Ski Scotland article in ‘The Telegraph’
In February 2024, Iain travelled to Perthshire in Scotland to ski on Ben Lawers, the same location where his mother learned to ski in the 1950s. His article on the trip has now been published by The Telegraph (if it’s behind a paywall, try opening it in a different browser). Iain explores the history of...
Blair Aitken interview on welove2ski.com
In the third of my new series of ‘Chairlift Chat’ interviews for snowsports website welove2ski.com, I spoke to Blair Aitken, mountain guide and founder of British Backcountry Courses. You can read this article here. You can listen to the full interview in Episode 202 of The Ski Podcast:
The Ski Podcast article in ‘Scottish Ski Club’ magazine
It was a real privilege to be asked to contribute an article to the annual ‘Scottish Ski Club’ magazine. The Scottish Ski Club has been producing printed journals since 1907 and are sent annually to every member. Thanks to the work of club members Alan Forbes and Colin McFarlane, you can now access the entire...
The Top Scottish Ski Resorts on Facebook
Back in the summer, we looked at how Scotland’s ski resorts were working with Facebook. With the first snow on the floor in Scotland, and the Scottish Ski and Snowboard Show coming up this weekend, we thought it was time to follow up and see how the situation had changed. The Top 5 Scottish Ski...
The first TV advert for a Ski Show…?
We were very impressed to see that the Scottish Ski and Snowboard Show is running a TV advert for the show. As far as we know this is the only time a UK show has been promoted via television (please feel free to correct us), so it’s great to see some bullish activity promoting the...
The Top 5 Scottish Ski Resorts on Facebook
Following on from our look at the top resorts on Facebook in Austria and France, it’s now Scotland’s turn. With only five resorts, this didn’t take so long to research as the others, but please do let us know if we’ve any omissions or errors. In the meantime, here’s the Facebook chart for Scotland: The...