French ski resort moves snow with helicopter in order to stay open
by Kim Willsher in Paris from Environment | The Guardian on (#4ZEJZ)
Local council leaders said they were forced into 'exceptional' move to protect jobs
A French ski resort has angered ecologists by using a helicopter to move snow from higher up the mountains after exceptionally mild weather left its slopes bare.
Officials at Luchon-Superbagnires in the Pyrenees authorised the "exceptional" emergency operation overnight on Friday.
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