In reply to mike123:
I was out in Glenoce on Saturday (not great coverage, walked over the back to Clach Leathad and skied a couple of nice lines but quite a high carrying/skinning to skiing ratio. Snow was nice though.
Sunday, we were in the Nevis Range and on the E to SE facing slope in the back corries (yellowbelly end, not chancers end) and the spring snow was great. the traverse was doable for quite a way on skis with a short (10 min max) walk back. We also did Easy Gully but that was a bit harder snow than I'd have liked, easy cornice though.
I can only imagine the Back Corries at Nevis would be great (avalanche risk not withstanding) and the other areas improved. Cairngorm was reporting 40cms of snow at the base station......
If only I could jump back in the van and head back up this weekend!