thirteenth August 2024
Final winter was poor. Snow was in scant provide and new figures reveal skier numbers had been sharply down, however there’s some trigger for hope. NEW
Some referred to as final winter “difficult”, others stated it was “dire”.
There are 5 Scotish ski areas:
CairngormThe LechtGlensheeGlencoeThe Nevis Vary
Final winter’s not too long ago launched statistics don’t make pleased studying.
There have been simply 55,000 skier days final season throughout all 5 resorts.
The worst season of all time in 2016-17 noticed 54,000 skier days.
It was due to this fact the second-worst winter on report.
PlanetSKI was in Scotland final February, however with blended outcomes.
The Lecht, Scotland. Picture c/o Simon Wilson.
Rod Frazer at Glencoe. Picture c/o Rod Frazer
The entire variety of skier days throughout the Scottish resort for the earlier season of 2022/23 was 86,100.
For the Covid-compromised 2021-22 season it was 84,140.
The years within the final couple of a long time noticed 374,789 skier days in 2009/10 and 290,996 skier days in 2012-13.
Some query whether or not Scotland will nonetheless have 5 totally functioning ski centres within the years to come back.
The Lecht warned it might be compelled to shut as final winter was “dire”and it launched a Crowdfunder web page to lift cash to remain open.
We reported on it on PlanetSKI because it reached its goal, with room to spare.
The Lecht, Scotland. Picture © PlanetSKI
Talking to The Scotsman, Andy Meldrum, who runs the Glencoe Mountain resort, stays comparatively upbeat.
“We did alright, it wasn’t a nasty season in the long run,” he stated.
“We skied many of the winter, from January proper by way of to the primary week in April.
“Most of that point we solely had the higher mountain open, however a few of that point we had the higher and the decrease mountain open, though at no level within the season did we now have the mid-mountain open, as a result of that requires essentially the most snow.
“The higher mountain was truly in fairly good nick for more often than not, however whenever you’ve not obtained a center or a decrease mountain then your skier numbers are usually fairly poor.
“I feel we skied 62 days in the long run, and obtained round 10,000 skier days in whole, so for a lean snow yr it wasn’t too dangerous.”
Right here at PlanetSKI we love snowboarding in Scotland – when circumstances permit.
Roz Frazer, Nevis Vary, Scotland. Picture c/o Rod Frazer.
Glencoe, Scotland. Picture c/o Dianne Frazer
Glenshee, Scotland. Picture c/o Dianne Frazer
Hopefully the snow will fall in plentiful provide subsequent winter.
We’ll hold you posted…
