Grounded by COVID restrictions, skiers embrace the humble snow shoe
FILE PHOTO: People walk with snowshoes on a winter day amid lockdown measures during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in the resort of Semnoz in Viuz-la-Chiesaz near Annecy, France, January 20, 2021. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse reuters tickers
This content was published on January 21, 2021 - 10:03
January 21, 2021 - 10:03
By Cecila Mantovani
ANNECY, France (Reuters) - No one relishes the COVID-19 epidemic and the death it has brought, but Philippe Gallay, boss of one of the world s biggest snowshoe manufacturers, acknowledges it has been good for business. Sales of his company s product have exploded.
In France, where Gallay s TSL firm is based, and in other countries, officials stung by virus clusters in ski resorts have closed chair lifts, button lifts and cable cars at ski resorts.