.

Fewer of the shower cells have made it through to Glenshee. That coupled with stronger winds due to the direction, means the hillsides look pretty scoured, but there has been significant drifting of what snow there has been and machines have been out bashing drifts on Claybokie, the Cairnwell RaceTracks and Sunnyside uptrack. However as yet there is not enough snow to join any dots, so lift served snowsports remains restricted to the roadside terrain with a machine made base. The Plastic Slope Poma is now open giving a short but quite steep wee blue for progression terrain from the nursery slopes.

At Glencoe, the Sledge Park is now open daily (wind permitting). It is advisable to arrive before 2pm at the latest for sledging to get a decent amount of time on the hill. First chair up at 9am, last chair up at 3.45pm and last chair down at 4pm. Glencoe has received the least snow of the ski areas so far from this cold spell due to the wind direction, but that could change as we head through mid-week.

While the Nevis Range mountains have not caught as much snow as further North on the West Coast has, there is significantly more snow on Aonach Mor than at Glencoe now. The Summit Runs are full width between the fences, with decent cover down Sidewinder. Tourers taking advantage of the final day of gondola uplift were able to skin from the Allt Sneachda bridge and return on snow via the Rabbit Run on Sunday, but all facilities at Nevis Range are now closed until further notice.

:: England Club Fields

The three Pennine Clubfields all enjoyed a November start to their season, with Allenheads and Weardale notching up the first lift-served UK snow turns of the season. The English Clubfields have so far missed out on snow from this cold spell, as is often the case with a Northerly. Things do look more promising as the new week progresses, with the potential for low pressure systems to come in off the Atlantic, but crossing England rather than over or to the North of Scotland as is more often the case.

There is significant uncertainty at this stage, but the potential is there for notable snowfalls in the Pennines later in the week. Whether Raise benefits much will depend on the track of the low pressure systems and resultant wind direction!

For both Weardale and Allenheads, you need to join the club with a season pass, these are still available for both at this time.

Please check club access rules / availability if not a club member / pass holder.

Weardale: https: //skiweardale.com/ .
Allenheads: http://ski-allenheads.co.uk/ .
Yad Moss: https: //yadmoss.co.uk/ .
Raise: https: //www.ldscsnowski.co.uk/ .

:: Mountain Weather

At 8pm in the West at the Glencoe SSC hut at 850m the mid mountain temperature was -6.7°c, wind at 16 gusting 25mph. At Base level (366m) it was -2.6°c.

The SAIS summit AWS on Aonach Mor was reporting -8.9°c. The Met Office station was reporting a North West wind at 13 gusting 22mph. It was -7.0°c at 680m at the CIC Hut. At Tulloch Station (237m) the temperature was -3°c.

In the East the CairnGorm the Met Office Summit AWS reported -10°c with a North Westerly at a mean of 20 gusting 29mph. Aviemore was at -3°c at 8pm.

The Met Office Cairnwell AWS (3061ft /934m) reported -8°c with a NNW wind at a mean of 50 gusting 65mph.

:: Mountain Forecast Discussion

2026 has got off to a distinctly seasonal start, with it now freezing at most levels and snow showers falling down to sea level.

The Met Office have issued a further Amber Warning for snow covering the Northern Highlands and NE Scotland, plus the Northern Isles. Across various mesoscale models the Northern Cairngorms and terrain to the North of them could see a further 12 to 16cm of snow quite widely in the next 36 hours, with perhaps 25 to 30cm in a few locations. With it remaining sub zero today, significant drifting has continued to cause problems on many roads in Aberdeenshire and the Northern Highlands.

For the Glencoe hills southwards Monday looks like a dry and bright day, possibly largely unbroken sunshine, and just the outside chance of a snow flurry. Minus 7 to -8°c at Munro level with a moderate NW backing WNW wind. Around 15 to 20 gusting 30mph. Will feel like -17 with exposure.

A mix of brighter interludes and snow showers for the Southern Cairngorms on Monday, with the freezing Level staying at the surface, with -6 to -7°c at Munro Level towards the Glenshee Munros. Snow totals are not expected to amount to more than a couple of cm at Glenshee on Monday, though more may arrive into the evening.

As noted above about the Amber warning, it looks like a different story for the Northern Cairngorms, where heavy convective snow showers will continue to feed in from the North and merge into some longer periods of snowfall. Northerly around 25 to 35mph, but gusts of 40 to 50mph possible on plateau areas during and around bigger shower cells. Minus 7°c at Munro level. Freezing level remaining at the surface away from the immediate coastal zone.

Wind will back Westerly or WSW on Tuesday before later veering back towards the North. The change in wind direction and associated fronts will shift the focus of the heavier precipitation to the West Highlands as bands of frontal snow move through. Freezing level will rise from the surface to around 1500 to 2000ft for a time before lowering back and may stay lower further inland. Around -3 to -4°c at Munro Level, possibly -2°c for a time nearer the coast and in the SW Highlands. Strong to Gale WSW wind around 30 gusting 50mph. Precipitation more showery in the East Highlands, but likely to remain overcast.

Snow showers may clear from the West for a time on Wednesday, before more persistent precipitation returns from the West later. Moderate Westerly winds will lull under a transient ridge for a period before SW winds freshen later in the day. Freezing from the glens up in most inland areas, but Munro Level temperature may lift to -1°c as fronts move in late in the day.

Potential for a deep low pressure system to cross the British Isles later in the week, both timing, depth and track remain uncertain. There remains a risk of a stormy end of the week for Highland Scotland, but the balance of model runs is now for a low pressure system to be much further South with less strong winds for Highland Scotland from the East quadrant, while the hills of Northern England are likely to see Severe Gales either from the East or West depending on exact trajectory of the depression.

:: Webcams and Weather Stations

Lowther Hill: Leadhills webcam is online (24/7).

GLENCOE: All mountain webcams online and the first updated images will be shortly after 8am. The mid mountain weather station wind vane failed due to nearby lightning. Windspeed and other parameters are OK.