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I have never seen that, never. we had so many people trying to have some lessons. we didnt have enough ski instructors in the valley. that was incredible. some people will come back to cross—country skiing next year too because they enjoy it. see where we are, look at the snow, the snow on the trees. it is much more quiet than downhill skiing. you have always got the noise of the chairlifts, its very noisy. here its, its a totally different atmosphere so i think they enjoy this a lot.

Are a little bit more normal hopefully. i for others, the closure of ski lifts has been a way of rediscovering other things to do in the snow, like sledging. because the alpine skiing is not possible, we have had customers who have been asking for the new things, and the new thing is touring skis. this is a touring skis with a proper binding. you have got pins on the front which helps the boots to go like this when youre climbing. and then you put the skins on the skis like this,

Christmas holidays here in chamonix, and the change of ski came here with the cross—country ski. it was incredible. we had so many people here on loop, many, many skiers in chamonix. i have never seen that, never. we had so many people trying to have some lessons. we didnt have enough ski instructors in the valley. that was incredible. some people will come back to cross—country skiing next year too because they enjoy it. see where we are, look at the snow, the snow

People coming from switzerland — a few of them. but there is no more foreigners in chamonix and this is how we live normally with the foreigners and for the moment, we dont have any. although we found one group of foreigners who seem to enjoy their time here. were from australia but we live in lyon. we dont get much snow in australia so this is my first time seeing snow. its pretty beautiful. its a shame we cant go up on the mountain and ski but we are making the most of it with our snowman an...

Much snow in australia but this is my— much snow in australia but this is my first _ much snow in australia but this is my first time seeing snow. its pretty— is my first time seeing snow. its pretty beautiful. it is a shame _ its pretty beautiful. it is a shame we cant go up on the mountain— shame we cant go up on the mountain and ski but we are making the most of it with our snowman and everything. we will have to come _ snowman and everything. we will have to come back— snowman and ev...

Will bump into the cold, so we could see further sleet and snow at times. but theres signs of it becoming much colder again by the end of the week.

This is why were going to see areas of low pressure constantly moving in from the atlantic. a fairly strong jet, that is. this area of low pressure towards the end of the week will bring further wet and windy weather, but it will start to move away and well start to see higher pressure building in we think by the end of the week across scandinavia. and what thatll do is allow much colder air to start to seep its way southwards and westwards across the uk, so it could be turning much colder by th...

Lets watch. i guess you might think that coming so far away, you wouldnt be able to make friends or it might be a strange tourist experience. but i always find its some of the best ones. when you come to these remote places, theres not many foreign tourists, so people are just so accepting and grateful that youre here, and will share everything with you. right, thats all for this week. coming up next time: rajan is here to look at the uphill battle europes ski resorts have faced during this wint...

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The cold air in the east, again the possibility of some snow but likely to be sleet rather than snow in some south—western areas. a really tricky picture to forecast as we head into the weekend through saturday and sunday, with these weather fronts coming in and that mild and cold air mixing. after the weekend, after that temporary cooling down, the temperatures are going to pick up. but when it turns milder it will remain unsettled.