The account is not there in the Mercantour stations. If the powder that fell on November 9 foreshadowed a comfortable start to the season, neither Isola 2000 nor Auron had seen the slightest new flake fall since that date. And the precipitation expected these days, mixed rain and snow according to Météo-France, due to still positive temperatures at 2,600 m altitude, will not really help.
At Isola 2000, which should host Olympic Games events in 2030, “we are indeed in the rain” this Thursday morning, a source on site confirmed to 20 minutes. Result: the two largest resorts in the Alpes-Maritimes will not start their ski lifts this Saturday, as initially planned, the tourist offices have confirmed.
December 9 at Isola 2000 or in any case “very soon”
Despite “strategic production of artificial snow […]the conditions were not met to open with a quality snow cover, explained the general director of Nice Côte d’Azur resorts, Jean-Christophe Desens, in the columns of Nice morning. We decided to postpone. » When? “Very soon,” promises the manager, who did not wish to commit to a new specific date.
For Isola 2000, Mayor Mylène Agnelli announces 20 minutes that of December 9. The station appears in the French file for the organization of the 2030 Winter Olympic Games, the only one that the IOC has retained to continue negotiations. It should host, if all goes well, the snowboard cross and ski cross events.