Glencoe ski area in the Western Scottish Highlands plans to re-open tomorrow, Saturday June 18th, for its traditional midsummer skiing day.
This weekend is closest to midsummers day on Tuesday when daylight hours are at their longest and it hardly goes dark in the northern Highlands.
Usually a few hundred die-hards ski on remaining patches of snow, often some walk from the ski lifts, which are briefly turned on to allow for access.
This year Glencoe staff report that, "It looks like sunshine and light winds are forecast for the annual midsummer ski and the largest snow patch is still around 300m long so should still be some fun to be had."
Experienced skiers and boarders are encouraged to meet in Glencoe's base station cafe at 9am then then head up after breakfast.
The area's Cliffy lift will run at around 10am for just long enough to get everyone up nearer the snow – which will not be groomed.
"From there you are on your own to hike for some turns. Normal plan of action is to head to the Main Basin to build some features to play on. Later in the day many people traverse round the mountain to check out the patches on the Spring run or the Flypaper," a resort statement reads, continuing, "Currently the snow is lovely firms Spring snow so providing some pretty good turns."
Access up the mountain is free for all season ticket holders and £10 (the normal Access chair cost) for everyone else. Glencoe also ask skiers and boarders to note that the Cliffy lift will only provide uphill transport so anyone using it will need to ski/board or walk down.