France Ski Bargains - Skiing Holidays in France » French ski storm http://www.ski-france-bargains.co.uk ski-france-bargains.co.uk - France Ski Holiday Bargains Mon, 06 Feb 2012 10:31:10 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 French resorts get the worst of the weekend storms http://www.ski-france-bargains.co.uk/ski-equipment-and-safety/french-resorts-get-the-worst-of-the-weekend-storms/ http://www.ski-france-bargains.co.uk/ski-equipment-and-safety/french-resorts-get-the-worst-of-the-weekend-storms/#comments Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:49:42 +0000 Alan http://www.ski-france-bargains.co.uk/?p=81 A devastating storm hurling winds of 100 kmh with gusts up to 200 kmh swept across Western Europe this past weekend.  Most of the 50 or more fatalities occurred in France, and most were drownings due to storm surge combined with high spring tides.  Though not quite as fierce as the 1999 storm named Lothar, [...] No related posts. Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.]]> A devastating storm hurling winds of 100 kmh with gusts up to 200 kmh swept across Western Europe this past weekend.  Most of the 50 or more fatalities occurred in France, and most were drownings due to storm surge combined with high spring tides.  Though not quite as fierce as the 1999 storm named Lothar, a great deal of damage was incurred in parts of Portugal, Spain and Germany as well as France.

Airports cancelled flights and many railways and motorways in the region are severely damaged and still out of service.  The hurricane-force winds also did considerable damage to many Pyrenees ski resorts.  The Secretary General of the Hautes-Pyrenees prefecture in southwestern France has estimated that some resorts may have sustained as much as 80% damage to lifts and other facilities.

Skiing may be over for the season at Huatacam Resort; if you have already made plans you need to contact the reservations office.  Val Louron has only 30 percent of its lifts in operation, but plans to remain open for the remainder of the season.

Peyragudes plans to reopen in the next few days, but with half of its equipment and all of its snow canons lost, some of the runs will be inaccessible.  Superbagneres lost all its lifts, and the cable car between there and Luchon was destroyed; however the resort also plans to reopen this week.

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