•Glencoe Sledge Park

•England Club Fields

•Mountain Weather

•Mountain Forecast Discussion

•Webcams and Weather Stations

CairnGorm is open daily for spring snowsports, with classic spring conditions with granular snow expected with diurnal freeze/thaw cycling and sunny days! Remember, other area season pass holders get 30% of day tickets.

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High pressure will be firmly in charge of the weather for the week ahead, though Monday will see a few light snow showers come in off the Moray Firth for the Northern Cairngorms until the wind turns more Easterly.

Unfortunately the high pressure didn?t come in quick enough to prevent more damage to the snow cover on Friday night, with only CairnGorm still open for lift served riding. However with the weather now set fair, we should see classic spring conditions under high pressure with dirunal freeze/thaw cycling. Thus surface conditions getting better with each cycle with the old base snow yielding up classic granular spring snow corn

On CairnGorm, surface lift operation is now limited to just the Ptarmigan Tow and the Polar Express Trainer Tow in the Top Basin, giving access to the Ptarmigan Traverse and Bowl, plus the terrain park. Top to mid-station riding is still on via the White Lady (red) for advanced skiers and boarders with uplift via the Funicular giving 1300ft of vertical.

The Traverse remains decent, but the upper Cas is broken and you will need to unclip if you come down this way. The Gunbarrel is narrow, but still fairly flat at present. This route is only suitable now for more confident intermediates and above, for easier green terrain stay in the Ptarmigan Bowl.

With the White Lady having a still fairly robust base from the SE storms in January, old snow should offer up superb spring corn snow over the coming days, with spring snow bumps building.

If you are prepared to do the leg work the Ciste Gully is complete to around the level of the former boardwalks and should similarly offer up superb spring snow turns. However, please note that the Funicular touring pass is not available currently.

Glencoe is now the domain of tourers and those prepared to hike for some turns, but the Main Basin and Spring Run remain complete and along with the Flypaper Bowl were seeing action on Sunday. Expecting some fantastic spring turns over the coming days. Season Pass holders can continue to use the Access Chair. The Plateau Cafe is open daily through Monday 4th May, from 10am to 3pm.

Mid mountain the Wall (red) is the best route down the mid mountain (mostly) on snow. Otherwise it is more of walking than skiing on Mugs Alley.

The Upper Goose and summit area at Nevis and the Back Corries also retain a decent amount of snow for tourers / hiking for turns.

:: Glencoe Sledge Park

The Sledge Park is full length and in reasonable and improving condition, with snow making resumed following the commissioning of a new snow factory unit! There are over 150 sledges to grab at the Plateau Cafe, sledging is complimentary!

It is advisable to arrive before 2.45pm at the latest for sledging to get a decent amount of time on the hill. First chair up at 9am, the sledge park is always quietest before lunch time. Last chair down scheduled for 4.30pm.

:: England Club Fields

All the club fields are waiting for new snow to be able to reopen.

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 6pm in the West at Glencoe, the summit AWS on Meall a Bhuiridh (1097m) was reporting a temperature of +1.6°c, with an WSW wind at 8 gusting 14mph. At the SSC hut (850m) the temperature was +3.5°c. At Base level (366m) it was +7.9°c with a South wind at 4 gusting 7mph.

The SAIS summit AWS on Aonach Mor was reporting +0.4°c. The Met Office station is offline. At the CIC Hut (680m) it was +5.8°c. At Tulloch Station (237m) the temperature was +10.7°c.

In the East the summit weather stations on CairnGorm reported +0.4°c, with a NW wind at a mean of 29 gusting 38mph. At Aviemore the temperature at 6pm was +9°c.

The Met Office Cairnwell AWS reported +4°c with a NNW wind at a mean of 22 gusting 29mph.

:: Mountain Forecast Discussion

High pressure continues to build in strongly, though areas exposed to onshore breeze will see some showers on Monday, falling as snow on the higher mountains. In the West and further South it should be a dry and bright Monday with decent sunny spells under partly cloudy skies. Around 0°c rising +2 or +3°c at Munro Level in sunnier spots. Moderate North becoming NE wind, gusts 25 to 30mph, but freshening for a time on Monday evening as wind veers Easterly.

From Tuesday the week ahead sees high pressure centered over or to the North of Scotland and firmly in control of the weather. Classic spring conditions with diurnal freeze / thaw cycling of the snow pack expected over the following days. Dry and widely bright, with many areas seeing unbroken sunshine, but the best of the sunshine day to day will depend on exact position of the high and where if anywhere has onshore wind. Some doubt over the exact position of the high through mid-week, and thus as to whether wind will generally be light and variable even on the hills, or a moderate Easterly prevails.

Some inversion mist may form in the glens, but should soon burn off in the strengthening spring sunshine. Daytime Munro Level temperatures around +2 to +3°c on Tuesday, but may peak a few degrees higher in the sunniest areas, with a gradual trend upwards through the week day by day. Despite that, snow should still crunch up overnight under clear skies.

:: Webcams and Weather Stations

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

GLENCOE: All mountain webcams online and the first updated images are around 5.30am (BST). Sledge Park camera streams overnight. Replacement Summit AWS has been installed and temperature data is available from 4 levels. Wind speed currently available at summit and base.