Highland skiers offered free passes in Iceland

Scottish Skiers are to be given free passes to the slopes of Iceland as part of a ground breaking tourism deal.

The new offer allows anyone with a season ticket at Cairngorm , Glencoe, Glenshee, Nevis Range or The Lecht this winter, a free uplift at any of Iceland’s nine ski areas. The announcement comes days after a partnership between Visitscotland and the Icelandic Tourist Board was formalised. The locations of Scotland’s two new marine protection areas (MPAS) have been revealed as being around the Fair Isle and the Firth of Clyde.

The Firth of Clyde site, designated a historic MPA, will allow the preservation of a 19th century Clyde-built paddle steamer, the Iona 1, built in 1862 for the American Civil War, but which sank following a collision.

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