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Transportation

Transportation. Travel times Increase in sightseeing New lifts = more resorts The grand massif monopoly Easy access to towns Faster and more ski lifts. The A40 toll road ‘route blanche’. Piste: a marked ski run path Managed by private companies

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Transportation

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  1. Transportation • Travel times • Increase in sightseeing • New lifts = more resorts • The grand massif monopoly • Easy access to towns • Faster and more ski lifts

  2. The A40 toll road ‘route blanche’

  3. Piste: a marked ski run path • Managed by private companies • Charles de Gaulle ski infrastructure to promote tourism • Mega resorts in high areas • Better quality, more snow

  4. Increased air travel • More tourists, shorter stays • 3,000 a day by one airline reported • Fear that glaciers will melt • Sheets of polythene were laid out

  5. Statistics

  6. http://austrianalps.info/images/arial_view_of_the_alps.jpg

  7. http://www.wintercampers.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/avalanche1.jpghttp://www.wintercampers.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/avalanche1.jpg

  8. http://rga.revues.org/docannexe/image/1054/img-1-small504.jpghttp://rga.revues.org/docannexe/image/1054/img-1-small504.jpg

  9. http://www.antnet.net/album/Flumserberg/snowCannon.jpg

  10. IMPACTS

  11. http://www.locustfork.net/blog/melting_glaciers2.jpg

  12. http://www.mrfs.net/trips/1999/Jay_Peak/pistes.jpg

  13. http://www.alpine-guides.com/images/ski%20la%20grave%20off%20piste.jpghttp://www.alpine-guides.com/images/ski%20la%20grave%20off%20piste.jpg

  14. http://www.travelski.com/output/information/lieu_hebergement/191/Photo-1-XL.jpghttp://www.travelski.com/output/information/lieu_hebergement/191/Photo-1-XL.jpg

  15. How sustainable is skiing in Chamonix and the Alps? • http://www.ethicsnow.co.uk/respect_mountain.phphttp://www.ethicsnow.co.uk/respect_mountain.php • Be aware of your environmental impact as skiers and boarders. • Do not leave litter on the slopes. • Respect the natural habitat of the mountain animals and plants. • Choose a resort which uses environmentally friendly practices. • Encourage tour operators to adopt green policies. • Do your bit to reduce global warming on holiday and at home. • Reduce CO2 emissions.

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