Snow Patches in Scotland - General Locations

General Locations

There are many locations on the Scottish mountains where snow lies regularly into July, August and even September, but the two main areas where snow virtually always lies longer than anywhere else are the Cairngorms and the Lochaber mountains. These areas contain all of Scotland's mountains in excess of 4,000 feet (1,219 m), including Ben Nevis.

Other locations where snow has been known to survive:

• 1. Creag Meagaidh hills, survived in 1994
• 2. Glen Affric/Strathfarrar hills, usually melts mid/late August but survivals noted on Sgurr na Lapaich and Toll Creagach (J Pottie and others)
• 3. Ben Wyvis, normally melts July/August, though survival has been noted (A Watson)
• 4. Grey Corries, normally survives until July/August, has survived at least once on Stob Coire Easain (A Watson)
• 5. Glen Coe, late July is not unusual for final melt date, but survival of old snow until first, but not lasting, new snows in November has been noted