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Alpine L1 Coach Pilot Course

Snowsport Scotland, England, Wales and BASI are currently working on a UK wide performance coaching pathway which will be recognised by all organisations. As part of this process BASI are running a pilot course for the new Alpine L1 on the 8-10 Feb at SNO!zone Braehead. The Level 1 Alpine Coach is designed for ...

Andrew Musgrave 2nd at Norwegian Championships

Snowsport Scotland would like to congratulate Andrew Musgrave on finishing 2nd in the 15K Freestyle (Skate) at the Norwegian Championships yesterday beating most of the Norwegian Team. Andrew is a member of the British Team and started competing with Huntly Nordic Ski Club.

Claire Jeffray Takes Gold at the Special Olympics

Snowsport Scotland would like to congratulate Claire Jeffray on her success at the Special Winter Olympics in Pila Italy earlier this month. Claire who trains with LSRA (Lothian Ski Racing Association) won Gold in the Slalom and came 4th in the Super G events. ...

THE LECHT OPEN

CANCELED / POSTPONED - Lecht 2090 Unfortunately the heavy snow forecast has not been heavy enough and the race organisers have had to make the very difficult decision to cancel the Lecht Open for this Saturday and Sunday. John Allan and the organising committee form Gordon’s Skiers have worked ...

More World Cup Points for Andrew Musgrave

In Toblach, Italy, today Aberdeenshire’s Andrew Musgrave finished 23rd in the freestyle sprint prologue, earning himself more World Cup points. Since he took Britain’s first ever cross-country World Cup points last weekend in the Tour’s opening race (the 3km freestyle where he finished 28th) ...

Andrew Musgrave achieves first World Cup points

Another milestone was reached yesterday in the British cross-country skiing programme when Andrew Musgrave from Aberdeenshire became the first Briton ever to earn World Cup points in cross country skiing. The annual “Tour de Ski” opened in Oberhof, Germany, yesterday with a 3.75 km freestyle ...

Podiums for Andrew Musgrave & Andrew Young

This year\'s snow drought in Norway forced the relocation of the annual BUL Sprint race weekend to Beitostolen. Traditionally the weekend consists of sprint races on the Saturday and a mass start on Sunday but this year an extra 15km freestyle timetrial was held on Friday (for seniors only) to compensate for the ...

Avalanche Awareness Courses Winter 2012

During the winter of 2009/10, 30% of human triggered avalanches in Scotland were triggered by skiers and snowboarders. Last season, the Sportscotland Avalanche Information Service (SAIS) teamed up with Snowsport Scotland to bring practical training sessions that were tailored towards Scottish skiers and ...

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We are the National Governing Body for Snowsports in Scotland and look after the interests of our clubs, their members, and our coaching and competitor members, and are committed to our aims of increasing participation and improving performance in the sport. For further information see About Us. For various ways of participating in Snowsports see our Getting Involved section.

NEXT EVENT

Our next events are happening this weekend, 4 and 5 February, at Glenshee. There is the Highlander - Glenshee for Freestylers on Saturday and the Glenshee Open for Alpine racers on both days. The Highlander is open to any riders that want to enter with prizes and medals in 4 categories, Open, Female, Youth and Kids. The cost to enter is £15 if entering before Friday and £20 if entering on the day. The Glenshee Open is part of the Scottish BASS series and entry is open to all those in category Children 1 or above at a cost of £40 for the weekend. Racers must be registered with their Home Nation to take part. Entry must be made by close of play on Wednesay. Late entries after this day will be subject to approval, but may not be accepted.

To enter either event visit our competitions calendar and complete the online form. Payment then needs to be made over the phone after submission. Further information can also be found on this page for the Glenshee Open as well as other events happening throughout the season. All events are also open to spectators for which there is no cost.