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December 11, 2014
RyanM from
United Kingdom
RyanM from

Been to the Lecht many times and always had a hoot.
The owners are a lovely family; very friendly and helpful.
Thankfully it is still family owned so they are not just in the game to make fast cash, unlike natural retreats aka 'the gorm'.
A much smaller resort than 'the gorm', but cheaper and not as busy which means more runs and is also hidden from the wind that closed Cairngorm every other day.
Best food in any resort in Scotland; well priced unlike the robbing fools at Cairngorm who are only interested in profits.
Being over 1000ft below 'the gorm' height, they do suffer from lack of snow at times and have to make do with what they get.
August 09, 2013
Sam from
United Kingdom
Sam from

We visited the Lecht in Feburary 2013. We were a mixed ability group, some complete beginners and some intermediates. We found a great mixture of runs for all our levels. Short, but I found more interesting than over at Cairngorm. No queues and we found an efficient system for hiring equipment. All in all, we had a great day on the slopes.
We were staying in Tomintoul, just a few minutes down a very snowing road, which meant we had flexibility about which day we went. I strongly advise that future visitors show flexibility when visiting, as we waited all week for the right conditions (15cm the night before). This covered up all icy patches that you often find in Scotland.
One more thing, I also advise potential visitors to check this website and the webcams before visiting, and not trust the Lecht website. Though personally I would only choose to ski in Scotland when there has been some fresh snow a day or two before, if there is no snow in the week, the conditions are most likely icy.
April 08, 2013
Peerie Mouse from
United Kingdom
Peerie Mouse from

We are a family of 5. One adult had skied many years ago, rest of us never tried before. We pre booked equipment and one lesson to start with. Ian was a great instructors and after 1 hour we were all hooked. Skied over the next 5 days, 2 hours instruction with Duncan each day (well worth doing this), he managed to accommodate both adults and all 3 children, all with varying ability and confidence. Ideal resort for our first experience of skiing, friendly staff, loved it all!
February 07, 2013
Matt from
United Kingdom
Matt from

We visited the Lecht on the 6th Feb 2013. This was our first time Snowboarding in Scotland.
We arrived late because the road from Tomintoul was blocked by 3 cars that could not get up the snow covered road - we hadn't expected this as the Lecht website had earlier said the roads were fine, they were anything but. No one was offered any assistance from the Lecht staff in their tractor and we eventually freed the cars ourselves.
On arrival we hired our gear and were rather disappointed with the quality, the boots had certainly seen some hard times, were looking very ragged and didn't even lace up properly.
Once on the slopes we were further shocked, the snow condition report on their site that morning said:
"Main runs complete good cover of new snow, some icy patches. Ample areas for beginners.There is good snow cover across the whole ski area."
In reality, all of the green runs were solid sheet ice that you could not snowboard safely on. The blue runs were considerably more difficult and as we are relativly inexperienced they were beyond our skill level. There is no good learner snow here, the green runs have no gradient and are only a few tens of metres long before they flatten out completely. There are no intermediate runs for beginners.
Several other things that we were not impressed by:
* No obvious signposting of runs or routes and no one around to help you out.
* No maps of piste outside to let you work out where to go.
* Car park snow clearance poor - massive drifts in the car park and no help getting out, a group of us had to get together to help each other out of the car park.
* No information on road conditions posted anywhere and no staff who knew what was going on.
We will not be going here again, ever; I strongly recommend you do not either. In contrast, the next day (today), we went to Cairngorm mountain and had a fantastic day on some great snow with good pistes and friendly, helpful staff.
I hope this report prevents somebody else from wasting their time and money at the Lecht - go somewhere else instead!
December 24, 2012
Angus from
United Kingdom
Angus from

February 15, 2012
Sue from
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Sue from

February 05, 2012
mark from
United Kingdom
mark from

Avoid, avoid, avoid. We have a timeshare at Hilton coylumbridge and ski at the Cairngorms each year. This year we decided to travel to the Lecht ski area, big, big mistake. They were open and showing 6 runs were open to ski. We paid and took the button lift to the top of a run where we were disgusted, none of them were skiable. They were in terrible, terrible condition, barely any snow cover at all. 3 of our party decided to try and make it down, others walked back. The 3 that did ski damaged there skis and needed them re-waxing and another was too badly damaged. We had to argue with the manager to cover the re-waxing, a new set of skis, and a refund of our tickets. All this took time to sort and ruined our whole day with our family.
February 05, 2011
Brian from
United Kingdom
Brian from

I live near The Lecht and have had many fabulous days there when the conditions are good. I have also been there quite a number of times and have been very disappointed. Of course, the conditions are very changeable this being Scotland. However, what I take issue with is the conditions report from The Lecht. It is often highly optimistic and sometimes sheer lies. Today they claimed "Runs complete with packed snow some icy patches". The slopes were on fact 1 sheet of ice. If they were a bit more honest their valued customers would not waste their time when conditions are inadequate and believe them when conditions are fantastic.
November 23, 2010
Craig from
United Kingdom
Craig from

I went to Nevis after Boxing day 2009 for my first attempt at skiing. It was a little too much as the nursery slopes were not ready. We went to The Lecht in Feb for 3 days and I'm returning over new year this year, it was fantastic. As a beginner The Lecht was brilliant with 2 nursery slopes running, and no steep walks to the slopes. The only problem was the queue for the hire, we got there early but still waited for 1.5hrs.
October 21, 2010
scott greig from
United Kingdom
scott greig from

The Lecht is awesome!
I live in Perth, Scotland so I have a choice of Glenshee, Cairngorms or the Lecht but I always prefer to go to the Lecht as it is soooo much fun. They have good facilities and the terrain park is wicked.
Glenshee is awesome too but if you go on a weekend it is a nightmare as you spend most of the day standing in queues for the lifts.