(Images credit Steven McKenna for Ski-Scotland)
The five Scottish Highland ski areas will be running their annual SnowFest this weekend, 19th – 20th March.
Although it has been a glorious sunny week across Scotland snow cover s holding up on higher slopes and
each centre has activities planned for this the third time the event has been staged.
At Nevis Range these include a Snow Sculpture Competition, the chance to meet a real sled dog team plus
a limited number of ski and snowboard lessons at half price whilst CairnGorm Mountain has an Upbattle Splitboard Derby, offering participants the chance to try split boards.
Glenshee will feature a have-a-go race course and Retro Ski exhibition with the chance to try the old equipment, prizes for retro ski gear, an opportunity to try snowsculpture and free use of the Beginners Area on Sunday and Glencoe Mountain has fun events on Saturday including Zibob racing, Snowtrac rides, snowman competitions and an igloo building demo as well as an Alpine competition, with the Junior Coe Cup taking place over the two days.
Finally the Lecht's Penguin Park and rondell will be open for tots to learn to slide and have fun in the snow.
As in previous seasons, a feature of SnowFest will be a simultaneous mass descent at each ski area, this year planned for 1pm on Saturday 19th March, although the event will move to the Sunday if conditions are not suitable.
"We are looking forward to welcoming as many skiers and boarders as possible to take part in this fun descent. In some resorts, a piper will lead the descent, while The Lecht's Parker the Penguin will lead theirs!" said Chair of Ski-Scotland, Heather Negus.
www.ski-scotland.com/snowfest