{"id":1849,"date":"2021-02-18T10:54:10","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T10:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1849"},"modified":"2021-02-18T10:57:50","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T10:57:50","slug":"the-lifts-might-be-closed-but-ski-resorts-are-not","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/02\/the-lifts-might-be-closed-but-ski-resorts-are-not\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lifts Might Be Closed, But Ski Resorts Are Not!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>While sadly it seems like there will be no skiing for us Brits this winter, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/france\">French ski resorts<\/a> have been adjusting to life without lifts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Resorts have made it clear that even though the ski lifts are not running, they are open for French families to take their holidays \u2013 with plenty of activities still to enjoy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>So much more to offer&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Perhaps sometimes we focus too much on skiing, skiing, skiing the whole time. So many kilometres of pistes; metres of vertical descent; so many runs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But ski resorts have so much more to offer and if there is one good thing about this winter, it\u2019s helped to bring all those activities back into focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The popular options on offer this winter include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/touring-vdi-2-1024x768.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/touring-vdi-2-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1852\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=1852\" class=\"wp-image-1852\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/touring-vdi-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/touring-vdi-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/touring-vdi-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/touring-vdi-2-190x143.jpg 190w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/touring-vdi-2-60x45.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/touring-vdi-2-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/touring-vdi-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Ski Touring<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/snowshoe-lap-1024x1024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/snowshoe-lap-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1853\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=1853\" class=\"wp-image-1853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/snowshoe-lap-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/snowshoe-lap-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/snowshoe-lap-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/snowshoe-lap-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/snowshoe-lap-190x190.jpg 190w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/snowshoe-lap-60x60.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/snowshoe-lap-335x335.jpg 335w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/snowshoe-lap.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Snow Shoeing<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/dog-sled.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"507\" height=\"320\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/dog-sled.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1854\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=1854\" class=\"wp-image-1854\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/dog-sled.png 507w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/dog-sled-300x189.png 300w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/dog-sled-190x120.png 190w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/dog-sled-60x38.png 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/dog-sled-400x252.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 507px) 100vw, 507px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Husky Rides<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cross-country-pralongon-1024x683.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cross-country-pralongon-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1856\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=1856\" class=\"wp-image-1856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cross-country-pralongon-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cross-country-pralongon-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cross-country-pralongon-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cross-country-pralongon-190x127.jpg 190w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cross-country-pralongon-60x40.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cross-country-pralongon-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/cross-country-pralongon.jpg 1199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Cross Country<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ice-skating-vdi-1024x684.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ice-skating-vdi-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1858\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=1858\" class=\"wp-image-1858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ice-skating-vdi-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ice-skating-vdi-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ice-skating-vdi-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ice-skating-vdi-190x127.jpg 190w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ice-skating-vdi-60x40.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ice-skating-vdi-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ice-skating-vdi.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Ice Skating<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/walk-cham.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/walk-cham.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1860\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=1860\" class=\"wp-image-1860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/walk-cham.jpg 800w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/walk-cham-300x139.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/walk-cham-768x356.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/walk-cham-190x88.jpg 190w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/walk-cham-60x28.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/walk-cham-400x186.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Nature Walks<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/joering-1024x666.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"666\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/joering-1024x666.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1861\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=1861\" class=\"wp-image-1861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/joering-1024x666.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/joering-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/joering-768x500.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/joering-190x124.jpg 190w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/joering-60x39.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/joering-400x260.jpg 400w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/joering.jpg 1216w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Ski Joering<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/luge-enfants-1024x538.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/luge-enfants-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1862\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=1862\" class=\"wp-image-1862\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/luge-enfants-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/luge-enfants-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/luge-enfants-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/luge-enfants-190x100.jpg 190w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/luge-enfants-60x32.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/luge-enfants-400x210.jpg 400w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/luge-enfants.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Tobogganing<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/speed-mountain-les-menuires.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"521\" src=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/speed-mountain-les-menuires-1024x521.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1863\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/speed-mountain-les-menuires.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/?attachment_id=1863\" class=\"wp-image-1863\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/speed-mountain-les-menuires-1024x521.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/speed-mountain-les-menuires-300x153.jpg 300w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/speed-mountain-les-menuires-768x391.jpg 768w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/speed-mountain-les-menuires-190x97.jpg 190w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/speed-mountain-les-menuires-60x31.jpg 60w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/speed-mountain-les-menuires-400x204.jpg 400w, https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/speed-mountain-les-menuires.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Luge<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>More than just skiing&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>So next time you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chaletline.co.uk\/contact.php\">book a holiday to the mountains<\/a>, remember that there\u2019s more to do than just skiing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"510\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Q: Can you do anything in the French Mountains just now?<br>A: Of course you can! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/O1D60PjhWz\">pic.twitter.com\/O1D60PjhWz<\/a><\/p>&mdash; French Mountains (@FrenchMountains) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FrenchMountains\/status\/1357997482068819971?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2021<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/02\/the-lifts-might-be-closed-but-ski-resorts-are-not\/\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ice-skating-vdi-190x127.jpg);\" class=\"thumb_crop\">https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/ice-skating-vdi-190x127.jpg<\/a><p>While sadly it seems like there will be no skiing for us Brits this winter, French ski resorts have been adjusting to life without lifts. Resorts have made it clear that even though the ski lifts are not running, they &hellip;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/2021\/02\/the-lifts-might-be-closed-but-ski-resorts-are-not\/\">read more<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[410],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1849"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1849"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1865,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1849\/revisions\/1865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaletline.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}