Snow patch looking good on Aonach Beag (link below), also still some patches on Ben Nevis covered in fresh snow.

https://twitter.com/theiaincameron/status/1043578279876280321

 

The Sphinx patch has gone. First time ever two years in a row it has melted and also the first time that snow in the West has outlasted Braeriach. Shame as there is snow forecast at times this week.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-45705249 

Some who were unprepared for the conditions. More snow up there today and down to lower levels this morning.

Aonach Beag's patch is still there, despite the unfavourable conditions recently.

 

Some good news at last. Brian Morrison went up Aonach Beag today to see how big the snow patch is. It’s approximately 30-35 metres long, and a good couple of metres deep. Almost certain to survive. If Ben Nevis’s snow is gone then this is the only snow left in Scotland. pic.twitter.com/ne1SYXEUgo

— Iain Cameron (@theiaincameron) October 15, 2018

http://m.webcam-hd.com/ski-scotland/the-lecht 

Too early in the season for any chance of snowsports but the centre owners have confirmed it will open for skiing on the 1st of December.

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Today Iain Cameron visited the one remaining snowpatch from Winter 2018 at Aonach Beag and found it was still substantial, solid and a certainty to survive. Now covered by new snow which has also filled in all the gaps underneath. This is the first time snow has survived in the Nevis range when none remains at Braeriach.

https://www.ski-glenshee.co.uk/Webcam 

Nice covering up at Glenshee this morning....

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Makes a nice image. 

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Indeed. Snow above 300-400m in the North/North East (by eye this morning). Ben Rinnes looking nice.

The max temperature at Cairngorm summit yesterday was 14.5C, the highest official report from anywhere in Scotland. I know that there was an inversion plus a bit of Foehn effect but surely this is very unusual?