All five Scottish ski areas say that they hope to be open on Boxing Day – weather permitting.
The wild weather that has been battering the UK in recent days brought snow to the Scottish mountains, so much so that the access roads to Glenshee and the Lecht were blocked for periods, along with the main A9 trunk road north to Aviemore and Cairngorm. Gale force winds also knocked out cams, weather sensors and sometimes power supplies at some Scottish centres meaning that assessing the slopes has had to be done the old fashioned way, once safe to do so.
All five centres currently report fresh snow and enough to each say they'll open, if they can, on Boxing Day, which at present appears to be a possible 'weather window' ion the continuing and fairly unprecedented run of storms which keep bringing up to around 100mph winds, then heavy snow, but also periods of very warm thawing temperatures in repetitive succession.
Several Scottish ski centres including Cairngorm and The Lecht have managed to open briefly during those brief periods of good snow/calm weather over the past month but so far Boxing Day looks good for all. With the current unsettled conditions however, it is not yet clear however how long centres will be able to remain open, if they do manage to open.