Archive for January 14th, 2009

Fantastic Winter Snow for Most of the French Alps

January 14th, 2009

Climate change and the credit crunch, these twin threats have saved the Southern Alps, at least for now. But it may have been so entirely different. Ahead of the holidays towns in the Tignes-les-Brevieres area were isolated when heavy snow came down. Motorway passes such as the busy Col du Hautacam were closed. In [...]