J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by RossF

Tony_H wrote:

RossF wrote:Yeh, go where the weather is best though, bad weather will ruin a day. It would be good to be flexible..

I'll be sure to give you a shout before I make any plans. Will probably be stopping south side of Glasgow and driving each day if I do it. What sort of driving time am I looking at do you think?
Unless you've got a spare room in Rhu?

Yeh do so, I have some family on the south side, gran lives in Burnside.. Auntie in Clarkston. Hour and a half for Glencoe, 2 for Nevis. I can do Glencoe in an hour from the house :D

I would but my parents would be raged :lol:

Yeh, go where the weather is best though, bad weather will ruin a day. It would be good to be flexible..

I would do a couple.. weather varies quite a lot between East and West..

Forget about the Lecht. I would do either Glenshee++Cairngorms or Nevis++the Coe.

Probably Nevis and the Coe.. you can stay local and they are within half an hour of each other, probably the best skiing too.

sami_glasgow wrote:Hi folks,

So after my first trip with Dave aka RustyInn, my ski cravings have reached an all time high! Made a visit to Snozone at the weekend which was a bit of a frustating experience - people falling off the tow - staff leaving them to get up and out the way (or try to) unaided - and trying to get a decent amount of speed on the slope.

Anyway, I've been planning to make a few trips to our good old mountains - I had an amazing day at Cairngorm during Easter 08 - a heavy blizzard in the morning followed by sun, blue skies and no wind (!!!) in the afternoon.

So...the reason for the thread is that I currently don't drive, neither does the other half. I've been looking into the public transport option (easier than coordinating a trip with my friend who drives and his girlfriend) and I'm consider either Glencoe, Nevis Range or CairnGorm for a day trip from Glasgow for Valentines day (my girlfiend is ski crazy aswell but not as much as me).

All 3 resorts are reachable by coach and/or train, but I think Nevis and CairnGorm require a connecting bus to and from the train/bus station.

Does anyone have any advice / experiences to share? Id like 2 know if any one of these resorts is easier to get to (Glencoe is 30mins quicker by coach) and also stuff like experiences with the local busses to get to and from the mountain.

Thank you all,

Sami

Winterhighland has a lift share section on the site which is worth posting in (generally the best way to get there).

Bus to Glencoe is a dodgy one, if you miss the bus on the way back or for some reason it doesn't stop you are pretty f*cked.

Nevis is pretty easy to get to but you should probably go for a couple days to make it worth bothering. Can get a bus to Fort William from Buchanan bus station or a train from Queen Street. Book in to a local B&B and get talking to folks for a lift/pay for a taxi. (About 6 miles by road from centre of Fort William).

Not so sure about public transport to the other resorts but day tripping makes things very difficult.

If you are getting a lift Nevis or the Coe are your best (and closest) resorts to Glasgow. My favourite is GLencoe.

Cool:

I think you would need to be SERIOUSLY good to get away with it..

I think you should get the three year old skiing, I started skiing at 3 and ended up all right... :roll: Well...

Apart from that I don't have anything to add :lol:

You laugh but Norrona one pieces have been talked about..

Bandit, it has been done!

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Yeh, go where the weather is best though, bad weather will ruin a day. It would be good to be flexible..

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I think you should get the three year old skiing, I started skiing at 3 and ended up all right... :roll: Well... Apart from that I don't have anything to add :lol:

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