Skiers hit the slopes in Britain

Scotland sees a boom in skiing as the big freeze continues. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/guardian.co.uk Looking out over the Ptarmigan station on Cairngorm Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/guardian.co.uk Outside the Ptarmigan station at the top of the funicular railway on Cairngorm Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/guardian.co.uk Looking out over the Ptarmigan station on Cairngorm Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/guardian.co.uk Snow boarders at the summit of Cairngorm Mountain Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/guardian.co.uk A snow boarder at the summit of Cairngorm Mountain. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/guardian.co.uk Snowboarding in Northumberland. Photograph: James Cummings/guardian.co.uk Tow rope in Weardale, Northumberland Photograph: James Cummings/guardian.co.uk Yad Moss, Cumbria Photograph: Phil Tinning/guardian.co.uk Yad Moss, Cumbria Photograph: Phil Tinning/guardian.co.uk Yad Moss, Cumbria Photograph: Phil Tinning/guardian.co.uk Yad Moss, Cumbria Photograph: Phil Tinning/guardian.co.uk Yad Moss, Cumbria Photograph: Phil Tinning/guardian.co.uk Yad Moss, Cumbria Photograph: Phil Tinning/guardian.co.uk Glencoe ski centre, Scotland Photograph: guardian.co.uk Glencoe Ski Centre Photograph: guardian.co.uk