Last week, the first snowflakes fell on Auron, in the Alpes-Maritimes.
Colette Fabron, the mayor of this village in the mountains of the Southern Alps, even boasted on France Bleu Azur, of these favorable conditions for "the grand opening" this weekend of this ski resort with "negative temperatures" and the "production artificial snow.
But five days before D-Day, the site, located at an altitude of 1,600 m, finally changed its mind: the opening of the ski area will finally take place on December 10 due to the lack of snow cover, as spotted
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For the other resorts in the department, such as Isola 2000 and La Colmiane, December 3 remains, for the moment, the official date for the start of the season.
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