skiing near Aberdeen

Barbacni,
Congratulations on your son getting a place at Aberdeen :D

My daughter is applying to Aberdeen Uni, and although she only has a very small chance of getting in, I did have a look at the Scottish ski resorts for her.

Glenshee ski centre says it is only 69 miles and 1 1/2 hours driving time from Aberdeen (presumably only in good road conditions). It has 21 lifts including 2 chairlifts, 16 pomas, and 3 T-bars. And it has 36 runs including 2 black ones.

I haven't been able to find out how far the Lecht is from Aberdeen, but it does look nearer than Glenshee, although as Baillie says the Lecht is much smaller than Glenshee.

I would like to know whether the Aberdeen Uni ski club uses the Lecht or Glenshee (or both?).

Glenshee is only 3/4 hour drive from Pitlochry, which is on the trainline from London. We were there last summer and it's only 6 1/2 hours from Kings Cross, without any changes. The snag is the price - about £115 return, although we got cheap Advance tickets.

Ally

Lecht is closest to Aberdeen but neither it nor Glenshee are easy to access by public transport. Easiest is Cairngorm as Abiemore has a train station and buses run to the ski centre