General Situation // Scottish Ski & Winter Activity Report // Winterhighland

While the mountains have already seen several teasing autumnal snowfalls at height, the start of November will be mild with benign mountain conditions under a building ridge of high pressure. How bright it is day to day next week will depend on the exact wind direction and potential inversion layers, so it could be clear on the tops, but murky in glens at least earlier in the day next week.

With the clocks having gone back and now into November, this weekend sees the last day of summer season activities including lift served mountain biking at Glencoe and Nevis Range, plus the family bike park and other activities at CairnGorm.

At Glencoe all ages ride for junior prices for the last 2 days of the mountain bike season, so 20 quid for the day! Summer tubing and mountain disc golf will also be available over the weekend. The Access Chairlift will close for annual maintenance at the end of Sunday and is expected to reopen late November or early December. Accommodation is still available in the glamping pods at the base this weekend, so with discounted mountain biking to close the downhill season why not make a weekend of it.

Over at Nevis Range the mountain biking season also draws to a close at the end of play on Sun 3rd November, which is also the last day of 7day gondola operation for the autumn. From next week the Gondola will run Wed to Sun through November and December until Sunday 22nd December. Gondola will operate daily from Boxing Day through Sunday 5th January, after which all facilities at Nevis Range will close until early February.

:: Warren Millers SEVENTY FIVE

We are not just going big to start off the 75th Warren Miller snowsports film tour, we are going HUGE! The biggest cinema screen in Scotland, the IMAX at Glasgow Science Centre on Sunday 10th November at 8pm.

For any keen anglers out there, you can add the F3T Fly Fishing FIlm Tour to your Warren Miller Premiere ticket for just 9 quid if you buy on EventBrite! F3T gets underway at 6pm.

Glasgow Tickets: http://www.winterhighland.info/gscSun10Nov.php .

One lucky film goer to our Glasgow Warren Miller premiere will leave with a 2024/25 Ski Scotland 4 Area Pass in the intermission prize giveaway!

Further hosted Premieres with Adventure Entertainment as follows:

London // Prince Charles Cinema // Wed 13 Nov 8.15pm
Canterbury // Gulbenkian Arts Centre // Fri 15 Nov 9pm
Belfast // The Mac // Sun 17 Nov 4pm
New Brighton // The Light Cinema // Tue 19 Nov 7.30pm
Chester // Storyhouse // Wed 20 Nov 8pm
Boness // The Hippodrome Cinema // Thu 21 Nov 8pm
Edinburgh // Dominion Cinema // Sun 24 Nov 1.30pm

Before we hit the road again with Winterhighland screenings throughout December, January and into February, there is a special Aviemore screening in support of Disability Snowsports UK at Glenmore Lodge on Thursday 28th November at 7.30pm. Tickets are 15quid with over 2/3rds going to DSUK.

Get Tickets NOW: www.warrenmiller.co.uk .

Please note we are still adding dates and will be over the coming weeks with the tour continuing into February, this is going to be the most comprehensive UK Warren Miller Tour for years with over 30 dates already confirmed.

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:: England Club Fields

All clubfields are waiting for the first snow of the new season.

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/ .

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:: Lowther Hills Ski Club Update

Sadly the on mountain facilities of Lowther Hills Ski Club in Southern Scotland have been dismantled, thus our summit webcam was removed from service in June. It may still be possible to operate the portable rope tows in the villages going forward, but new volunteers with requisite engineering / mechanical background are required..

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:: Mountain Weather

At 6pm in the West at the base of Glencoe at 366m the temperature was +8.4°c, while near the summit at 1097m it was +6.5°c with a South West wind at 8 gusting 17 mph. The Met Office Summit Run AWS on Aonach Mor (1130m) reported +5.7°c with a South West wind at 7 gusting 10 mph.

In the East the CairnGorm Met Office Summit AWS (408ft/1245m) wasat +4°c with a Westerly at 16 gusting 23 mph. The Cairnwell AWS reported +4.1°c at 3061ft, with a South West wind at a mean of 7 gusting 9 mph.

Our webcams at Glencoe update from around 7am, the Leadhills webcam in the Borders updates 24/7.

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:: Mountain Forecast Discussion

A benign weekend that is set to become increasingly bright as it goes on with the best overhead on Sunday and moderate SW winds which will fall away to virtually nothing in the West for Sunday as high pressure establishes itself for early November.

Brightness on Saturday looks more likely towards the SE Highlands with a SW wind, Munro Level temperatures likely to be around 5 to 7°c.

Sunday should see increasing brightness break through, this could initially be restricted to higher elevations as an inversion layer may develop with summit temperatures rising into low double figures from the West. At Munro Level around +7°c initially, but rising +10 to +11°c in the West.

Possibly a dip in temperatures by several degrees on Monday as a light to moderate SE wind sets up, before temperatures at Munro Level look likely to climb into double digits once again through mid-week. Where the best of the brightness develops will in part depend on the exact direction of the light to moderate winds.

At this stage there is a split between keeping the high over Scotland through the following weekend, and a proportion of runs which move the high enough to the East to allow more unsettled conditions to at least threaten from the West. Beyond the balance currently favours Northern Blocking building more strongly either over Scotland, or from here through Scandinavia. One to watch! : )

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:: Webcams and Weather Stations

Lowther Hill: Leadhills webcam online 24/7. Lowther Hill Summit webcam withdrawn due to removal of club infrastructure from the hill.

GLENCOE: Most webcams are online and the first updated images will be from around 7am. Summit and Base AWS online with no issues.

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