Pictures by Josep Lago. Video by Maud Wautine
Skis and snowboards slide down the slopes of the Spanish ski resort of La Masella, which opened Monday with curbs to stem the spread of the novel coronavirus that has kept ski stations closed in many other European nations. I didn t think I could ski for the next two to three years. I was a bit worried but since it was Monday I thought there would be few people so I dared to come, said 60-year-old Prisco Crespo.
The main parking lot at the ski station set in the midst of a dense pine forest in the Spanish Pyrenees, just two hours by car from Barcelona, was full and queues formed to board ski lifts.