Thousands of starkly-dressed adventurers have put a spring in their step and taken to the slopes to celebrate the change in season.
Wearing little more than skimpy swimsuits or shorts, 1,500 skiers and snowboarders waved goodbye to winter on the snowy peaks of Siberia for the annual Grelka Festival.
Incredible images shows the relatively drab and cold surrounds of the Kermerovo region in central Russia bursting into colour for the 10-day festival.
People in swimwear skiing and snowboarding down a slope during the Grelka Festival 2019 at the Sheregesh ski resort in central Russia
The annual event, in it's seventh consecutive year of operation, is said to be a celebration of the end of the long winter months experienced by the region
The festival lasts for 10 days and includes a whole host of activities including themed skiing and snowboarding competitions, karaoke nights, and the centrepiece swimsuit descent of the mountain
The centrepiece event of the skiing and snowboarding paradise is the descent of the Green Mountain in swimsuit attire which happened earlier today.
It is believed snow lovers came from as far away as Canada and Uganda to get stuck in on the slopes.
Organisers have described the setting as perfect, saying: 'The sun is like Thailand, the snow is like in Austria, the party is like in Ibiza!'.
One snowboarder relaxes in a small swimsuit and large snow boots on a slope at the resort in Sheregesh
A women checks her phone as she sunbathes in the balmy 15C heat with beautiful white snow underfoot
Over 10,000 spectators and 1,500 skiiers and snowboarders are believed to have attended the event over the almost two weeks of activities
The festival includes a number of skiing competitions across the resort, which is
