The early disappearance of winter snow from many Scottish mountains has resulted in a reduced avalanche warning service. From today, Monday 19th March, the SportScotland Avalanche Information Service (SAIS) will only issue forecasts and hazard warnings on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays until the Easter Weekend 8th April 2012. Mountain observation and snowpack information will also continue on these days in the five area blogs.
The SAIS says that it will continue to monitor the weather forecast situation and remain on standby in case conditions mean that a daily forecast should be resumed. To view the weekend reports check out the SAIS wesite. As always the SAIS is very interested to hear from hill walkers and climbers who witness an avalanche or see avalanche debris – a reporting form can be found on the website.