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Tuesday, 09 October 2007 |
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Ski journalist Lucy Crisp examines whether height
really matters when it comes to choosing a snow-sure resort.
The weather
is a fickle beast, but last year's slow start to the ski season was a real
headache for many in the snowsport industry. This was because the media hype
over the lack of early snow overshadowed that fact that many resorts in Europe
and in the Alps actually had quite good snow for much of the season.
In fact,
some Alpine resorts even had snow to rival the famously snow sure North American
resorts. Chris Gill and Dave Watts, the editors of the ski bible, Where to Ski
and Snowboard 2008, even boasted that they "had the best powder of our whole
season in France, in February, despite a pretty thorough sampling of what Canada
had to offer."
Read more over at easier travel
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