Skiing in Scotland Begins
11th December 2024
Glencoe is out of the blocks, opening today after wintry conditions provided a boost for some pre-Christmas skiing and snowboarding in Scotland. NEW
Glencoe says visitors will find early season conditions with some lovely soft, groomed snow.
Even better news is the sun’s out and it’s a bluebird day.
Access to skiing is from the Rannoch Chair.
The sledging slope is also open and at its fulll width and length.
Glencoe had planned to close its ‘earlybird’ discounted price for season passes once skiing got under way but it’s now been extended.
“So that nobody misses out we have decided to extend the Earlybird offer to 4pm on Sunday 15th December,” the resort says on social media.
Elsewhere in Scotland, The Lecht will open its lower beginner runs this Saturday, 14th December with artificial snow.
Cairngorm Mountain Resort is hoping its troubled funicular lift, which provides access to the top, will re-open by the end of December or early January.
In the meantime they’re busy pumping out the factory snow to add to what’s fallen naturally.
Online booking is open for lift tickets for Glenshee.
“We plan to open for snowsports on 21st Dec ’24 with man made snow on 2 x beginner runs and 1 x intermediate, more if we get enough natural snowfall,” Glenshee says on its website.
There’ll be no snowports for the foreseaable future at the Nevis Range, however, whatever the weather.
It announced in November that it would not open in the first part of the winter, blaming climate change for its failure to open for more than a few days in January in recent years.
It is, though, open for visitors.
Let’s hope that this winter in Scotland will at least be better than last year.
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