Exceptional Ski Conditions throughout the European Alps
We have had almost two meters snow during the last week. It has been so prolonged that skiing lifts have been stopped, the funicular was stopped at the train station in Chamonix and not going up to Argentiere. Roads have been shut past our chalet holiday accommodation and weather announcements issued.
Contrast this to 2 winter seasons ago, with the incredibly warm Feb weather conditions, grass showing on ski slopes, and admonitions that climate change would mean the end of skiing in the Alps. Indeed the report from winter 2005 warned that climate change would make skiing holidays far too dear for a lot of holiday makers, with one third of ski towns becoming insolvent with the disappearance of alpine glaciers. Scientists insist that it is unimaginable to attribute these annual deviations in the snow conditions to the effects of global warming.
So we might be experiencing the deepest downturn in almost 30 yrs, and the pound has headed to new levels against the Euro, however the skiing is fine, and the latest reservations show that snowboarders are enthusiastic to take of advantage of the grand skiing conditions. This winter is probably the finest in eight winters, and many are stating its the nicest ski snowboarding snow in ten yrs.
However think that big dumps like these mean raised risks of avalanche.
