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No snow means Les Gets lifts open for mountain bikes... in January!

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At this time of year the Port Du Soleil area on the French/Swiss border ought to be mobbed with skiers and snowboarders. Instead, the area has reopene ...

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Posted : 03/01/2023 12:28 pm
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I'd love to drive down but there's only one hill open and the weather could be diabolical. I'll stick to day dreaming about Malaga.


 
Posted : 03/01/2023 12:34 pm
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Fingers crossed they get some snow and a decent season for the valley will be in real economic hardship


 
Posted : 03/01/2023 1:57 pm
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god bless global warming!

Lets all drive down there, as by the time we arrive in our T6 transporters, we would've melted the remaining snow!


 
Posted : 03/01/2023 2:07 pm
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A couple of thoughts.

Some folk have complained about mountain bikers on the slopes in the past... it looks like they might need us now.

I know climate change is caused by a lot of things... but one of them is jetting around. And here we are after decades of jetting around to slide down a mountain on the snow... and the snow is no longer there.


 
Posted : 03/01/2023 2:42 pm
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Screw the environment. What's it ever done for us anyway?


 
Posted : 03/01/2023 2:45 pm
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Lenzerheide/Chur bike kingdom also open for bikers again. Opened on Christmas Day. Sheesh!


 
Posted : 03/01/2023 5:15 pm
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Am going down in 5 weeks. I might hold on booking ski rental.

First world problem, but is it worth taking a bike if it sill has no snow - the place we are staying is the opposite side of the valley from the bike park? I don’t know the area, but would love to bike there in the summer. I


 
Posted : 04/01/2023 11:01 pm