A MODEST ski area in the French Alps is ready to unbolt its chairlifts and rope off slopes as the local mayor concludes that climate change means the trails ahead will be rocky.
Henri-Victor Tournier, the mayor of Biot, wants to clear cable towers from the 1,230-meter-high resort of Drouzin-le-Mont before the next elections in 2014 and convert the area to low-impact alpine activities.