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Puigmal -- Eastern Pyrenees -- France -- Closing Down
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Puigmal -- the highest ski resort in the Eastern French Pyrenees -- not too far from Barcelona -- has (recently) closed down for good.
Puigmal had 20km of skiruns, at 1800-2600m, precariously near the Mediterranean Sea, and has been suffering most of this century from low snowfall, global boiling, and then Covid.
https://www.connexionfrance.com/article/French-news/Highest-ski-station-in-French-department-closes-as-investor-plans-fail
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That's pretty high too. You can understand the ones under 2000m going under.
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, "high" but Pyrenees. And 20kms of piste. It's been precarious for a long time, clearly, closed between 2013 and 2021, poor/no snow in 2022 ...
https://www.lefigaro.fr/societes/c-est-la-fin-de-l-histoire-puigmal-la-plus-haute-station-de-ski-des-pyrenees-orientales-placee-en-liquidation-judiciaire-20231019
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For any resorts signing new contracts for electricity last year the costs are 3x what they were previously. For example le Lioran's electric bill has gone from 350K to over a million (although they get some aid). This makes small to mid sized ski areas unviable as they can't pass costs on as easily as big resorts. Add in transport costs: autoroute charges, petrol at 2 euros a liter and skiing has become even more of a luxury.
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