Glenshee

Recently, due to the quite substantial amount of snow the Scottish Ski Resorts have received this year we have been taking our 2 kids, Kyle aged 15 and Erin aged 10 to Glenshee for some sledging fun. Glenshee is the busiest ski resort in Scotland, probably because it is fairly easy to reach, when the roads are open, and is situated in quite close proximity to 3 of Scotland's cities, Dundee, Perth and Aberdeen. We live just outside Dundee and, although Glenshee is only about 40 miles from Dundee it takes us about 1 hour to drive there due to the narrow, winding country roads and if snowfall has been quite good, the roads can be quite busy too. ==A ...

First thing, lets be clear that the three stars awarded to Glenshee are really three and a half – A good rating if you consider I ski mostly abroad. I recently paid my first winter visit to Glenshee and in many respects was pleasantly surprised. It certainly compared very favourably with Aviemore, a place I’ve skied at a number of times, and think return trips to Glenshee are almost a certainty. It does have bad points too, but we’ll cover them in a bit. The first thing you’ll need access to if you’re to make any sense of my tour of the slopes is a piste map. There is one at http://www.snowboardingscotland.net/res_mapglenshee.html ...

Glenshee The Glenshee range is 101 miles to the North East of Glasgow. It is the biggest range in Scotland and my personal favourite because of its variety of slopes and runs. It is spread over four mountains with the base camp in the middle. There are 40k of runs and 26 lifts. The tickets available cover all requirements with season tickets, all day, half day, beginners area only etc. A full day pass was £18.00 for 99/00 season. Lessons, equipment hire, cafes etc are available of course. My favourite run ? Meall Odhar. The most challenging is undoubtedly The Tiger. A special board area is also available there as well ( the best in ...