Ski-buzz

In its third year, the Big Spring Clean, a mountain clearing initiate from the Ski Club of Great Britain, has again proved a success with hundreds of volunteers heading to the Scottish mountains to clean up rubbish after an epic winter season.

More than 60 skiers took to the slopes at CairnGorm Mountain on the summer solstice on Monday 21st June 2010 to enjoy some midsummer skiing on the snow still lying there in the Ptarmigan bowl. They were able to take advantage of the two rope tows which had been set up there by the resort’s [...]

Cairngorm opened for historic snow sports on Sunday 20th and Monday 21st June, the first time the ski area has run its lifts so late in June. The skiing was in a very limited area beyond the Ptarmigan Tow with uplift being provided by two temporary rope tows but more than 100 people took to [...]

In its third year, the Ski Club of Great Britain’s ‘Big Spring Clean’ returns to the Scottish ski resorts of Cairngorm Mountain and Nevis Range on Sunday 20 June 2010. Taking place a month later than previous years due to a record breaking Scottish snow season, the event is a chance for mountain users to [...]

Cairngorm Mountain above Aviemore in Scotland has finally decided to call it a day on their 2009-10 ski season after opening in June for the first time in 18 years. Although final figures are yet to be published, it appears winter 2009-10 will have been one of the area’s most successful for 20 years, with [...]