Skiing in the UK is hit and miss sorted a last minute trip to Glenshee having seen the five day forecast. Result one good day a bit overcast but loads of snow and no queues. Day two blue skies big lumps of powder off Glas Maol and near alpine conditions as good a days skiing as I have had all year. The lifts are hard work and you dont get a rest and the runs are shorter but a brilliant and unexpected extra couple of days on the snow.

Spent a few days here skiing with family. Not a good idea the ski pass was incredibly over priced for what was on offer. The food was cheap and undercooked and charged at gourmet prices. Over zealous ski patrol who started screaming at 10 year old boy. Save your money go to the alps

I skied at Glenshee yesterday and found the following.

Plus points - Lots of uplift so on a sunny, snowy Sunday there were no queues the whole day - Cairngorm the day before had 20 minute waits at times! There are lots of cafes and toilets scattered around. Lots of variety in the runs. Beautiful location and ample parking. Lots to explore all day as the area is nicely spread out.

Minus points - Contrary to other reviews I've seen, I found the lift staff unhelp and uninterested, bordering on surly! Not good for your customers. Coffee in the cafes wasn't great.

Conclusion: In many ways I preferred it to Cairngorm, especially the lack of queues! Well worth a visit.

Glenshee is excellent. We have skied there for years. This year we have had four trips and all had great snow and three out of four had fantastic weather. The fourth was a bit overcast making the snow surface difficult to see. May just have been my goggles !
Food is excellent - bacon rolls fab. Baked potatoes and salad lovely too. Two cafes in the mountains and one down at the car park. Tows fine to use although one of the T-Bars - to the right of Butcharts, not recommended with a young child, particularly if any chance of ice under the tow. But the slopes are all great. Butcharts is our favourite for variety. There were also some snowboard small jumps set up to try (and large too). The far run on sunnyside beyond the cafe seems to get the best of the snow. Watch your head at this tow as you get on as its one of these ones with a low thing. I would say that if you are a beginner then the runs at the car park are flat and good to start but if you can get up to sunnyside and the runs on far side there and the little one running from the cafe there then those are good to try and a bit more like real skiing and also quieter. The runs are all safe - I cant think of any horrendous drops which you can get at some other resorts. If you find your skiing is not up to it I think you could walk off from most areas. We had no problems with queues for the tows this year. As soon as you get away from the main ones from the car park then it is quiet elsewhere. We stayed in Perth and drove the hour up from there. There are Travel Inns and Innkeepers Lodges there which are good value for money.

Glenshee is a lovely resort with a whole host of runs to go at. However for me the antiquated button lifts were tricky at best, and I thought downright impossible once the snow started to deteriorate. Best left to the pro's at that stage. Bearing in mind the cost of the lift pass, it was frustrating to say the least for me to spend the day falling off a button lift.
We visited in late Feb 2009, starting in good snow, and skiing around bare spots and huge holes in the snow to fast streams beneath.

Glenshee is excellent with over 20 lifts and 30 runs which enable skiers of all abilities to ski here. The facilities here are really good with classes for beginners, restaurants and snow maintenance, its ideal for someone to learn to ski without having to travel further afield.

We stayed at a B&B locally and drove in each day, the car park is located right by the ski lifts so you can get stuck in straight away.

The views are absolutely amazing and I would highly recommend, especially for the ski classes!!!