Snow forces drivers to rest in cars with no let-up to freeze

Snow forces drivers to rest in cars with no let-up to freeze07.12.10

Hundreds of drivers were stranded overnight in freezing temperatures with the cold still not letting up, although forecasters predict milder weather by the end of the week.

Some motorists were stuck in their vehicles for more than 15 hours in Scotland as a new wave of ice and snow left several major roads impassable.

UK snow: Fresh blizzards grip Scotland with hundreds stranded in cars

UK snow: Fresh blizzards grip Scotland with hundreds stranded in cars

Fresh blizzards closed Scottish airports and disrupted rail travel as the usa was called in to help ambulance crews reach patients trapped in remote areas.Hundreds of drivers were stuck on the independent road between Glasgow and Edinburgh as the snowy conditions blanketed the central belt of the country.

Ski Paradise: Fresh Snow News

Winter is here, well if we forget it`s fall it is, there`s been more heavy blow across the Alps, North America, Scotland and Scandinavia - most places in fact. Coverage is a bit more universal and Skiinfo`s "Powder alarm" switchboard has been lighting up like a Christmas Tree.There`s been enough of new snow in Austria with the Molltal glacier reporting the most new snow of the twelve or so open Austrian ski areas with a 46cm accumulation.