Verbier, Switzerland – A pair of unrelated European ski resorts are planning to reopen their slopes this weekend for June skiing and snowboarding, one in the Alps of Switzerland and the other in the French Pyrenees.

Verbier, in the Swiss canton of Calais, plans to open their lifts this Saturday, weather permitting, lift operator Téléverbier indicates. Unseasonable low altitude snowfall the spring is enabling the operations, officials indicate. Ten centimeters fell just today with snow levels as low as 600 meters. Lift tickets will cost 20 francs.

Thanks to a chilly spring, the resort of Porte Puymorens in the Pyrénées-Orientales region of southern France will also offer skiing and riding in June for the first time ever. Following the coldest spring season in 25 years in many parts of France, snow depths above 2,100m at the resort still average from 70 to 80 centimeters. Access to the four slopes open both Saturday and Sunday will be limited to the first 600 guests who arrive each day.

Edit: This story first published on Wednesday. As of Thursday, despite receiving double the Facebook interest necessary to reopen the lifts, Téléverbier reversed course and indicated that their plans to operate this weekend have succumbed to the weather forecast that calls for snow and rain on Saturday, with rain levels increasing throughout the weekend.

“Bad weather, not opening Saturday!” the resort wrote in a statement issued on Thursday morning. “Our disappointment is as great as yours. We waited until the last moment to decide, but it would not be possible to go against the weather. We were ready and our teams were motivated as ever to rise to the challenge, but this would not be possible.”