Glenshee Ski Centre was “buzzing” at the weekend with snow lovers like Taylor Mackie, 6, from Crail making the most of the cold snap.

Cold snap boosts business at centre

The cold weather proved to be a bonus for Scotland’s biggest ski resort, with visitor numbers already approaching the total for the whole of last year.

Glenshee Ski Centre staff said the winter facility was “buzzing” at the weekend with more than 1,000 people flocking to its slopes yesterday.

The increase in snowsport enthusiasts began last week, with six runs on the Cairnwell side of the centre open on Thursday.

Glenshee managing director David Farquharson said around 700 visitors arrived on Saturday but staff had been taken aback by how many people attended on Sunday morning.

“It’s great, the whole place is buzzing,” he said.

“We saw around 700 people here on Saturday and already have more than 1,000 today. It gives the place a real boost and is great news for the local economy here.

“The numbers we’ve seen this week are approaching the total of what we had for the whole of last year, which was awful.

“Glenshee tends to be on the edge of the bad weather that you tend to get in other areas of Perthshire – we don’t really get big snow storms. We’re hoping the cold spell continues but you never know with the weather.

“We’re a bit limited in terms of the capacity of our ski lifts but it’s fantastic to see so many people here.”

“We’ve had families, holiday makers and lots of skiers and snowboarders this weekend,” he added.

Picture: Steven Brown.

Pictures: Steven Brown. Nine-year-old Finlay Young leads the sledging race on the lower slopes.

Clockwise from top left: the car park is chock-a-block with visitors; Sandra Szydlowska, 4, from Perth holds on tightly; a mountain hare blends in with the snow; dad Gavin Belton teaches son Luke, 5, how to snowboard; Olivia Cuthbert, 3, from Bridge of...

Bailey Dent, 11, from Dunfermline uses an inflatable dingy as a sledge.