•Glencoe Sledge Park

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CairnGorm Mountain and Glencoe are open daily for snowsports - weather permitting. Uplift uncertain for Monday, particularly morning as strong winds continue, gradually moderating from the West as pressure begins to rise in the afternoon. Check AM updates.

Been out on the slopes - please send us your photos to the email address at the foot of this page.

Both CairnGorm and Glencoe were StormBound on Sunday, with no let up in the wind. Gusts over 70mph were recorded at the edge of Rannoch Moor at the bottom of the Access Chair at Glencoe, while a peak gust of 116mph was recorded by the CairnGorm Summit AWS. Blizzard conditions in the West in through the dawn period, gave way to a sleety mix on the summits for a while as the freezing level lifted to just above the Glencoe tops briefly on Sunday morning, before falling back down to below the lower slopes.

Some intense clusters of showers continue to move through in the West, a fair number are making their way through to the Cairngorms this evening and there is severe drifting from the base of the snowsports areas up.

Glencoe looks to have got somewhere between 6 to 10cm of further snow since the freezing level dropped back below the summit, but it has been quite powdery this afternoon so there will be completely scoured areas and some much deeper accumulations. Snow that fell on Saturday and drifted overnight got progressively wetter snow falling on top until a brief rain / sleet period that dampened down drifting before snow started falling again, so overall there should be some significant gains on parts of Meall a Bhuiridh. The Main Basin, Spring Run and the top of the Low Road from Rannoch Chair get off to the Plateau runs appear to have done particularly well so far. Plateau runs are continuing to fill in.

Blizzard conditions during the showers mean often little is visible on the webcams this evening.

CairnGorm has also seen new snow, though not as much as in the West, but there has been substantial drifting through the day and the freezing level stayed below the summit, so the Top Basin and Plateau areas saw snow from precipitation throughout Sunday. More strong winds are expected Monday, so it is likely that if there is uplift it will be limited, at least in the morning to just the Funicular.

If the Funicular can run on Monday that will provide a mix of green / blue and red terrain directly from it. The White Lady (red) remaining full width over its full length for more experienced skiers and riders. The Traverse down into Coire Cas is loaded as is the Gunbarrel and the top legs of the Zig Zags, but the main bed of Coire Cas itself is narrow in places, a typical symptom of seasons where East / SE winds have dominated snowfall! The Cas Tow has been closed recently to provide more space for coming down, but the upper Cas was beginning to fill out a bit more again.

Glenshee and the Lecht are currently closed for snowsports. Indeed it is likely Glenshee is now closed for the season, it is much less likely to come back as we approach and move into April, whereas the Lecht can and has come from nothing to open in May! That said there is still scope for touring excursions around Glenshee with still areas of very deep snow on Meall Odhar, Glas Maol and the surrounding Munros.

At update the A939 Lecht Pass and the A93 Cairnwell Pass were open.

:: Glencoe Sledge Park

The Sledge Park is full length and in good shape thanks to snow making from the snow factory. There are over 150 sledges to grab at the Plateau Cafe! It is advisable to arrive before 2.30pm 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. The Plateau Cafe is open daily when the Access Chair is running.

:: 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 the Glencoe SSC hut (850m) the temperature was -2.0°c, no wind data is available. At the Top of the Access (671m) it was -0.5°c. At Base level (366m) it was +1.8°c with the wind at 15 gusting 66mph.

The SAIS summit AWS on Aonach Mor was reporting -4.0°c. The Met Office station was reporting a West wind at 34 gusting 61mph. At the CIC Hut (680m) it was -0.7°c. At Tulloch Station (237m) the temperature was +2.7°c.

In the East the summit weather stations on CairnGorm reported -4.1°c, with a Storm Force Westerly at a mean of 63 gusting 91mph. At Aviemore the temperature at 8pm was +2.1°c.

The Met Office Cairnwell AWS reported -2.3°c with a NWest wind at a mean of 35 gusting 65mph.

:: Mountain Forecast Discussion

Monday looks set to continue a fairly stormy theme, while there will be some fluctuation in freezing level, with the FL rising to around Munro Level for a time. Further accumulation of new snowfall and very poor visibility in falling and blowing snow. Snow showers will be most frequent and heaviest in the West where they will merge into more persistent hill snow at times, but later showers will become increasingly scattered as a ridge of higher pressure pushes in from the West.

Minus 2 rising 0°c at Munro Level during Monday, dropping back to -2°c by evening, before overnight the Munro Level temperature begins to rise again, peaking around +3 or 4°c post dawn on Tuesday in the West Highlands.

Tuesday looks a bit meh for the West, still fairly blustery to strong winds, tending to be a bit murky and clagged in on Western hills with drizzly conditions persisting through much of the day. Progressively drier with higher cloud bases to the East and further NE and SE in the Cairngorms might have some brighter interludes. Between +2 and +4°c at Munro Level by middle of the day. Tending to be higher towards the East, with progressively drier and clearer air the further East one is.

By or during Wednesday colder air will return, but there is significant divergence on forecast detail relating to the exact placement of a cold front / possible convergence zone that will become slow moving over or near Highland Scotland. If this lands in the right place, it could potentially bring fairly slow moving and heavy mountain snowfall to some locations, but if it stays to the Northern Highlands, a milder wetter day for the Central Highlands would occur, until either way the front begins to push further south later in the afternoon or into Wednesday evening!

Keep an eye on this forecast as it could also turn into a freshies day with relatively light winds for Glencoe, but it could equally turn into a avoid the West kind of day! The latest Met Office manual fax chart for noon on Wednesday has the front diagonally across the Central Highlands, with Glencoe and CairnGorm very close to the dividing line.

By Thursday there is more confidence again of colder air being in place across Highland Scotland with moderate SE wind, but risk stronger SE gusts in prone locations such as on and downslope of the Cairngorm Plateau and through and NW of the Nevis Range mountains. A mix of brighter spells and snow showers, these likely to be more frequent towards the Southern Highlands. Around -2°c at Munro Level with the freezing level around the lower slopes of the snowsports areas.

Early indications for Good Friday point to a mix of some brighter periods and snow showers on the hills with a probably light to moderate wind in a slack polar trough, with shallow lows moving around in the vicinity of Scotland. Details, particularly around precipitation will depend on the exact position of individual low pressure areas and resultant wind direction. Munro Level temperature is likely to fall between -1 and -4°c.

Some fairly spectacular divergences in ensemble sets beyond, with some giving a spread of 26°c by the start of the second week of April for 850hpa height temperature for the Central Highlands. That without very big differences in anticipated wider scale pressure patterns!

On balance, operational runs and balance of ensembles have somewhat leaned more to a cooler scenario with changeable conditions under the polar trough, with the strengthening spring sun giving hefty convective snow showers for mountains with onshore wind.

MWIS states: Temperature may remain variable, possibly often cold over the mountains with snow and hail showers at times to lower elevations at least in Scotland, sometimes more widely, mixed with some spells of rain - precipitation generally most frequent west and northwest.

:: Webcams and Weather Stations

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

GLENCOE: All mountain webcams online and the first updated images are shortly before 6.30am (BST). Sledge Park camera streams overnight. The mid mountain weather station wind direction is not working, other data valid.