| During the winter of 2006/07, Europe
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| | slopes in the UK.
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| suffered one of the worst snowfalls on
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| | But along with the weather, the way
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| record. As the busy Christmas and New
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| | people book their skiing holidays appears
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| Year season approached, ski resorts
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| | to be changing. Rather than book a ski
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| across the continent waited nervously for
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| | package several months in advance and
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| the snow to arrive. But the snow never
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| | risk bad conditions, more people are
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| came - at least not in the quantities
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| | keeping a close eye on the snow forecast
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| normally expected.
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| | and then booking a D.I.Y. trip at the
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| Many skiers and snowboarders were faced
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| | last minute. Booking flights,
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| with the grim prospect of skiing on thin
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| | accommodation and transfers separately
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| strips of artificial snow, or were
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| | may be a little more hassle than booking
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| shipped to other resorts higher in
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| | a package, but it can actually be cheaper
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| altitude, along with everyone else, to
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| | and is also more flexible.
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| compete for what little white stuff there
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| | Another tactic is the advance booking of
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| was on the ground.
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| | a flight to a city which has several ski
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| Global warming was made the scapegoat for
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| | resorts within easy reach, and then
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| the poor conditions, although it's more
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| | choosing the resort with the best snow
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| likely that this was just a freak season,
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| | conditions at the last minute. By booking
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| (global warming is generally regarded as
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| | early it is possible to get cheap flights
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| a more gradual process) but there's no
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| | to Zurich, Geneva, Lyon, Innsbruck or
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| denying that winter seasons in Europe and
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| | Toulouse for example, all of which have
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| all over the world have been getting
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| | dozens of well known ski resorts within
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| shorter and ski resorts are receiving
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| | just a couple of hour's drive from the
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| less snow than in previous years.
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| | airport.
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| However, rather than putting the punters
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| | As the world's weather becomes ever more
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| off, the popularity of snow sports is
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| | unpredictable and snowfalls become more
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| growing year on year, probably due to the
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| | unreliable, it's likely that these
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| availability of cheap flights to many
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| | methods of booking will become the norm,
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| cities near ski resorts and the rise in
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| | and we may see the decline of the
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| the number of young people taking up
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| | traditional "early bird" package, except
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| skiing or snowboarding in one of the
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| | in the highest, most snow sure ski
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| growing number of snow domes or dry
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| | resorts.
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