Grand Snowfall All over the Alps
Weve had almost 2 metres snowfall in the last seven days. It was so deep that chairlifts were closed, the funicular has been finishing at the Chamonix train station and not traveling to Le Tour. Roads were blocked past our luxury chalet and snow warnings published.
Compare this to two winters ago, with the unusually hot January weather conditions, rocks showing on mountainsides, and admonitions that global warming meant the end of the ski industry in the Alps. Indeed the report from winter 2005 admonished that climate change would make ski holidays far too dear for a lot of holiday makers, with a third of ski domains shutting and the melting of alpine glaciers. Scientists say that it’s impossible to ascribe these seasonal differences in the weather patterns to the off shoots of climate change.
So we may be experiencing the longest downturn in 30 years, and the Pound Sterling has headed to more levels against the Euro, but the skiing is superior, and the last reservations show that boarders are enthusiastic to revel in the first-class conditions. This season is certainly the best in nine winter seasons, and many people are saying its the nicest skiing conditions in ten seasons.
All the same recall that snow like this means raised risks of avalanche.
