Sportscotland will invest £217,500 in Snowsport Scotland, the national governing body for snowsports.

The funding will help to support and develop Scottish Snowsport athletes preparing for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

A further £155,300 will be invested in the sport of mountaineering through the Mountaineering Council of Scotland.

Part of the funding will be allocated to the Mountain Weather Information Service (MWIS), which is now fully funded by the Scottish Government, through sportscotland.

MWIS provides walkers and climbers with an accurate online information source about the weather conditions on Scotland's mountains across five geographical areas.