Sweden's famous northern ski area of Riksgransen is re-opening this morning at the start of its annual midsummer ski weekend.
Located 200km north of the Arctic Circle, there has been 24 hour daylight here for the past month, but after a ski season running from February to May, the centre has been closed for the first three weeks of June before this final special weekend celebration. The limited accommodation available is normally booked out months ahead.
The ski lifts will begin running at 10pm tonight and stay open until around 1am so that people can ski through midnight.
Midsummer remains quite a big event in Scandinavia and Riksgransen will offer other themed events throughout the weekend including a midnight dance around the maypole.
Closer to home the operators of Glencoe ski area in Scotland have announced they'll run the lifts there at 10am on Saturday June 21st, the longest day and first day of summer, for half an hour to allow skiers and boarders easy access to the remaining snowfields there. After the huge accumulations last winter, large areas remain, but the centre warns there's no grooming, no snow patrol and plenty of natural hazards, so it's for good skiers and boarders only and at their own risk.
http://en.riksgransen.se/sidor/event/19-22-juni-midsommar.aspx