It all depends how high up into the Alps, Dolomites or Pyrenees you go. At lower levels in the French Alps, nearly 200 ski resorts remain shuttered this season due to a lack of snow. Toward the peaks, heavy snow has led to a record numbers of deaths in avalanches. The World’s Gerry Hadden reports from Barcelona.
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