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Newest Review: ... want to try out the slopes at Anoch Mor near Fort William. It's is only 45mins away from Glencoe and offers loads of hotels and B&Bs for accomodation. Overall it is great place for brushing up your skills before you go over to Europe. Glencoe offers far more interesting and varied terrain than you will find at Glenshee or Anoch Mor, it's just that there isn't very much of it. For useful info on conditions etc try... http://www.ski.scotland.net or http://www.winterhighland.co.uk/general/ P.S. If you don't like tows don't ski Scotland, they are the main form of uplift. P.P.S. Prices last year were approx £18 for an a... more

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Glencoe: Fun day out (766 words)
by vladimpala - written on 19/09/00 (Useful, 346 readings)
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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 ...

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