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My brother has been working in Scotland for the last year. He is up there Mon-Fri then comes home. He has been staying in a hotel but now the company have rented him a house out in Perth, Scotland. Obviously when he isnt there i can go up for weekends and stay there for free. What is the nearest ski resort from Perth and is is a viable option to commute from there to ski each day? Just hoping for a decent winter again now, bring on December and the snow!!! May also be able to take a few North West snowheads up there as well from time to time if it is ok with my brother (dont see why it wouldnt be) 
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Glenshee is nearest - about an hour. Perfectly feasible.
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Ricklovesthepowder, sounds great. Perth's a nice place too, and plenty of skiing in GLenshee. Pop up a post when you;re thinking of it, we're close enough to join you for a trip up
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It would be possible to visit all of them (I hope you do at least once) but obviously Nevis and Glencoe in the West are quite a bit further and you'd have to set out rather early in the morning! The west is still my favourite but often, I must admit, the snow is better in the East.
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nbt, I will let you know when I head up there. I think it could be quite often!!! Keep your eyes open for a post in the winter time, the more the merrier!!!
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bout an hour to xscape in glesga 
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An hour to Glasgow? You got a helicopter?
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| An hour to Glasgow? You got a helicopter? |
It is only 60 miles from Glasgow to Perth so at 60 mph, it will take 1 hour. Personally i was planning on skiing in the mountains rather than in a large fridge is Glasgow!!!
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From Perth in order of how long it will take you to get there:
Glenshee 45 miles
Glencoe 80 miles
Lecht 75 miles (the road from the south however is often closed)
Cairngorm 90 miles
Nevis 100 miles
Last edited by snowHeads are a friendly bunch. on Sun 17-07-11 10:03; edited 1 time in total
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From Perth in order of how long it will take you to get there:
Glenshee: 1 hr 1 min (40.4 miles)
Xscape: 1hr 24 min (65.8 miles)
Lecht: 1hr 46 min (71.9 miles)
Glencoe: 1 hr 53 min (76.2 miles)
Cairngorm: 2 hr 2 min (91.7 miles)
Nevis: 2 hr 17 min (102 miles)
All according to Google Maps
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Glencoe, Cairngorm and Nevis will normally take less time than this. The Lecht will often take substantially more. That route assumes not just the A93 and A939 are open but the B976 as well - more often than not some of this route will be shut in winter. Glenshee is probably the best for an intermediate piste cruiser anyway! Meall Odhar reds off Caenlochan - a faff to get to but worth it. And you can time your run to Glas Maol to arrive when there's no queue
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You know it makes sense.
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Interesting that the West coast and Cairngorm are about the same time, I had just assumed it was further to the West.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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So it looks like the main place i will ski when using my brothers place will be Glenshee. Also it says Cairngorm is 91 miles away - yet takes 2 hours??? The A9 has speed limits of 60 and 70mph. Im sure it can be done in less than 2 hours, a lot less infact. The same goes for Glenshee, 1 hour to do 40 miles, surely the A93 must be a national speed limit road as well? Ive skied at The Lecht but i wouldnt go back, wasnt impressed.
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Poster: A snowHead
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Ricklovesthepowder, You get a lot of lorries on the A9 with enough traffic coming the other way to make it hard to overtake. You can get stuck behind somebody who brakes on every bend on the A93 too but it feels faster to me, maybe just because you are needing to think more about your driving.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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It's not too bad to overtake on the A9 if it's reasonably quiet but when cars start building up behind a lorry it becomes awkward and almost pointless trying to skip your way up the queue. You can get lucky though and on occasion the truck drivers do pull over.
I much prefer the drive to Cairngorm from Perth than Glenshee. Sick of seeing the road up from Blair 
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Have you tried Nevis, Ricklovesthepowder ? If you like steep slopes (and off piste) it is the place to go. Or if you fancy Scottish touring there is quite a lot, some of it starting from Cairngorm.
You should go on the http://www.winterhighland.info/ website for lots more detail on Scottish skiing.
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snowball, Ive skied Glencoe, Cairngorm and The Lecht. Never skied Glenshee or Nevis. From Perth Glenshee is the obvious choice. Nevis is 2 hours away so it would have to be a good reason why to go there rather than glenshee. I loved cairngorm when i skied there this year. Glencoe was good as there was about 2ft of fresh snow and about 50 skiers there, basically had the place to myself!!!
