Special Envoy in La Foux-d’Allos (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence)
The bright green of the plastic contrasts with the soft green of the grass, although slightly yellowed this late summer. The whistling of ski edges echoes in the meadow of La Foux-d’Allos (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence), a small resort at 1,800m above sea level at the gates of Mercantour National Park. From the end of July, fans of winter sports are offered a 160-meter-long and 12-meter-wide plastic summer ski slope.
That morning, the local ski club tested the track with a dozen youngsters. “It’s good, take a look at your feet.“, the instructor advises the newly disembarked. The slope, lightly, descends at full speed, and the skiers gather again on the side track. If the temperature wasn’t close to 30 degrees, we would almost believe it. “It really feels the same as in winter, like you’re skiing on some hard snow. It takes two to three runs to adjust
Source: Le Figaro
