February Skiing in Scotland

fifteenth February 2024 | Rod Frazer, Glencoe

Final week noticed some fairly constant chilly temperatures within the Highlands, and a few respectable snow falls within the west.

Glencoe did an excellent job getting the hill prepped in order that not simply the higher mountain, however many of the decrease slopes are actually full as nicely.

We had an excellent ski there on Wednesday on candy snow with very gentle winds and respectable visibility.

Glencoe. Picture c/o Rod Frazer

Glencoe. Picture c/o Rod Frazer

Glencoe. Picture c/o Rod Frazer

It was surprisingly chilled out contemplating it’s half time period, so there have been hardly any queues on the hill.

The current snow within the west has additionally allowed Nevis Vary to lastly open right now (Thursday).

There’s a variety of snow on the higher mountain, however cowl continues to be skinny decrease down.

There was much less recent snow over on the Cairngorms aspect, so The Lecht has newbie runs open, and Glenshee presently has some newbie runs and one intermediate run out there.

Cairngorm Mountain‘s newbie runs decrease down are in good condition.

There’s additionally respectable snow cowl from mid mountain up however, because the funicular continues to be out of motion, this requires a 20-minute hike to the mid station to succeed in the snowboarding up there.

Historically the second half of the season tends to be higher in Scotland, so right here’s hoping the tip of February and March carry some large storms in.

Rod Frazer at Glencoe. Picture c/o Rod Frazer

Dianne and Rod Frazer have constructed a number of excellent self catered properties within the coronary heart of the Nationwide Park. The place Stags Roar is the current winner within the Finest Self Catered Lodging class on the Highlands & Islands Tourism Awards.