For the many vacationers in zone C who are beginning their stays in the mountains, one thing is certain: there will not be snow for everyone.
The great winter rush for Parisians and Toulouse residents will have as a backdrop a snow cover that is generally non-existent in the valleys and at low altitudes, and too partial with exceptions in the mid-mountains.
Only high altitude resorts (at 1700 m and beyond overall) guarantee skiing, and on snow that has nothing to do with winter.
Rain, mild weather, spring temperatures... The effects of climate change are generating a new period of anomaly in the heart of the winter sports season.
If the exceptional situation in the Pyrenees has attracted a lot of attention, it is just as remarkable in the Alps.
Over the last 30 years, snow cover has never been so low in terms of surface area occupied, according to satellite data.
To better assess the situation,
Le Figaro
noted the current snowfall as well as the number of slopes open for nearly 200 French resorts.
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