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Motorists in the Highlands warned of snow, sleet, freezing rain, and black ice on the region's routes


By Philip Murray

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Snowy scenes, like this one last week, have been affecting some higher routes. Picture: Gary Anthony.
Snowy scenes, like this one last week, have been affecting some higher routes. Picture: Gary Anthony.

MOTORISTS and pedestrians have been urged to take care after overnight snow and sleet left many routes in a treacherous condition.

Highland Council has reported "a real mix of conditions" in many parts of the region, amid a continuing Met Office yellow weather warning for snow and ice.

Snow has caused problems on higher routes, while freezing rain and sleet has left black ice in many other locations where snow is not a problem.

Drivers in the Inverness and Nairn area have been warned of snow on higher routes, and icy stretches on lower roads.

Meanwhile, over in Easter Ross and the Black Isle, it warned that "very icy conditions [are] affecting all roads throughout the area.

And drivers face a "real mixture of conditions" in Lochalsh and Wester Ross, with icy roads away from the coast, and snow and sleet causing slippery conditions on the higher routes – sparking the council to say that "caution is advised when travelling".

A number of Sutherland and Caithness roads are also being plagued by black ice thanks to rain and sleet falling onto already frozen surfaces.

While, to the south of the Highland capital, Badenoch and Strathspey was reporting "snow across all roads", and Lochaber is said to be "extremely icy".

The UK Met Office currently has a yellow warning for further snow and ice across the Highlands, and another one (covering Caithness, Sutherland, parts of Ross-shire, the Black Isle, Inverness, and further south and east) will run into Friday.

Related news: Met Office issues snow and ice warnings for Ross-shire


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