Pyrenees. The snow is back, thousands of skiers in the resorts of Haute-Garonne
Through Melina Le Corre
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Put on your skis, it’s snowing ! After a complicated start due to a lack of powder on the mountains, the weekend of January 21 to 22 revived the winter season. ” 13,000 customers came to the slopes”, confirms Laurent Garciastation manager Peyragudes which has remained open since the start of the season.
“It was a normal third weekend in January in terms of attendance, but we felt a real enthusiasm. We had good snowfall and it was very cold, people were asking for a real winter weekend,” adds Laurent Garcia. 80 cm of snow cover the ski area and up to 110cm on higher ground. The station remains open until March 26.
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For the first opening weekend of the station of Moutis, 55 cm of fresh snow on the plateau were there to the delight of skiers. “ Great day of skiing at mortis this Saturday. Snow in sufficient quantity and of very good quality”, writes a user on Facebook page. The area will gradually open in the coming days, it is only “90% open”, specifies Haute-Garonne Montagne.
Luchon: 80 cm at the Céciré
The station of Luchon-Superbagneres, it opened its doors on January 18 with 60 cm of snow on the plateau and 80 cm at Céciré. The domain was accessible in its entirety on the weekend of January 21. But be careful on the road, for reminder of an incident caused by a lorry limits passage to light vehicles on the road between Luchon and the ski area. So there are no shuttles. Now, 80 cm of snow cover the station and it is not ready to stop.
4,000 people came to the two resorts this weekend, “a very good atmosphere despite the polar cold”, adds Haute-Garonne Montagne.
Patience on the side of Bourg d’Oueil, like every year, it will welcome skiers for the February holidays and not before! In the meantime, the people of Toulouse are spoiled for choice to find some leads.
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