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It wasn’t until a friend Simone on twitter stated about how it’d been snowing all night that I suddenly realised, I’ve not checked the weather reports for up north. Yes, this year I am late in checking out my usual winter haunts. Usually I am on top of any sign of snow fall up in the highlands in hope that the season will kick off early. Like the previous posts: What a pretty sight... Early Season? - Oct 2008 Nevis gets some powder - Nov 2007 Man is it...

Couple of days ago while checking out the Scottish resorts to see what the story was in relation to snow and nothing really stuck out.  Today is a different matter. Taken from : Glencoe Mountains live feed - Click picture to enlarge Taken from : Cairngorm Mountains live feed - Click picture to enlarge Taken from : Nevis Range live feed - Click picture to enlarge Lets hope that the snow keeps falling so that the resorts can open.  As always keep an eye on Visit Scotland for snow conditions.

Update It's been over 2 weeks since I last posed on my blog and the reasons are simple, holiday and real life.  Holiday to Majorca was fantastic,  unfortunately the weather wasn't that great but with old and new friends much fun was had.  Yes, being British, chucking it down with rain and we're all the in the pool playing volleyball.  I am not sure if it was holiday spirit or the vodka slushes but everyone was having a laugh.  I will be uploading all the holiday pictures to Flickr over the next couple of days.  If you'd like to see...

When was the last time you recycled?  Today, yesterday, last week?  I have 2 recycling centres very close to me so I recycle as much as I can. We've all got 3 or 4 different coloured bins/boxes for paper, glass, plants and general waste, so we all do as much as we can.  However want to do a little bit more? Are you a snowboarder, skier or a hill walker?  Want to give a little bit more back?   Add this to your calendar: the big spring clean.  This event takes place on the 1st of June at Cairngorm Mountain and...

Baz and I decided that we would fire up north Yesterday to the Nevis Range.  On the morning looked out the window. Weathers not too bad, checked weather report for Nevis all's well. At 7am we manage to get petrol and start our journey north. Not too far into the trip and voila snow.   Wasn't long before we were within the range. On arrival around 9.15 we found that there was a problem with the Gondola and that updates were going to be announced hourly.  We went for a cuppa, got changed, started preparing for heading up and enjoying some white stuff. At 11.15...

I am off to Austria very soon but I am fan of the Nevis range.  This morning when looking at the new live web cams it looks very disappointing :-S. The above picture was taken from http://www.summitpark.eu. Cairngorms The news isn't all bad.  If you keep checking out http://ski.visitscotland.com for the latest updates on the other resorts.  Cairngorm looks decent as they posted an update http://www.cairngormmountain.co.uk/news/77 outlining fresh snow and conditions. Glencoe It looks like Glencoe isn't open....http://glencoemountain.com  If you manage to get up north for some of the powder have a fantastic time.

Another day in my favourite resort, Nevis. Upon arriving the slopes looked a little grim and it was a tough call whether to go for it or face defeat and head home. We made the decision to go for it and what a day we had. As you can see from the picture below all the best boarding was on the upper goose and at the summit. The mountain only had about 15 people on it which meant we were able to get some fresh tracks on the summit where a cm or 2 of snow had fallen. "the two...

This morning I received an email telling me that all 5 resorts in scotland have had the heaviest dumps this winter. Nevis range alone has received over 5 inches of fresh powder. The last time we were up was a couple of months ago so I think it may be time for another road trip. For more information regarding the forecast at all the resorts please check out Ski Scotlands Website.

Is it just me or is it getting very cold? You would expect there to be snow up north, but NO! On Friday looking at the Cairngorm webcam there was a flicker of hope as it showed a thin layer of snow covering the slopes. None now :(. Hopefully we won't have to wait much longer for a nice dump. If you want to keep an eye on what's going on with the weather at Scotlands ski resorts be sure to check out Visit Scotland.