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Been informed this morning, by someone up there, the first snow of the season (only a sprinkling) is on the Ben

In reply to Fiskavaig:

Things are looking on the up

"Cold, less wet and windy conditions likely to envelop the Scottish Highlands later next week, and eventually freezing levels may drop toward 800m Cumbria and perhaps into at least north Wales."

http://www.mwis.org.uk/pdf/weather-forecasts/WH-MWI-WM10645_2015-11-12_1237...

In reply to CurlyStevo:

We can hope. I'm off to the Lakes tomorrow for the promise of sleet showers from 600m!!

In reply to BnB:

Get a grip, you are not Bear Grylls !

In reply to Andy Clarke1965:

No. But he looks like me, poor chap.

In reply to Fiskavaig:

Looks like winter is coming...

https://goo.gl/photos/2seftbbgGTs3wymx7

In reply to Fiskavaig:

The first snow of the season was in august...

in all seriousness i think it has snowed on the ben every month in 2015 so far, so this is by no means the first, equally its by no means the start of the season ether as it will all be gone again by sunday...

In reply to Webster:

Three degrees just outside Edinburgh this morning...

In reply to Fiskavaig:
The Aonachs, Carn Mor Dearg and Ben Nevis look quite wintery this morning, with fresh overnight snow down to about 500m or so. Looks like we'll see a few freeze-thaw cycles over the next few days, which will help in the long run.

https://twitter.com/WestCoastGuides/status/665091429807620096/photo/1

In reply to Fiskavaig:

Snow visible almost down to road level on the Ben More webcam near Crianlarich.

In reply to Joak:

Pentlands are white, snowing outside Edinburgh.

In reply to Fiskavaig:

Kinder Downfall is in

In reply to NottsRich:

Aye with a 750M freezing level the morra looking forward to getting myself reacquainted with some good old Scottish wintry mountain weather of the cold, damp and blawy variety......destination still to be determined

In reply to KA:

Thanks for the photo Ken

In reply to NottsRich:


Precious Moments

In reply to NottsRich:

Yup snow seemed to settle and stay on the majority of the pentlands to low levels today

In reply to Fiskavaig:

There was snow on there 3 weeks ago

In reply to stuart58:

You might find this useful this winter http://mountainweatheruk.com

In reply to Red Rover:

haha!

In reply to Fiskavaig:

Can I take it that Kinder Downfall is in?

In reply to Fiskavaig:

Went for a mooch up to the CIC this afternoon, here'a short video pan on Facebook if you want a look. https://www.facebook.com/Access-Mountain-1581279218797142/?ref=hl

Met a friend and his partner who had done a quick route, managing to avoid turf – which wasn't frozen. Think it's going to get pretty black tomorrow, but it'll be interesting to see what happens later in the week!

From Geoff Monk:

All mountain areas of Britain from Monday, 16 November, 2015
Further periods of rainfall (intermittently snow higher Scottish Highlands) until about Thursday. There are now signs of a major change to cold conditions which will bring freezing levels down to lower slopes even into England and Wales, and snowfall to many mountains. The longevity of the cold weather is uncertain, but most forecast models suggest it will permit through next weekend.

In reply to Murko Fuzz:

on seeing you video, anybody who was out climbing on that is clearly kidding themselves that its winter?

In reply to Webster:

I don't think they kidded themselves, it is what it is.

In reply to Fiskavaig:

30 second edit from Ledge Route today. Snow from around 600m, from 900 there's fresh on top of an older (days) consolidated layer – so quite useful. Things coming along nicely.

https://twitter.com/accessmountain/status/667754272990371840

In reply to Murko Fuzz:





Why anyone would hit the dislike button on your post, is completely beyond me?

Maybe the person in question could tell us?

In reply to Fiskavaig:

Total wade-a-thon in places today, so a warming tomorrow will be handy for settling things down a bit.

https://twitter.com/accessmountain/status/671419328189833216