While the snow has barely covered the landscapes, cross-country skiing enthusiasts are getting busy. There's no question of wasting a minute: between capricious weather and slopes opening slowly, you have to know how to seize every opportunity. In the Haut-Saugeais Blanc car park, only the bravest came to enjoy what is now considered a rare commodity in Haut-Doubs. “On Monday, there was more traffic but this Tuesday it is very cold so it is calmer,” indicates the site manager, Davy Mougin. But it was not the low temperatures that were going to demotivate Nicolas, who came from Pontarlier. “I already skied here a fortnight ago when it snowed.
It’s up to us to make ourselves available when there is snow”
Unlike other years, today as soon as the flakes fall, we have to be on the alert, it's up to us to make ourselves available when there is snow. » A little further on, Eddy and Clément, STAPS students from Besançon, took advantage of a little free time to put on their skis. “Now it’s up to us to go get the snow,” says one of them. We are part of the Jura massif ski committee and we still try to ski as close to home as possible, so when we saw that we didn't have lessons we jumped in the car. »
“When it snows, you have to come straight away”
For Davy Mougin, site manager, this responsiveness has become the norm. Planning early enough, however, remains a headache: schoolchildren were, for example, expected, but were unable to come due to lack of bus reservations. “They have to book the buses a week in advance and as we didn't think we would have snow, it didn't happen. » The latter also notes that ways of thinking necessarily evolve, giving rise to a form of cult of immediacy. “The crazy thing is that people come even during the week because they are aware that when it snows, they have to come right away,” he laments. It's sad because before we planned this as a family on Saturday and today people come between noon and two. »
