I skied the Haute Route this morning. The temperature was  3C in the car park. Conditions were damp with frequent light rain showers. There was plenty of snow throughout the Clash, however the cover coming up Highland Fling was in thinnish in the usual places. The rain made the snow very wet so there wasn’t much glide available. There was about 30cm of snow at the top of the Haute Route. As I left intense rain set in which will have adversely affected the snow cover. Hopefully there will still be some cover following this weekend’s warming temperatures to provide a good base for any further falls next week. Cold conditions are forecast to return from Monday.

Skiers should avoid descending or take extreme care on Leids Leap as Orange/EE engineers may be using this route to access the phone mast using vehicles. Peter Thorn has contacted Forest Enterprise regarding the situation.

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