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French Ski Resorts Closed Yesterday Due to High Winds and Heavy Snow

Tignes is opening for the winter season

High winds and heavy snow and rain caused many European ski areas to close yesterday, closing lifts and raising the avalanche risk. Tignes and Val d’Isère, in the French Alps, closed chairlifts and gondolas for safety reasons. The avalanche risk was also raised to level 5, the highest level. Tourists in Tignes were advised to stay indoors all morning. Other French […]
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Dump of the Decade! The Alps are Getting Buried Right Now | Resorts and Roads Closed & Extreme Avalanche Danger

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It’s a storm that only happens once every thirty years in the French Haute Tarentaise / Haute Maurienne according to MétéoFrance. Check out the forecast which tells you everything about this insane storm in the Alps here. Resorts are closed, roads are closed and it’s no surprise that the avalanche danger is critical in all the regions above. Here’s what we […]
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150 Guests Stranded In French Alps Gondola For Several Hours On Sunday

According to AFP, around 150 mountain guests were trapped in gondola cars for several hours on Sunday at Chamrousse Ski Resort in France. Around 3:00pm on Sunday afternoon, the resorts Gondola stopped working due to unknown reasons. At the time of the breakdown, there were about 150 guests on the lift. Civil security helicopters were brought in to rescue the stranded mountain guests. They […]
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VIDEO: Val D’Isere, France Received 5 FEET of Snow Overnight Earlier This Week | These Guys Got To Shred The DEEP Conditions

After a persistent winter storm dropped copious amounts of snow on the French Alps, the conditions are incredible. Val D’Isere, France received 1.5 meters of snow or about 5 FEET overnight earlier this week. This had lead to some deep turns to be had. This is another video of local shredders taking advantage of the all-time conditions at Val D’Isere, France. It […]
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