Skiers take advantage of long weekend, season coming to end

Many skiers in the Czech Republic have taken advantage of the prolonged weekend to visit the country's skiing resorts for the last time as the season is coming to a close. With between 15 to 40 centimetres of snow on the slopes in the Krkonose Mountains in East Bohemia, Easter Monday has been the last day of operation in some resorts. The resorts of Spindleruv Mlyn, Horni Misecky and Pec pod Snezkou will remain open for another week. All ski lifts were in operation at the weekend at the Ovcarna resort in the North Moravian mountains of Jeseniky- the only one still open to skiers in that area. With over a metre of snow on the slopes, the resort will remain open for at least another week.