


It's been nice on the hill for hillwalkers on the Southern Upland Way, sunny and cold with a dusting over 600m / 1950ft, but not enough for skiing. There may be more snow touching the south of Scotland next week. Members will receive further updates if there is any prospect of running the tows.

Sleet, snow and rain forecast for the weekend. Only some snow patches left at present on the hills. Members will receive further updates as soon as the conditions improve.




If the weather forecast is right, it looks like we could have some snow at village level this weekend. We are currently getting ready the nursery slope and trying to ensure there'll be volunteers available to run the tows. Members will receive further updates before the weekend.

Happy new year from Scotland's highest villages. Here's a photo taken from the Southern Upland Way at Duntercleuch, showing a thin dusting of snow at Wanlockhead and a bit more on Lowther Hill, but still not enough to operate the tows.
Here's a picture of Lowther Hill today, 25th December, Christmas Day, with a thin dusting of snow. There has been very little significant snowfall in Scotland this season so far, with plenty of storms, rain, and very mild temperatures for this time of the year. Still, we thought you would like to see some of the snow we had in Scotland's highest villages up until now.
Read more: Merry Christmas and Snow Report - 25 December 2015
The snow is briefly back on Lowther Hill and now you can watch it online thanks to the webcams you paid for.

Wanlockhead and Lowther Hill this morning. The snow has been coming and going over the past week. More snow still needed to run the tows.

Throw Rig still has a 600 metre-long, c-shaped snow patch, but more snow is needed to run the tow.

There are still some large snow patches on Lowther Hill despite the rain and heavy thaw of the past week. Snow showers are forecast for the weekend but more is needed to run the tows.

A few photos of the amazing conditions we enjoyed this week before the mild weather arrived.
A fantastic day on Lowther Hill today with plenty of sun and snow. Watch Lowther Hills Ski Club members Ross Dolder, Tim Mullens and Ed Forrest skiing the Throw Rig piste (710m - 585m). The weather is going to be mild and wet over the next days. We are not planning to run tows for the remainder of the week.
The snow came back to the villages giving us the opportunity to re-open the popular Nursery slope at Leadhills Golf Course.
The great conditions we had during mid-week were followed by a heavy thaw, but the snow fencing we installed a couple of weeks ago allowed us to open the weekend (video by Des Reid). New snow is expected next week, members will receive an update by email on Monday.
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