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Glencoe in mid-winter
Scotland’s Glencoe has a new owner who’s optimistic about the struggling ski area’s future.
Scottish businessman Andy Meldrum recently purchased Glencoe from former owner David Campbell, who had owned it since 2005. Essential maintenance work is reported to now be underway with the aim of opening the centre for the upcoming 2009-2010 season.
Meldrum hopes to increase the centre’s prospects for the future with plans to add mountain-bike trails, an adventure play park, dry ski slope and an archery range in time for summer 2010. The new owner is also looking at adding snowmaking to make snow cover more reliable each winter.
“We have an uphill task ahead of us but, with the support of the local community, ski clubs, ski patrol and the general public, we are certain that we can not only safeguard the future of the resort but improve and develop its facilities,” Meldrum told local media.
The official re-opening ceremony will take place on Sunday, November 8th, at 11am. The ticket office will also be open from 11am until 2pm for season ticket sales.
The news also confirms that skiers and boarders who have bought ski-scotland all-area season tickets will be able to use them not only at CairnGorm Mountain, Glenshee, The Lecht and Nevis Range, but also at Glencoe too.
The Scottish Snowsports Marketing Group has welcomed the new owners of Glencoe Mountain as members of their consortium. Better known to skiers and snowboarders as ‘Ski-Scotland’, the consortium promotes Scottish snowsports on a collaborative basis, even although Scotland’s ski areas are also competitors.
“We are absolutely delighted that the sale of Glencoe has gone ahead in time for full winter operation and that Glencoe’s new owners have confirmed so quickly that they wish to work with us right from the start,” said Ski-Scotland Chair Heather Negus. “It is very important to us that the Group includes all five of Scotland’s mountain snowsports areas. With this week’s cold weather and snow now on the mountain tops, this is a great time to have news like this to share with our loyal skiers and snowboarders.”
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