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Scottish Ski Season Underway
A week of subzero temperatures and snowfall in the Scottish Highlands has raised anticipation levels for the season ahead.
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Cairngorm at 549 m altitude
Issued by Snow-Forecast.com at: 5 am (local time) / 18 Dec 2025
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— | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
max °C | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
min °C | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
-4 | -4 | -6 | -4 | -3 | -2 | -2 | -3 | -3 | -1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -3 | |
80 | 89 | 88 | 93 | 86 | 89 | 93 | 90 | 88 | 86 | 92 | 97 | 92 | 96 | 97 | 93 | 87 | 88 | |
900 | 1150 | 800 | 1000 | 1000 | 1100 | 1150 | 1050 | 1000 | 1000 | 1150 | 1550 | 1400 | 1450 | 1200 | 1100 | 1050 | 900 | |
 | 8:49 | — | — | 8:49 | — | — | 8:51 | — | — | 8:52 | — | — | 8:52 | — | — | 8:52 | — | — |
 | — | 3:32 | — | — | 3:32 | — | — | 3:32 | — | — | 3:33 | — | — | 3:33 | — | — | 3:33 | — |
Next 0-3 days weather summary:
Light rain (total 9.0mm), mostly falling on Thu afternoon. Temperatures will be slightly above freezing (max 4°C on Fri morning, min 1°C on Thu night). Winds decreasing (near gales from the WSW on Fri morning, moderate winds from the SE by Sat night).
Next 4-6 days weather summary:
Heavy rain (total 21.0mm), heaviest during Sun night. Mild temperatures (max 5°C on Sun night, min 2°C on Tue night). Mainly fresh winds.
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Cairngorm Snow Conditions
| Top snow depth: | 10 cm |
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| Bottom snow depth: | — |
| Fresh snowfall depth: | — |
| Last snowfall: | 8 Dec 2025 |
| Snow Alerts | Create Alert |
Other resorts in United Kingdom are reporting: powder (0) / good piste (0)
Snow History
Week 3 of December has on average:
0.4 | Bluebird Powder days Fresh snow, mostly sunny, light wind. |
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0.5 | 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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