Le Figaro Nice
While in Savoie some resorts have already opened their areas to skiers, such as in Tignes and Val-Thorens, in the Southern Alps, snow is still waiting.
To the chagrin of tourists, but also traders, who wait behind the white gold to fill their coffers.
In Auron, in the Mercantour National Park, the opening of the resort had to be postponed for a week due to too little snow cover and too high temperatures.
“It snowed on Monday afternoon, but it doesn't hold because it's too hot.
And then we were expecting a real snowy episode, when in the end it only snowed for ten minutes.
The temperatures should be permanently negative, but this is not the case
, ”regrets an employee of the Tourist Office.
The domain of Auron will therefore only open on December 10, with the hope that, by then, the providential snow will face its appearance.
“It was already the case last year.
We were forced to open a week later, that's not very surprising."
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Almost the same story on the Colmiane resort side, near Saint-Martin de Vésubie.
The area was planning to open its doors to skiers on Saturday, it will probably be the following week.
The director, Yannick Garin, however intends to open the two green slopes of Colmiane this weekend.
The decision must be made on Friday morning.
It was not until Isola 2000, the closest resort to Nice, that the last hope of putting on skis on Saturday was allowed.
“The snow cover is correct and then we are lucky to have negative temperatures all the time.
Which means that the snow cannons can turn and make up for the lack.
We will open well on Saturday, not all the tracks obviously, but we will open!
, assures
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the tourist office, which boasts of being
“the first resort this year in the Alpes-Maritimes.”
In addition, to welcome the first scullers and other tourists, the resort has planned many activities, such as a duo trail and entertainment for children.
All washed down with wine and hot chocolate.
