Scotland may get its second quad chairlift – around 25 years after the first one was installed – if plans put forward to a local council by Glenshee ski centre get the go ahead.
Most of the existing ski lifts in Scotland are drag lifts dating from the 1960s or 1970s, although that's not the case at Nevis Range which opened in the early 1990s with the country's only gondola lift and so far it's only quad chairlift.
Glenshee however opened a triple chair last season and has now announced plans to upgrade a popular route currently served by a T bar to the fixed-grip quad chairlift.
The new chairlift would be faster than the existing Cairnwell T-Bar and have more than double its capacity at 1,500 passengers per hour.
The Cairnwell sector the lift accesses features some of Glenshee's most well-used runs but the ski centre says upgrading to a chairlift will not only reduce or eliminate peak time queues but also make the area much able to access for children and disabled skiers and boarders.