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It's the early August Bank Holiday weekend, it looks to get off to a decent start on Saturday, Sunday should not be to bad after overnight rain clears Eastwards, but Storm Floris is set to blow up for the Holiday Monday! Potentially very severe or extreme mountain conditions possible by or developing during Monday!

Get an early West coast weather check - our Glencoe webcams are updating from around 4.30am currently.

Glencoe reopens the Black Downhill mountain bike track for its 2025 season debut after a substantial overhaul to bring it back onto the SDA race calender next weekend. So this Sat / Sun represents a chance to get some practice laps in for would be competitors. However the chance of uplift on Monday is diminishing as the track of Storm Floris firms up.

Please note that all mountain bike tracks including the xc trails on the Plateau will be closed the weekend of Sat 9th / Sun 10th August for round 4 of the SDA series.

School holidays are now underway across England as well as Scotland and summer activities are in full swing across the snowsports areas. Both Glencoe and Nevis Range have on site accommodation and CairnGorm has a camper van park during the summer months located in Coire na Ciste.

At Glencoe the revamped lift served downhill bike tracks along with the mountain XC trails are open daily wind permitting, featuring an improved lower section that runs out into a finish area adjacent to the White Corries Cafe at the base.

The Access Chairlift is open for sighting daily from 9am to 4.15pm with last lift down at 4.30pm and the Plateau Cafe on the mountain is open for hot and cold drinks, plus light snacks daily from 10am to 3pm. The White Corries Panoramic Cafe at the base is open daily 8am to 8pm.

For sightseeing the 15 minute walk to the summit of Creag Dhubh from the Access Chair is well worth doing for a fantastic 360deg panorama. The UKs highest disc golf course is also open daily. Both the disc golf and blue single track xc loop start from the Plateau Cafe.

The summer tubing season is underway at Glencoe on the relaid dryslope, the matting now extends the full length of the prepared slope so the run is longer. Advisable to book tubing sessions online for summer to avoid disappointment at http://glencoe.axess.shop .

Up the road at Nevis Range after 2 seasons out of action Blue Doon reopened mid July and is offering up lift served blue graded riding from the mountain gondola. The Top Chief track is more exposed to gusty winds than the other tracks, so Blue Doon will be particularly valuable on days Top Chief is closed and there was last summer only the World Cup downhill as an alternative.

From the Top of the Gondola there is a choice of 2 view point walks. The Gondola is currently open 9.30am to 4.45pm (4pm last bike uplift). The lower mountain bike trails are open year round and the base Cafe Bar is open daily until 10pm for refueling after evening rides.

At Glenshee the Cairnwell Chairlift operates daily over the summer holidays giving views over not just the surrounding mountains but over the core Cairngorms.

On CairnGorm the funicular is back in action and the magic carpets at the Daylodge level operate daily during the holidays for the small bike park. Mountain carting and tubing are also available. Tubing and mountain carting should be pre booked to avoid disappointment as sessions are filling up.

At the Lecht the Cafe is open over the summer, but the Snowy Owl Chairlift will not operate this summer season. The Lecht currently has a live planning application for a new snowfactory plant to be situated beside the existing piste basher garage (on the Buzzard side of the road to the South end of the main carpark) that will produce more than 2.5x the snow output of the existing plant which will be removed from the vicinity of the cafe.

:: England Club Fields

There are always opportunities to volunteer to assist various work parties over the summer months to help keep the club fields operating, please visit the relevant websites and social media feeds for updates.

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 the Glencoe SSC hut at 850m the mid mountain temperature was +10.3°c, with a variable wind at 8 gusting 10 mph.

The SAIS AWS at the top of the Summit Tow was reporting +5.8°c on Aonach Mor. The Tower 17 AWS on the Gondola was reporting a NW wind at 7 gusting 12 mph. At Tulloch Station (237m) the temperature was +14.8°c.

In the East the CairnGorm the Met Office Summit AWS reported +4.1°c with a North Westerly at 28 gusting 36mph. Aviemore was at +13.3°c.

The Cairnwell AWS reported +7.8°c (3061ft /934m), with a North West wind at a mean of 26 gusting 36 mph.

:: Mountain Forecast Discussion

:: Webcams and Weather Stations

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

GLENCOE: All mountain webcams online and the first updated images will be shortly before 5am BST. Base webcam relocated to outside the White Corries Panoramic Cafe to give an overview of the finish of the downhill bike tracks.