Today’s Photo

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20 November 2024

Here this morning were a few of Val d’Isère’s huge fleet of piste bashers, which turn the slopes back into perfect corduroy every night. They use GPS and radar to follow the terrain and ensure there’s a regular depth of snow everywhere. Two have the winches used to drag them back up the steepest runs. Val d’Isère is famous for the perfect grooming of its pistes. If you are an old-school skier like our photographer, and think that ice, bumps, grass and rocks are all part of the fun, sorry – you’re outvoted!