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carol1977
carol1977 Posts: 24 Forumite
Hi

Anyone tell me where there is a good a moment of snow about for tomorrow we live in Airdrie so anything in a 2 hr drive from there.


cheers in advance

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  • LilacPixie
    LilacPixie Posts: 8,052 Forumite
    glenshee, it was covered a few weeks back. Dunno if its 2 hours from aidrie tho you'l have to google
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  • Looky here ==> http://www.highland-instinct.co.uk/webcams/index.php

    The problem with Glencoe, Cairngorm and Nevis is you have to pay to go up to the snowfields (in the chairlift, train or gondola) as there's rarely snow to car-park level. Nevis and Cairngorm have pretty decent facilities at the top of the gondola/train for visitors not intending to ski but both are outwith a 2 hour drive, Glencoe isn't quite so good in terms of what it has to offer the day-tripper up the mountain (though snacks/toilets are available and there's a restaurant at the bottom) but you could make it within 2 hours. Glenshee and Lecht when open for snowsports will have snow down to the car-park but neither are offering lift-served snow-sports at the moment so not sure what you'd find once you got there. Lecht is too far away for what you're after anyway. Glenshee would probably take you just over 2 hours but you could always phone the resort and ask what conditions are like. Beware of the roads though, there's snow forecast and conditions can get quite unpleasant. Road to Glencoe is much better/more likely to be open.

    I'm sure there are other more accessible places where you could drive to to get at the snow - it's probably at fairly low levels today but I can't think where off the top of my head. :rolleyes:
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  • Edinburghlass_2
    Edinburghlass_2 Posts: 32,680 Forumite
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    Snow reports for the ski-ing areas here...

    http://ski.visitscotland.com/conditions/

    all roads seem to be open today but I did hear on the radio on Friday that quite a few were closed so you need to check tomorrow before you leave.
  • Cool site for viewing actual road conditions ==> http://www.trafficscotland.org/lev/views.aspx

    Homepage has disruptions info ==> http://www.trafficscotland.org/index.aspx
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  • peediedj
    peediedj Posts: 1,267 Forumite
    Looky here ==> http://www.highland-instinct.co.uk/webcams/index.php

    Cairngorm and Nevis is you have to pay to go up to the snowfields (in the chairlift, train or gondola) as there's rarely snow to car-park level.
    theres plenty of snow at car park level up the cairngorms
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  • peediedj
    peediedj Posts: 1,267 Forumite
    in aviemore we had about n4-5 inches fall down here overnight so i would imagine the cairngorms had more,i have a few of them from my house and they look like they have lots of snow on them
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  • Is there? Cool. Haven't managed up that way this season yet and had assumed that as reports have usually said it's not possible to ski down that far then there can't be much snow lying that low down. I stand corrected. :T
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  • peediedj
    peediedj Posts: 1,267 Forumite
    Is there? Cool. Haven't managed up that way this season yet and had assumed that as reports have usually said it's not possible to ski down that far then there can't be much snow lying that low down. I stand corrected. :T
    myson was skiing with school a few weeks back and had snow there then
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  • peediedj wrote: »
    in aviemore we had about n4-5 inches fall down here overnight so i would imagine the cairngorms had more,i have a few of them from my house and they look like they have lots of snow on them

    Is there a hill where people go sledging near Aviemore that's not part of CML? I'm sure I've seen pictures of a field with lots of people and trees in the background but can't remember where it is. I think at CML the sledging area is at the top (hence costing money!) and the OP might be interested.
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  • peediedj
    peediedj Posts: 1,267 Forumite
    Is there a hill where people go sledging near Aviemore that's not part of CML? I'm sure I've seen pictures of a field with lots of people and trees in the background but can't remember where it is. I think at CML the sledging area is at the top (hence costing money!) and the OP might be interested.
    theres a place on the way up the cairngorms,half way up the road,its called glenmore lodge its a outdoor centre where a lot of the army train etc,a lot of people sledge on the hill at front of it,or in aviemore for kiddies sleding theres the lawn in front of the 4 seasons hotel thats very popular for sledging

    view of my lovely village today

    http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather/uk/webcam/aviemore/index.html
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