Keystone-SDA (Reprint from Swissinfo.ch)
Changing winter conditions are profoundly transforming cross-country skiing. Year after year, the decrease in snow is leaving visible traces on this sport that was widely accessible in the past.
“What we have noticed in recent years in Nordic centres located around a thousand metres above sea level, in particular in the Jura, is a steep drop in ski days. We are in a process of retraction,” notes Laurent Donzé, president of Romandie Ski de Fond (RSF), an association that brings together around fifty Nordic centres, during an interview with news agency Keystone-ATS.