The first public meeting relating to the restructuring of the Chabanon artificial snow production facilities did not attract a crowd.
“This issue has been in progress for eight years and has already been the subject of several meetings, which undoubtedly explains this weak mobilization”specified the mayor, Benoît Cazéres, to the investigating commissioner Michel Ingrand and to the fifteen people present, mainly elected officials.
Presented by Camille Duguit from the CNA (Cable-Neige-Aménagement) firm in Grenoble, who has already worked on the Monges chairlift and the La Cabane conveyor belt, the project plans in particular to enlarge the Bressa hill reservoir, the capacity of which would be range from 10,000 to 76,000 m³, which would make it possible to cover 25 hectares of snow, approximately half of the slopes.
Secure the ski activity
The objective is to secure the ski activity until 2055, a not so risky bet given the advantages of the site: the altitude of 1,600 to 2,100 meters, the northern exposure and the nature of the soil, mainly meadows. Hypothesis confirmed by the Climsnow study of the South Paca Region, which expects a minimum of 90 days of skiing per year.
“It is necessary to secure the…
