Scottish Ski Centres Get July Snowfall

After weeks of increasingly cold and stormy weather since the summer solstice, blamed on the jet stream, Scottish ski centres have reported snowfall on high slopes this morning.

WinterHighland's webcam captured the fresh snow at Glencoe this morning, and snow flurries were also forecast for high peaks across the Highlands, including on the slopes if Cairngorm above Aviemore.

Summer snowfall did not used to be so unusual in the Highlands and patches of winter snow often lasted well into the summer, allowing ski areas including Cairngorm and Glencoe to organise midsummer ski celebrations, but snow patch survival and summer snowfalls have become less common in recent years.