“We lose ten days of snow every 15 years. » Cédric Fermond, director of the Drôme stations, is categorical. In the future, we will have to develop more activities to offer pleasure in the mountains, with or without snow… At Col de Rousset or Font d'Urle, in the Drôme Vercors, climate projections give hope for more snow between 1,400 and 1,700 meters above sea level. But not in such large quantities as today.
Optimal damage, slope inclination and barriers
So, to preserve this precious white gold, the Department of Drôme has equipped itself with wooden barriers like no other. “They don’t look like much but are, in fact, quite technical,” explains the station director.
A barrier like this can store 80 m3 of snow on the linear. » Under the influence of the wind, snowdrifts form. They are then…
