Glencoe ski area in the Western Highlands of Scotland has announced details of its lift operations on Midsummers day, next Sunday 21st June.
The centre says there is still about 400 metres of linked vertical snow runs available for intrepid Scottish start-of-summer skiers.
"The plan next Sunday is to meet in the Base station cafe at around 9am, grab a coffee and bacon roll and head up the Access chair at around 9.30am. The Cliffy lift will run at 10am for around 20 minutes, just long enough to get everyone up the hill," a statement from the resort reads, continuing,
" From there on you are on your own. Please note runs won't be groomed and there will be no ski patrol in attendance. Mid mountain has lots of crevasses so we would recommend only using them for access down at the end of the day. Main Basin, Spring run and Flypaper all still in great condition with lovely spring snow."
The centre has run the popular Midsummer ski sessions for several years now thanks to several successive snowy Springtimes.
Glencoe had a successful winter and continued operating its ski slopes until early May. It stopped running the lifts then more due to lack of business than lack of snow, although tourers have continued to use the area.
It will open a new tubing operation on its dry slope the next day, Monday 22nd June.