World Snow Resort News--February 6, 2009--Although the snow arrived a few days later in Scotland than the south of England, domestic resorts have received up to two feet of fresh snow over the past 36 hours, which falling on top of an established base has led to extremely good powder and what Nevis Range describes as, "Near alpine conditions."

Cairngorm aims to open tomorrow for a spectacular weekend. Having closed yesterday the center was trying to get the access road clear in order to open this morning.

At The Lecht to the south, cover is also excellent, the main problem in recent days has been people getting to the slopes with the access roads closed. The road from the north (Tomintoul) is now open but it remains blocked on the Braemar/Aberdeen side. The road is scheduled to open for the weekend.

Glenshee reported conditions as, "Nearly perfect," with virtually all runs open as well as the access roads.

At Nevis Range all main runs on the front face are complete with packed powder snow on a hard base giving great skiing. You can ski back to the top station and to the base of the quad chair on groomed runs. There's also ample beginner runs with fresh snow.

At Glencoe to the south all runs have excellent cover of wind packed powder on a firm base and descents of up to three miles are possible.

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