Ski Trails area.

Breezy. Snow showers.

5-15cm of snow on all trails. Snow is thin in one or two places where you need to watch your bases on stones. However the snow on Leids Leap was OK & I had no problems skiing down it.

Peter Thorn

peter at thornp dot freeserve dot co dot uk

I skiied a full Haute Route circuit, out via Normans Way and Herring bone Hill and back down Leids leap. The Haute Route (upper track) was really nice, mostly just a single set of skiers
tracks through the pristine snow.

Cool and sunny until it set then a clear night. temperature at carpark level was around +3C when I arrived and just above freezing when I left

Soft and wet, crisping up by the time I left. Lower trails are a bit thin with bear patches appearing, upper trails are very good, bar some damage to the snow pack due to streams in a couple of areas, but these are easilly crossed.

Dave Horsley

d dot horsley at abdn dot ac dot uk

Me and Alan skiied a full Haute Route circuit, out via Normans Way and Herring bone Hill and back down Leids leap. The Haute Route (upper track) was really nice, just a single set of skiers
tracks through the pristine snow. We met another skier on herringbone Hill he was coming down it at speed as we went up. Met him later and he said he was practicing his downhill technique whilst it was quiet so he wouldn't meet anyone on the hill.

Sunny (until it set), was a light snow shower just as we were leaving. Temperature was +3C when we arrived and had fallen to around freezing when we left as the snow was crisping up.

When we set off the snow was soft and wet. There has been between 2-4" of fresh since yesterday. On the lower runs it was still melting a bit in the skiers tracks, but higher up it was fine. As the evening progressed the temperature dropped and the snow was crisping up and getting a lot faaster. There are still a couple of bare patches caused by tree shadows and some areas are thin on the lower tracks, but the tracks are complete as the bare patches ar now less than half the track. Reckon as we were leaving at sunset the upper tracks would have been pistable (but our main pisteur is offshore at the moment and probably green with envy at missing the skiing).

Dave and Alan

d dot horsley at abdn dot ac dot uk

Along Normans way and back, then up Highland fling as far as the Haute Route Junction, Back down highland Fling to the Car Park

Just above freezing, heavy snow falling

Thin and patchy with between 0.5 and 2" of fresh soft snow, but skiable and more was falling.

Dave Horsley

d dot horsley at abdn dot ac dot uk

Once round the haute Route up via Highland Fling, down Via Leids Leap. Then a shorter reverse loop up Shortcut and down via Highland Fling

Warm, dry and sunny, about +4C in the car park at 10am rising to +7C at 12.30pm when I left. Snow had frozen overnight.

Started quite crips, but rapidly softened. Entrance area is looking a bit sad, but once at the hut the tracks are in good conditions. There is still 2-4" of packed snow on the tracks, more in many places, but some areas, particularly those open to the sun are getting thin and bare patches are appearing. When i left all the main tracks were complete and it was possible to ski around any bare patches.

Dave Horsley

d dot horsley at abdn dot ac dot uk