It's a situation currently being experienced in other French and European ski resorts as climate crisis is blamed for shortening ski seasons and reducing mountain snow and glacier cover.OLIVIER CHASSIGNOLE/AFP via Getty ImagesBut things were not always like this, Beauzon remembers his youth, when activities were organized by the village during wintertime for kids at the ski site.The local sport association would hold competitions at weekends, and open fun events for all comers on Wednesdays, followed by prize ceremonies in the village's center square.The lift was built in 1964 to help local kids get experience before moving to bigger slopes."Inside the pylon, we found that it was much more reinforced than we expected," said Olivier Bustillo, manager of environmental group Mountain Wilderness, tasked with breaking down the ski lift."