I was up there last week and while the cover is the most i have seen ie right down to the carparks the actual conditions are one of the worst i have Boarded on in Scotland
Come on now, you can't have been out much!
"Some of the worst" would surely have to include blue solid sheet ice across the entire width of all upper runs(1), a curious mixture of mud, rock and slush apart from a foot-wide strip next to the fences(2) or heather with a sprinkling of spring sugar on top followed by bare scree(3).
Key:
(1) – conditions described as "icy patches" by Glencoe
(2) – conditions described as "good sport on offer" by Glenshee
(3) – conditions described as "daylodge runs good with care" by Cairngorm
and so on!
Glencoe and Nevis haven't caught as much snow as the eastern resorts to build a base out of, and the lack of wind during the December dumps meant that key gullies weren't filled in. There's the odd rock poking through, but conditions at the top of both resorts are pretty nice, given how early in the season we are.
Haven't been east yet, but imagine its pretty nice. Reckon Cairngorm will be very busy, but its a big area so as long as you can get parked it should be great. If conditions are a patch on early Feb last season (when CG got a huge dump and had two days of deep powder down to the Ciste carpark) it'll be magic.