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DIRECTORY
Safety in the
Mountains
Scotland has a well organized
network of voluntary mountain
rescue teams. Calls for rescue
should be made to the police
on 999.
Weather Forecasts
(the Highlands)
Tel 0370 900 0100.
∑ metoffice.gov.uk
Glenmore Lodge
Aviemore, Inverness­shire
PH22 1QU.
Enjoying a superb mountain panorama in the northern Highlands Tel (01479) 861256.
∑ glenmorelodge.org.uk
known, have a clearer defini tion Glenshee and Cairn gorm offer
than the Munros – they must be good facilities and runs for Mountaineering in
single summits. A third list is avai­ skiers of all abilities, including Scotland
lable, of summits of 610–760 m nursery slopes. The Mountaineering
(2,000– 2,500 ft) called “Grahams”. Ski centres are usually Council of Scotland
All summits in Scotland over open from December to April, The Old Granary, West Mill St,
610 m have now been categor­ depending on the amount Perth PH1 5QP.
ized and published. The hills are of snow cover. Unfortunately, Tel (01738) 493942.
described, with ascent routes, in snow is not wholly reliable in ∑ mountaineering.scot
the SMC guides The Munros and Scotland but when it does
The Corbetts, and other Scottish snow, the skiing is exhilarating. Scottish Mountaineering
Hills, and in The Munros Almanac Hotels and guesthouses in the Club
and The Corbetts Almanac. The ski areas offer weekend and ∑ smc.org.uk
third set is listed in a publi cation midweek packages, and there Scottish Outdoor Access
called The Grahams. are ski schools in all the areas. Code
The best advice is to keep an ∑ outdooraccess-scotland.
eye on the weather and take com
Skiing in Scotland your chance as it arises.
There are five ski centres in Cross­country or Nordic skiing Skiing in Scotland
Scotland: Glencoe (see p138), is a popular, informal sport in Ski Scotland
Nevis Range (see p139), The Scotland. Given good snow ∑ visitscotland.com
Lecht, Cairngorm (see pp144–5) cover, there are many suitable
and Glenshee. The Lecht tends areas, ranging from the Cairngorm
to have the gentlest runs, while Southern Uplands to the hills Aviemore, Inverness­shire.
Glencoe has the steepest. These of the north and west, as well Tel (01479) 861261.
two centres are more informal as hundreds of miles of forest ∑ cairngormmountain.org
than the others. Nevis Range, trails all over Scotland. Glencoe
King’s House, Glencoe, Argyll.
Tel (01855) 851226.
∑ glencoemountain.com
Glenshee
Cairnwell, Aberdeenshire.
Tel (01339) 741320.
∑ ski-glenshee.co.uk
The Lecht
Strathden, Aberdeenshire.
Tel (01975) 651440.
∑ lecht.co.uk
Nevis Range
Torlundy, Inverness­shire.
Tel (01397) 705825.
∑ snowsports.nevisrange.
co.uk
Snowboarding on the Scottish slopes

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