Weve had almost 2 meters of snow in the last 7 days. The snow was so prolonged that skiing lifts have been shut down, the funicular was stopped at the Chamonix train station and not traveling up to Switzerland. Roads have been blocked and weather warnings issued.

This is in direct contrast to 2 seasons past, with the incredibly mild Jan weather conditions, grass appearing on the mountain, and warnings that climate change meant the finish of snowboarding in the Alps. The study from winter 2005 admonished that global warming could make ski holidays far too dear for many skiers, with one 3rd of ski fields shutting with the melting of alpine glaciers. Climatologists insist that it is impossible to attribute the annual variations in the weather to the consequences of global warming.

So we might have the deepest recession in nearly 25 yrs, and the Pound Sterling has dropped to record levels against the euro, however the conditions are first-class, and the recent bookings show that people are keen to take of advantage of the superior snow with our ski accommodation taken. It is undoubtedly the greatest in ten winter seasons, and many people are announcing that it’s the finest ski snowboarding snow in at least ten winters.

Nevertheless recollect that lots of snow like this means big risks of avalanche.

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