Police confirm 'multiple' vehicles are stuck in the snow on the A9 north of Helmsdale and have warned that it is unclear when conditions will improve.
Police have urged motorists to take extra care, after heavy snow and drifting left some roads in such poor condition even ploughs have had trouble.
"Do you really need to travel?", Highlanders have been asked amid a heightened amber snow alert and Met Office warnings of "significant" fresh totals.
A heightened amber warning has been issued amid forecasts of even heavier snowfalls and drifting snow.
Avalanche risks on Highland peaks are now "considerable", mountain-goers have been warned in the wake of heavy snowfall.
A POWER cut affecting dozens of postcodes has hit communities in the Lochalsh area.
The busy trunk road has been closed between Invergarry and Shiel Bridge. "Difficult" driving is also reported on the A835 and A82.
Heavy snow is starting to impact several Highland trunk roads, Traffic Scotland has revealed.
Motorists travelling on the A87 and A887 are being warned to expect possible disruption while a wind turbine delivery practice run takes place.
Residents in the Newmore area near Invergordon were affected by the outage on Monday evening. Repairs were finished by 7.20am on Tuesday.
Motorists have been urged to take extra care and consider if journeys are necessary amid "challenging" ongoing wintry conditions on Highland roads.
The Scottish Avalanche Information Services is warning over a "moderate" risk in the Torridon alert zone.
AN urgent rethink is needed over plans to axe mobile bank branches in the Highlands.
A busy A9 road junction in Easter Ross is to be closed at night while a major £1.3m roadworks project near Alness is finally completed.
The park boundary would extend as far west as Kintail in Ross-shire and "the west coast".
A snow and ice warning has been issued for the Highlands this weekend.
A train booking website has credited BBC smash hit The Traitors with a rise in the number of people travelling by rail to Inverness.
The busy A9 trunk road has reopened in both directions near Daviot following an earlier crash.
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Now that festive decorations have been taken down residents have been urged by Highland Council to recycle their Christmas trees.
