The very warm weather this past week with double digit overnight temperatures mid-mountain mean that CairnGorm Mountain's endless winter of 2010 is drawing to a close, but not before the Ptarmigan Tow made it into June for a spot of lift served Scottish Summer Skiing.

Warm humid air meant clouds bubbling up all around, but threaten was about all they did and it was still very warm and scorching when the Sun came out - the snow amplifying it markedly.

The main action is in the Ptarmigan Bowl and along the Ptarmigan Ridge, best to exit the tow towards the Ptarmigan Traverse and go round the big mound at the top of Terrain Park area, then cross the T-bar track out onto the wide snowfield on the Ptarmigan Ridge.

Here the old riderX course is giving some fun features, the snow was fast enough to ride the berms or use them as booters, with a serious of rollers slightly further out. A couple of rails were reset in the Park, along with a barrel jib and the side of old big kicker where the rails are was reshaped for a kicker take off.

Good granular spring snow giving fun summer turns in the Ptarmigan Bowl, but for those prepared to a bit of leg work the Ciste Gully is outstanding. 1500ft of vertical from the top of the Ptarmigan Tow, below which the Ciste Bowl widens out and you can start to layout bigger turns and crank it up as the bowl steepens into the Ciste Gully proper. Can still ski to within about 20m of the boardwalk, just a couple of holes low down so be careful. Well worth the effort on Sat.

Sunday is looking like being closing day, get up for your chance to say "I've summer skied Scotland!". Video of descent of the Ptarmigan Bowl on Youtube, more Ciste Gully Pix in the Public Reports.