Highland Winter Road Conditions Report – Tuesday 21 January 2025

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.

Maps of the Council’s gritting routes by priority and policy are available online.  

Highland Road Conditions Report for Tuesday 21 January 2025 are as follows:    

Skye and Raasay 05:51 - No winter action required. Positive road surface temperatures across area. No overnight issues to report.

Lochaber 07:23 - No winter action required. Positive temperatures with no problems overnight.

Inverness 07:25 - Roads are dry or salty and damp. No problems

Caithness  07:39 - Most routes have higher temperatures than forecast. Treatment taking place for inland roads as the temperature is dropping. No overnight issues reported

Sutherland 07:46 - A mix of dry and damp throughout the network with a good sparkle on some of the higher routes. All routes treated accordingly. No known overnight issues.

Badenoch and Strathspey 07:51 - Temperatures are colder than expected. Primary and Secondary routes are being treated on higher ground this morning. No known overnight issues.

Nairn 07:53 - Temperatures are colder than expected. Primary and Secondary routes are being treated on higher ground this morning. No known overnight issues.

East Ross-shire 08:58 - Roads are dry with residual salt on Primary and Secondary network routes. Some frost appearing with the daylight on any untreated surfaces but no known issues.

No schools are currently closed today due to the weather.  For details visit www.highland.gov.uk/schoolclosures - please note that this page is cleared at 4pm each day.

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21 Jan 2025