The Independent - 05.03.2020

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THURSDAY 5 MARCH 2020

Snow business being this warm:


French ski resort goes bust


blaming climate


Le Mont-Dore when there was snow... now it is closing the majority of its 33 pistes (Le Mont-Dore resort)


SAMUEL LOVETT


A French resort in the Alps went into administration earlier this week with debt worth nearly £1.5m,
blaming a lack of snowfall caused by global warming.


Le Mont-Dore in the central Auvergne region was forced to close the majority of its 33 pistes during one of
the warmest winters on record in France. This saw revenue drop to £545,000 – down from the £3m that
the resort would usually earn around this time of year


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