6 day Glenshee snow forecast

Jimmy from United Kingdom writes:

I have very mixed opinions about Glenshee and I think some of the negative points could be addressed fairly easily which would make it a more enjoyable place to ski. So here goes:

On the plus side: there are a lot of runs over a wide variety of terrain, slightly less expensive than some of the areas (£29 for a full day) and there has been some investment over the past few years (cafe, baddoch chair, new piste bashers) This has improved the area and the grooming and snow farming seems to have improved. So well done on this front.

The large area and geography also has its down sides. This seems to make it difficult to prepare the whole area or even mark hazards properly. In poor vis you can easily get lost due to the large number of snow fences that do not correspond with runs. Equally, snow drifting can cause problems with loads of snow on certain aspects and bare areas on corresponding runs on the other side. This makes it difficult to link areas after high winds. There is not a huge amount they can do on the last point. There is an annoying link between many runs (either flat or uphill) which must be annoying on a board or if you can't skate. A few of the staff are downright rude: being sworn at because somebody triggered the left sensor (not us!) is not what I pay money for! When the lifts break queues can be painfully long for what are often 1 minute runs.

Being constructive, things Glenshee could do to improve the resort are : properly mark the actual runs with corresponding coloured poles at either side at regular intervals (the number of fences means it's hard to work out where some of the runs go). We followed a route signposted Gully Drop with a half hazard marked vertical 20ft drop; couldn't see the rest of it in poor light and nearly broke a leg! So mark hazards or the runs properly! At a more costly level, speed up some of the lifts (drag pomma at the bottom of Meall Odhar is so slow even for beginners and T-bars are so slow). If you are investing in infrastructure try and get a better link in some areas.

So, on balance, a great place when conditions are good and it's quiet but some really annoying things which could be addressed to make me ski there more often.