Aberdeenshire received a mild dose of snow yesterday afternoon, followed by a bit more yesterday evening. Jason Williams managed to complete the golden boot tour at 5pm yesterday, with Colin Miller having abandoned an attempt to secure the coveted footwear earlier in the day for lack of snow cover.

Jason noted that there has been some track disturbance owing to recent logging operations in the Clash. Hopefully Forest Enterprise can be encouraged to make good the tracks and take down the keep out signs before the season really kicks off. He was unavailable for comment regarding the state of his ski bases after the tour ;).

There was good skiing to be had this morning early with 7-12 cm in the car park, although rising temperatures through the day mean the snow is unlikely to last that long.  Colin Miller commented today that the meteorological conditions that have driven this snow episode should hopefully resume soon, so get waxing for more pre-Christmas ski opportunities. Colin also noted that analysis of his records shows that has there have been very few winters that have had such good snow in October.