Grand Tourmalet-Bareges/La Mongie Sneeuwverwachting

Switzerland’s Glacier 3000 ski area, close to the village of Les Diablerets and resort of Gstaad, has been in the news for several reasons this month, some good, some bad. On the ‘good side’ for skiers and boarders is the news that the resort has dug 100 metres of a 265m long tunnel to provide new access to what it describes as the ‘mythical’ Pierres Pointes sector.  The tunnel will emerge high in the sector and the 3km (nearly 2 miles) long black run emerging from it will pitch at up to 41 degrees below it with a huge 100m+ vertical descent down to Pillon (1546m) in the valley below.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FwsnAXlVaE On the bad side, the melting of the