Glencoe

Glencoe, Scotland's oldest ski resort is one of my favourites in this country. It offer fantastic off piste and natural terrain, not to mention the pretty decent slopes too. Uplift is by a main chairlift from the car park up onto the mountain and then all upift is by tows bar one more single chairlift. It gets a bit tiring being on the tows all day but if you're looking for some good skiing then it's worth it! The best runs at Glencoe obviously depend on your own ability but my favourite is the spring run with the hugely steep flypaper coming a close second. Flypaper sits at something like 50 degrees, now that's steep! Glencoe offers loads of natural terrain, ...  Read the complete review

If you are used to alpine/american resorts the first things to point out is that Glencoe is small - only a dozen or so short runs (unless there is snow all the way to the carpark in which case you have Scotland's longest descent available). But despite the short runs there is plenty of varied and challenging natural terrain to keep most skiers happy for a day. Unlike some places this isn't a wide smooth hill with a few pistes coming down the middle. There are gullies, humps, bumps and natural drop offs, the pistes narrow and widen as they go around the contours of the hill (and big rocks) and you can easily find multiple routes down the same run. This variety ...  Read the complete review