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Also would anyother North West snowheads be interested in car sharing to cut on fuel costs etc. With free accomodation, sharing a car etc it could be a really cheap weekend skiing in Scotland!!!
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Ricklovesthepowder, quite probably yes.
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Here are my times
Glenshee probably 50 mins.
Cairngorm. 100mins. From my mother in laws to perth via aviemore is 2.5 hours and it is an hour from aviemore so 100mins is about right.
Glencoe. 100mins. itr is about 1hour 15 to Crianlarich on the A85 in the morning then another 20 mins to Glencoe... ad 5 mins on for bacon roll at the cafe 
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what...snow, Well if you can come then just me know at any time. Great pics there by the way. Clenshee looks really good!!! Cant wait to have it within an hour of mt brothers house!!! I will have to get friendly with some of the scottish users on this forum so i can start skiing with them.
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From Perth in order of how long it will take you to get there:
Glenshee: 0 hr 47 min (39.4 miles)
Xscape: 1hr 13 min (66.8 miles)
Lecht: 1hr 22 min (71.1 miles)
Glencoe: 1 hr 32 min (76.6 miles)
Nevis: 1hr 45 min (97.7 miles)
Cairngorm: 1 hr 48 min (90.9 miles)
All according to Garmin
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Ricklovesthepowder Don't believe Garmin, or Google maps. From Perth up A93 to Glenshee is 40 miles but not many straight ones; and in summer even knowing the road well it's 1 hr minimum, if you are allowing for winter conditions (and traffic if there's good skiing) it will take longer... but don't let that put you off, there's some great skiing there
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glenshee skier, Cheers. I take it by your username your up there quite a lot??? Will have to meet up when I'm up for the weekend. Where are you from?
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You know it makes sense.
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This is part of the steep back corries of Nevis and is the reason for going there. (The -sort of- piste ways in are not as steep. This is off piste.)
See "Post some summer stoke.." for more.
Last edited by You know it makes sense. on Mon 18-07-11 10:33; edited 1 time in total
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Ricklovesthepowder,
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Also would anyother North West snowheads be interested in car sharing to cut on fuel costs etc.
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Yes sounds good!
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Poster: A snowHead
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Ricklovesthepowder, I`d come up anytime.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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meandrew, schneeflocke, Great stuff. Now all we need is some snow!!! 
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Ricklovesthepowder, With good conditions Glenshee is great. The best continuous days skiing I've done in the UK was at Glenshee at Easter 86. Sun and little wind for 4 days plus it snowed overnight a couple of times. Fantastic. The Glas Maol lift hadn't been built at the time but people were walking up there. Although the runs are short the area is large and interesting. The problem is when there's thin snow cover it loses it very quickly (unlike Cairngorm). It's somewhere where you decide on the day whether to go but when it's good it's worth it. There was a time when I'd have moved to Perth in a heartbeat. I'm from Lancashire but have been in the SW for 30 years now.
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billb, Cheers, well if the snow is good the obvious choice is glenshee, if it's a bit iffy then cairngorm is a great backup plan. Love skiing at cairngorm!!!
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Gilberts Fridge, Me thinks your looking into this a little to hard. Simply a way to get a few snowheads together for a cheap ski weekend. Going up together and staying somewhere free will cut costs down for everyone concerned.
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Gilberts Fridge, Hahahaha!!!
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The relative ease of access and closeness of Glencoe to Perth is seriously overlooked by many. Most of the A85 is pretty reasonable and lot less torturous on the whole than the A93. From Crianlarich to Glencoe you have a fantastic stretch of road, by far and away the best of the A82 - just watch for camera vans on Rannoch Moor!
This route to Glencoe is also far less likely to be closed due to snow than the Southern approach to Glenshee or indeed the CairnGorm Ski Road. If your coming from further afield, Perth is a good place to try and check out what's happening weatherwise and roadwise as it's the best place to have a change of plan, esp from Glenshee to CairnGorm or from east to west.
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Bear in mind that this short route includes four of the most prone to weather closure roads in Scotland. Thats the southern and northern approach to Glenshee, the B976 Crathie to Gairnshiel, the A939 Bridge of Gairn to Corgarrf and the A939 Cockbridge to Lecht. The B976 has been prone to extended closures, indeed last winter it was effectively a winter closure, it was closed for over 6weeks.
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FAQ
or should that be 
Only managed 1 weekend last year - here's the pictures from Glenshee:
