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With a 25% increase compared to 2021, the resorts of Haute-Garonne are offering themselves a memorable Christmas. Luchon Superbagnères, Le Mourtis and Bourg-d'Oueil are thus launching their season in the best possible way.
With an increase in attendance of 25% compared to 2021, the reference year, the Luchon Superbagnères resort, in the south of Haute-Garonne, is ending these Christmas holidays under the best auspices, like Mourtis and Bourg-d’Oueil.
“It’s really a beautiful sign sent to the region, to our visitors and to professionals,” notes Baptiste Rabasse, deputy director of the Haute-Garonne resort management. The Haute-Garonne resorts all saw good attendance. Here, in Luchon Superbagnères, in the ten years I have been in office, I have never seen so many people at Christmas. We had very good snow conditions, with good weather every day, enough to attract vacationers.”
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Between December 14 and January 2, the Luchon Superbagnères resort recorded 47,138 ski days, with an average of 3,500 to 4,500 customers per day. Haute-Garonne Montagne announces 15,117 ski days for Mourtis, with an average of 1,000 skiers per day and 1,039 ski days for Bourg-d'Oueil.
“At Luchon Superbagnères, we had around 6,000 customers on site,” continues Baptiste Rabasse, “a third of whom were pedestrians. It is difficult to quantify the use of snowshoe or ski touring routes. What’s certain is that we saw quite a few people there and it’s really very good!”
“Enough to offer quality skiing!”
A winter season that kicked off on December 26. “We had anticipated the ski school by calling around twenty occasional instructors,” continues Michel Pradère, director of the Luchon Superbagnères ESF. We knew that with the excellent conditions we had on the slopes, customers would be there. In addition, the week did not end on January 2, it continued until Sunday, enough to end these holidays well and give morale to everyone!”
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Ski professionals who are now looking towards the month of February. “We know that the first two weekends of January are traditionally calm but we will continue to offer great skiing conditions to our regulars,” concludes Baptiste Rabasse. The temperature has fallen below zero, which will allow us to restart the snow factory. We should also hit a few additional centimeters of snow, enough to offer quality skiing!”
