https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from France in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Until the end of the school winter holidays in France, one resort in the Pyrenees is offering free skiing for the first time in France. https://www.thelocal.fr/20250224/french-mountain-resort-offers-free-skiing-as-long-as-theres-snow Mon, 24 Feb 2025 17:40:00 +0100 french-mountain-resort-offers-free-skiing-as-long-as-theres-snow Older residents of Saint-Firmin can recall learning to ski on slopes served by one of the first lifts above the village, one that will now be seen only in pictures of days when winter meant abundant snow. https://www.thelocal.fr/20221103/french-alps-village-says-goodbye-to-ski-lift-of-winters-past Thu, 03 Nov 2022 14:43:28 +0100 french-alps-village-says-goodbye-to-ski-lift-of-winters-past Météo France, the national weather office, has issued a warning ahead of snow expected in the greater Paris region and northern parts of the country. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121206/snow-warning-issued-for-national-capital Thu, 06 Dec 2012 16:25:00 +0100 snow-warning-issued-for-national-capital The ski season in the French Pyrenees gets underway Saturday with mountain resorts taking advantage of heavy early winter snowfalls to get their lifts operating. https://www.thelocal.fr/20121130/early-snow-more-ski-resorts-to-open Fri, 30 Nov 2012 13:43:00 +0100 early-snow-more-ski-resorts-to-open