Abondance Ski Valley
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| Location | Abondance valley, Haute-Savoie, Rhone-Alpes, France |
| Trails | 17 |
Abondance Ski Valley is a mid-sized ski area in the Haute-Savoie region of France, near Châtel and La Chapelle d'Abondance. The resort has been open since at least 1964[1] and was closed in 2007, when the local council voted to shut down the area after 15 years of loss-making.[1] The resort was reopened, however, in 2009 when Gregory Lynn Sherwood, an American entrepreneur, made a deal with the local mayor to operate the ski area for the next 12 years.[2]
Location[edit]
Abondance Ski Valley is located in the Abondance Valley, in the Chablais Alps. The resort is one of 12 ski stations in the Portes du Soleil linked ski area,[3] and is open to Portes du Soleil combined ticket holders, however it is not linked to any other resorts and a drive to La Chapelle d'Abondance or Châtel is required in order to access the rest of the Portes du Soleil.
Closure[edit]
In 2007, the ski area received media attention after it was reported to have shut down due to global warming, the first ski area in the Alps to become a casualty of climate change.[4] This did not turn out to be the case, however, as the ski area had been suffering from financial losses for a long time, and the notoriously poor 2006-2007 ski season was the last straw; since reopening, Abondance has not had significant issues with snow compared to other low-altitude ski resorts.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Abondance abandons skiing". pistehors.com. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ "Abondance Ski resort is reopening after two years". Fun in the Alps. Archived from the original on 20 April 2013.
- ^ "Ski resort french alps : Portes du Soleil, family ski resorts in the French and Swiss Alps". en.portesdusoleil.com. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ Bland, Alastair. "As the World Warms, the Future of Skiing Looks Bleak". Smithsonian Magazine.
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