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image captionThe club said members were "giddy with excitement"
Skiers in the Lake District have taken advantage of unseasonal snowfall to head to the slopes for the first time in months.
Covid-19 restrictions forced the 85-year-old Lake District Ski Club to close during the winter.
Snow which started on Tuesday was deep enough by Wednesday to allow the club's tow up Raise, near Helvellyn, to run.
Members were "giddy" at the unusual sight of snow-covered mountains in May, club president Mike Sweeney said.
"I haven't seen snow at this time of year before, but I was speaking to some other members who said there was snow in June in 1963, although that was a very unusual year for weather," he said.