In reply to profitofdoom:
I agree, but tend to save time by mostly staying in bunkhouses. I usually annually head to Scotland in December, just a little prior to Christmas, or occasionally a little earlier.
I often get the comment," we don't usually get tourists at this time of year", and consequently I get the bunk house mostly to myself.
I go at that time of year for the challenge of navigation, and not uncommonly get to the top of the Munro, or hill, in the dark. (So I always take more clothes, and a bivvy bag, just in case). Sometimes I have fun trying to cycle in big boots on a bike with toe-clips, in a modest amount of snow on the estate tracks.