The director of the La Bresse ski school (Vosges) made his mea culpa. Éric Flieller admitted on Wednesday to having transported “70 tonnes” of snow to the station by truck at the end of December.

The idea was to preserve the resort's kindergarten, then lacking snow, and "maintain the economy of a region" Environmental associations, including Alsace Nature and Lorraine Nature Environnement, criticized this transport from a summit.