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Patrick Thorne

19 Dec 17

Scotland Snow Report and Forecast 19 December 2017

Patrick Thorne

19 Dec 17

It’s back to the usual highs and lows of the ski nation that is Scotland.

All five of the Highland ski centres plus Lowther Hills in the south were open for snow fun at the weekend.  Here’s how Glencoe looked on Saturday (also pictured top)…

Early season at Glencoe

Its not often that Glencoe Mountain Resort gets opened before Christmas, but with the runs complete on the lower half of the mountain, hundreds of people headed up Meall A'Bhuiridh.

Posted by Elevated Exposures on Monday, 18 December 2017

 

But a dramatic rise in temperature since Monday has transformed white slopes to brown and patchy and most areas are closed again until the temperature dips and more snow arrives – hopefully in the next week.

Glenshee now looks like this:

Scotland Snow Report and Forecast 19 December 2017

Having been looking like this on Saturday:

Scotland Snow Report and Forecast 19 December 2017

Both The Lecht and Cairngorm now have SnowFactory all weather snowmaking units in place and Cairngorm say the trial is going well, producing snow at +8C today for ski lessons.