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Scottish Ski Season Underway
Scotland’s ski season has gotten underway during Christmas week with the four centres that have all-weather snowmaking each offering limited snowsports in one form or another.
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Cairngorm at 549 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 11 pm (local time) / 08 Jan 2026
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light snow | light snow | light snow | light snow | some clouds | some clouds | light snow | light snow | light rain | light rain | light rain | cloudy | rain shwrs | cloudy | light snow | mod. rain | |
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max °C | -3 | -1 | -1 | -4 | -2 | -4 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
min °C | -5 | -4 | -3 | -4 | -4 | -5 | -4 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -1 | -2 | 1 | 1 |
-7 | -4 | -7 | -9 | -9 | -10 | -10 | -9 | -6 | -5 | -4 | -4 | -7 | -5 | -2 | -4 | |
93 | 89 | 97 | 94 | 87 | 83 | 90 | 89 | 91 | 97 | 92 | 92 | 93 | 83 | 87 | 99 | |
0 | 0 | 400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 650 | 1250 | 1350 | 1100 | 1100 | 1000 | 650 | 1050 | 1300 | |
 | — | 8:48 | — | — | 8:48 | — | — | 8:47 | — | — | 8:45 | — | — | 8:45 | — | — |
 | — | — | 3:53 | — | — | 3:56 | — | — | 3:57 | — | — | 3:59 | — | — | 4:00 | — |
Next 0-3 days weather summary:
A dusting of snow turning to light rain (total 2.0mm) on Sun afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 1°C on Sun afternoon, min -5°C on Thu night). Winds increasing (calm on Thu night, strong winds from the SSW by Sun morning).
Next 4-6 days weather summary:
Moderate rain (total 11.0mm) heaviest on Tue night, then becoming colder with a dusting of snow on Wed afternoon. Freeze-thaw conditions (max 3°C on Sun night, min -2°C on Tue morning). Winds decreasing (near gales from the SSW on Mon morning, light winds from the SSE by Tue morning).
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Latest snow reports near Cairngorm:
27 km away from Cairngorm
15 hours ago
Clear skies at The Lecht. Pretty cold today. A few inches of new snow. Most lifts are open. Excellent piste conditions. Powder snow off-piste! from The Lecht
Cairngorm Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | 30 cm |
|---|---|
| Bottom snow depth: | 25 cm |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | 13 cm |
| Last snowfall: | 7 Jan 2026 |
| Snow Alerts | Create Alert |
Other resorts in United Kingdom are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
Snow History
Week 2 of January has on average:
0.4 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
|---|---|
0.6 | Powder days Fresh snow, limited sun, any wind. |
0.6 | Bluebird days Average snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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Other resorts in United Kingdom are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
The above table gives the weather forecast for Cairngorm at the specific elevation of 549 m. Our sophisticated weather models allow us to provide snow forecasts for the top, middle and bottom ski stations of Cairngorm. To access the weather forecasts for the other elevations, use the tab navigation above the table. For a wider view of the weather, check out the Weather Map of United Kingdom.
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Visitor Reviews of Cairngorm
Overall 3.2 Based on 32 votes and 87 reviews
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- Cameron from United Kingdom writes:
Would just like to say that the 2012/13 season is now open! Was up on the opening weekend with the ski club and it was class. Bluebird conditions genuine powder and well groomed pistes. The new snow cannons are obviously doing their work. Please Cairngorm, work on getting a larger area open as the queues were quite bad (however, this is to be expected with great snow, brilliant weather and being the first weekend of the season). If going to Cairngorm or any other of Scotland's 5 resorts then make sure to check the weather forecast and the snow conditions to stop you moaning on this site when you turn up out of the blue (or sleet) and don't have miles of alpine powder and sunshine. Here is hoping that this season continues as it has begun.
Visitor Reviews of Cairngorm
Cameron from United Kingdom writes:
Would just like to say that the 2012/13 season is now open!
Was up on the opening weekend with the ski club and it was class. Bluebird conditions genuine powder and well groomed pistes. The new snow cannons are obviously doing their work. Please Cairngorm, work on getting a larger area open as the queues were quite bad (however, this is to be expected with great snow, brilliant weather and being the first weekend of the season).
If going to Cairngorm or any other of Scotland's 5 resorts then make sure to check the weather forecast and the snow conditions to stop you moaning on this site when you turn up out of the blue (or sleet) and don't have miles of alpine powder and sunshine.
Here is hoping that this season continues as it has begun.
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