Hundreds of homes across Scotland are facing another night without electricity after heavy snow caused power cuts.
About 250 homes are still without electricity in rural areas around Auchterarder in west Perthshire.
A total of about 750 households have not had their electricity restored after snow pulled power lines down.
Scottish and Southern Energy said its engineers were out again and they hoped to have everyone reconnected during daylight hours.
Scottish and Southern Energy said the majority of the homes were in the Gleneagles area of Perthshire.
In total, 45,000 homes were affected by power cuts on Thursday after heavy snow pulled down power lines.
In total, 45,000 homes were affected by power cuts on Thursday and throughout the night.
About 5,000 homes remained without power on Friday but most were reconnected during the day.
Scottish and Southern Energy said most were expected to have supplies restored by Saturday morning.
A SSE spokesman said: "We are working hard.
"We have got the figure down from a very large number yesterday.
"Our engineers are still out there but we can't give any guarantees for when all our customers will be reconnected. We are working flat out to make that happen."
Heavy snow meant the A9 was closed in several places but has now reopened. No trains were running between Inverness and Perth.
More than 150 schools were shut or partially closed across Scotland.
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Perth and Kinross Council opened a number of emergency reception centres to give residents heat, light, and hot drinks.
Northern Constabulary has reopened the A9 northwards at the Raigmore Interchange in Inverness after shutting it earlier.
Elsewhere, a power cable fell onto the B974 Banchory to Fettercairn Road in Aberdeenshire, about two miles from Strachan.
And there have been more landslides at Bervie Braes, Stonehaven, after heavy rain overnight.
Scottish snowfall 'wonderful'
About 65 households had been evacuated from the affected area or were in the process of moving.
Forty schools have been shut in Aberdeenshire and a further 37 affected by partial closures.
Highland Council said 47 schools were closed and more than 30 schools are shut across Tayside and Central Scotland.
No trains were running between Inverness and Perth due to the snow and services between Inverness and Aberdeen have been disrupted by signalling problems.
ScotRail said: "Services between Edinburgh/Glasgow Queen Street and Inverness will terminate at Perth.
"Due to roads being closed, we are unable to provide alternative transport and our customers are advised not to travel on this route."
Ferry sailings between Stornoway and Ullapool have been cancelled.
Stranded motorists
On Thursday, heavy snow caused travel disruption across the country.
Rail services between Aberdeen and Inverness, Perth and Inverness and Glasgow and Fort William were affected and hundreds of drivers were left stranded on a 25-mile section of the A9 in Perthshire, some for more than 17 hours.
The road, which has now been cleared and is described as passable with care, was blocked between Perth and Dunblane because of a fallen power line and jack-knifed lorries.
Civil volunteers in 4x4s were sent to provide food and drinks to stranded motorists.
Twelve snow ploughs and gritters were deployed to work on both carriageways of the A9 between the roundabouts to clear the road.
The B8033 Kinbuck to Braco road was closed for the night at Kinbuck Bridge after it was struck by a lorry.
