The partnership aims to pilot TechnoAlpin's Snowfactory, a newly developed type of snow that will not melt away even in warm temperatures.

British Ski and Snowboard Park and Pipe will lead the project at the Scottish ski resort Lecht 2090 in the Cairngorms mountains, to the west of Aberdeen, in northern Scotland.

The Snowfactory technology is said to guarantee snow on slopes prone to sunlight and this could prove to be an important UK facility for the development of athletes across a variety of snowsport disciplines.

GB Park and Pipe programme manager, Lesley McKenna, expressed her excitement about the new scheme: “We are proud that GB Park and Pipe can lead such an innovative project, and we thank all the partners who are making this happen. 

"Although the training centre will have a big focus on the air bag and park and pipe facilities, we are delighted it will offer training facilities for other disciplines as well.

"We hope the pilot will allow British Ski and Snowboard to further understand the TechnoAlpin snowfactory technology with a view to seeing whether it can be used to offer an elite year-round snow training centre in the UK, thus giving our teams a huge training advantage.”

Ross Gardner, Snowsport Scotland National Performance manager added: “The pilot project at the Lecht will support multiple snowsports for our community, providing both the public and athletes the opportunity to develop their skills.

“The new facility, including the snow making technology, will give our current talented young athletes the opportunity they need to access national level performance facilities in an affordable way, and subsequently the best possible chance of going on to achieving world class skiing or snowboarding.

"We are delighted to be part of this partnership and looking forward to making it a success.”

Alongside the ability to offer better training facilities for teams, the Snowfactory technology will allow Lecht 2090 to host a two-day event during the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics as part of Snowsport England’s “Pyeongchang to Piste” campaign, which aims to encourage more people to try snow sports.

The event, which will take place from February 17 to 18, will allow people of all ages to come and try a range of Olympic snowsport disciplines such as cross country, park and pipe jumps and rails along with slalom skiing.

Speaking about February’s event, director of the Lecht Ski Company, James McIntosh said: “Lecht 2090 is delighted that everything is now in place for the trial of the TechnoAlpin Snowfactory. 

"This will allow us to make snow in any temperature and due to having a wind turbine already in place, the snowfactory will be powered using purely green energy.

"It is fantastic that we can offer training facilities to British Ski and Snowboard and also be able to deliver an on-snow celebration of the 2018 Winter Olympics in February.”