What Happens When Skiers Don’t Have Snow? This Resort Had To Improvise

What do you do if there isn’t any snow and skiing season is in full swing? Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.

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00:00This might look like a spring vista overlooking the French Alps, but that statement is only half

00:04correct. These are the French Alps, but this video was captured only days ago in the middle

00:09of what would normally be ski season. All over France, over half of all ski slopes have been

00:14forced to close due to high temperatures and, well, a lack of snow. But that hasn't stopped

00:19this skier taking to what little snow was available. 18-year-old Bastien Moyon captured

00:23this video while skiing down a runway of the icy white stuff, dodging electrical poles and

00:28expertly making his way linearly downhill. But this wasn't the only place around the world

00:32experiencing the same conditions. This was the scene half a continent away at a Bosnian ski

00:37resort. And this is what another popular resort looks like in Switzerland. Authorities there say

00:41that temperatures recently rose to 70 degrees, forcing the closure of many resorts that would

00:46normally call this their busy season. With even those that remain open, like the Gestade resort

00:51saying, only 16 of their 70 trails have remained open.