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I learned to ski in Scotland over 20 years ago and in my first season I remember skiing from the first Sunday in January until around the 2nd week in May if memory serves correctly. I remember there being so much snow that year that I did not realise there were snow fences(3ft high) all over the mountain until the following season when conditions were not so great.
Many a Sunday I spent thawing/drying out on the bus at The Lecht having left home at 6am with our flasks full of Heinz tomato soup and the occasional treat in the cafe of a Scotch Pie.
It was good training and conditions on my travels have to be pretty awful for me to moan much after that grounding. We say that if you can ski in Scotland you can ski anywhere and that is largely true. I used to laugh at the "alpine conditions" quotes on the local snow reports and then arrive to sheet ice, not hardpack, clear ice!
I tend to not ski at home in Scotland as queues on the weekends are large when conditions are good and I cant take many days off when I come to the USA every winter for a month! Anyway, this season has started and conditions have been good. Snow is forecast for Monday and with many people from the USA that I meet on my travels having no idea that we can ski in Scotland I thought I would share.....
Check out the 5 resorts in the link and then this year for some great pictures of what is possible over in my small country that I call home.
Skiing in Scotland
Many a Sunday I spent thawing/drying out on the bus at The Lecht having left home at 6am with our flasks full of Heinz tomato soup and the occasional treat in the cafe of a Scotch Pie.
It was good training and conditions on my travels have to be pretty awful for me to moan much after that grounding. We say that if you can ski in Scotland you can ski anywhere and that is largely true. I used to laugh at the "alpine conditions" quotes on the local snow reports and then arrive to sheet ice, not hardpack, clear ice!
I tend to not ski at home in Scotland as queues on the weekends are large when conditions are good and I cant take many days off when I come to the USA every winter for a month! Anyway, this season has started and conditions have been good. Snow is forecast for Monday and with many people from the USA that I meet on my travels having no idea that we can ski in Scotland I thought I would share.....
Check out the 5 resorts in the link and then this year for some great pictures of what is possible over in my small country that I call home.
Skiing in Scotland