Highland Council winter road condition report for Friday 9 December 2022

Maps of the Council’s gritting routes by priority and policy are available online at www.highland.gov.uk/gritting.

The information provided is a summary of reports from operational staff and is intended to give a general indication of typical conditions in each area at a point in time. It is not intended to imply that any individual route is entirely snow and ice free and drivers must be aware that conditions can change rapidly and make their own assessment of conditions for travelling.

Road condition reports for Friday 9 December 2022 are as follows:

Badenoch and Strathspey

Posted 07:30 – There is ice and snow on all routes which are being treated according to policy.

Caithness

Posted 08:05 - Main routes are wet with some sleet showers and some routes have cover of light slush. All routes being treated according to policy.  No known overnight issues reported.

Inverness

Posted 06:12 – On lower roads, there is a frozen dusting of snow and ice. On higher roads, there is 1" frozen snow cover. All routes being treated as according to policy.

Lochaber

Posted 08:35 – There are very low temperatures with black ice in places on roads. All routes being treated as according to policy.

Nairn

Posted 07:29 – There are frozen and icy roads on lower routes and snow on higher routes. All routes being treated as according to policy.

Ross and Cromarty (East)

Posted 08:41 – There is a light covering of snow on Primary routes, with ice affecting secondary and other routes this morning. All routes being treated as according to policy.

Wester Ross, Strathpeffer and Lochalsh

Posted 07:24 - Temperatures are a little higher than forecast. There is coverage on all routes but more slush than snow on lower routes and 4-inch accumulations on the higher routes on the West Coast. All routes being treated as according to policy.

Some reports of problems yesterday evening with a few cars off the road. No known other overnight issues.

Skye and Raasay

Posted 08:43 – There are localised icy patches on routes throughout area. All routes being treated as according to policy.

Sutherland

Posted 08:46 – There is snow and ice on majority of routes with snow up to 4" on the higher ground. All routes being treated as according to policy. No known overnight issues reported.

The UK Met Office has a Yellow weather warning in place today through to 12:00 on Sunday 11 December 2022 for snow & ice for much of the Highland region.

School closures

As of 09:00 this morning there are school closures because of bad weather conditions in Gairloch, Poolewe, and Rosehall.

The school closures page on the Council’s website at: www.highland.gov.uk/schoolclosures is updated from 7am and cleared each evening by 6pm.

Get alerts of closures on Highland Council’s Twitter and Facebook. Or phone 0800 564 2272 to get the latest pre-recorded message from head teachers regarding their school. Have the school's PIN ready when you call.