The chief executive of the Cairngorm Mountain resort has said the business model must move away from reliance on snow and “make sure the activities we’ve got are year-round”.

Mike Gifford discussed the need to offer activities which do not rely on snow when he appeared before the Public Audit Committee at the Scottish Parliament.

He said the business model had become too snow dependent, which has contributed to losses.

“I’ve been in the ski industry for about 25 to 30 years now,” he told the MSPs. “30 years ago we were discussing how there’s going to be no snow in five years’ time - it does come in cycles - one of the best seasons we had in a long time was 2020.

“Going forward we need to diversify,“ Gifford continued. “We’ve done the slope for mountain biking and adventure play areas a

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