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HALF-TERM SKIERS TOLD TO AVOID GOING OFF-PISTE DUE TO STRONG WINDS AND FRESH SNOW IN MANY RESORTS METEO France has issued an avalanche alert for the Pyrenees and the southern French Alps as
the half-term ski holidays get underway. Skiers have been told to be extremely vigilant because of strong winds and fresh snowfall settling on fragile layers of earlier snow. Two off-piste
skiers died at the weekend in separate incidents at La-Foux-d'Allos in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence and Isola 2000 in the Alpes-Maritimes. Météo France says the Alpine resorts most
exposed are Les Avaris, Les Bauges, Beaufortain and Belledonne – and skiers should avoid going off-piste. The weather observation group says special vigilance is needed above 2,000m in the
Haute-Garonne, Ariège and Hautes-Pyrénées. The half-term holidays began at the weekend in Zone B (see the map here). Zone A breaks up this Friday, followed by the Paris region and Bordeaux
(Zone C) a week later. Photo:Isola 2000, credit Kanjiroushi
