No snow? No problem: Alternative winter holidays in the Alps

Here’s how to have a winter holiday in the Alps (even if the snow has melted away) - (Undiscovered Mountains)

Refreshing the forecast every day, checking the summit webcam: my pre-ski anguish about whether there’ll be good snow is starting to feel like as much a feature of my skiing holidays as the apres-ski beer.

Now, another resort has closed. Alpe du Grand Serre near Grenoble, France has permanently shut its lifts due to a lack of snow. It’s the largest to do so in the northern Alps... so far.