Across France a number of ski resorts have decided not to open, or only partially, for the coming winter, citing both financial strain and the growing impact of climate change.

The ski resort of Chalmazel in France’s Loire department will remain closed for the 2025–26 winter season, a decision announced by departmental authorities on 2 October 2025.

Free spending French president Francois Mitterand once joked "After me, come the accountants". That seems to be the case when it comes to public funds for ski areas.

Alpe du Grand Serre Ski Resort Sees Fresh Hope Amid Closure Fears After months of uncertainty and emotional highs and lows, the Alpe du Grand Serre ski resort in Isère may yet again welcome skiers to

After forty winters of welcoming skiers and families to its trails, the Haut Saugeais Blanc Nordic area in the French Jura has announced its closure.

Two mountain resorts in the French Alps: Saint-Pierre-de-Chartreuse in the Isère and La Sambuy in Haute-Savoie are undergoing removal of their ski lifts, sparking protests, legal disputes, and heated

The Compagnie des Alpes (CDA), Europe's leading ski resort operator and a major player in the leisure park industry, has once again reported outstanding financial results.

This spring, Font-Romeu Pyrénées 2000 achieved an unexpected milestone; it outpaced its larger neighbor, Saint-Lary, in ski-day sales—and it may yet emerge as the busiest resort in the entire French

It is like the plot of a bad Agatha Christie novel with ski resorts dying left and right. In the quiet Alpine village of Allos, suspense is mounting, not in a corny novel, but in real life.

The N'Py ski network has wrapped up its 2024–2025 season with an impressive 2,070,375 skier-days, marking a 9% increase over last year and nearly matching the record season of 2021–2022—the best of t