Glenshee Ski Centre has enjoyed a bumper few weeks as more than 83,000 snow lovers descended on Scotland’s slopes.
The recent calm, cold weather and powder snow in the mountains, which coincided with half-term, has resulted in an extremely busy time.
In the three weeks to the end of February there were at least 83,305 skier days at Scotland’s five mountain ski areas during that period.
A skier day means one person who skis/boards on one day, with many serial visitors who are counted each day they enjoy their snow sports.
This year’s figure is nearly 20,000 higher than the same period last season when 65,876 skier days were recorded.
Chairman of Ski-Scotland Heather Negus said: “The three weeks covering the Scottish and English half-term holidays were amazingly busy everywhere.
“Although this was hardly surprising given the exceptional snow and weather conditions, we were delighted to find that our skier day figures for those weeks are way ahead of any other recent season.”
Team GB Winter Olympian snowboarder Ben Kilner, who was at Glenshee last weekend, said: “After spending most of the season snowboarding in the USA it has been amazing to come back home to perfect conditions here in Scotland. All resorts here have had great snow and perfect weather making for an epic day’s shred.”
As well as Glenshee, Scotland’s mountain ski areas include CairnGorm Mountain, Glencoe Mountain Resort, Nevis Range and the Lecht.