A rockslide has blocked the only road to and from the ski resort of Val Thorens.
1600 Swedish adolescents are fixed at the resort. Some run away with grooming machines, others are preparing to spend the night in a gymnasium.
– It will suck to sleep on a snowboard bag, says Fabian Dahl, 18th
The collapse occurred on Friday afternoon near the ski resort of Val Thorens in the French Alps. Two large boulders blocking now the only road up to the resort. The blocks will according to French media weigh “50 tons”.
No one has been injured but organizers expect long delays for those traveling home on Saturday.
Running away with grooming machines
The organizer Nortlander in Sweden has about 1000 guests on the spot.
According Hyldgaard going full activity at the site where the boulders tumbled down.
– Authorities estimate that the road opens at 18. We hope to run down all the travelers during the evening and night, says Toke Hylgaard to Aftonbladet on Saturday afternoon.
The company has booked three flights in Grenoble, which it hopes will be able to take home all Swedes on Sunday.
– It is flexible times of the flights, says Toke Hyldgaard.
travel company Rollin ‘Snow, who many Swedes have traveled with, began on Saturday afternoon to evacuate Swedes with grooming machines to the nearest valley. There will be buses to pick up the youth.
– They have buses that stands in the valley, but unfortunately are all our in Val Thorens, so it would not be of much help if we did the same thing, says Toke Hyldgaard.
“Huge delays”
According to the SVD is 1600 Swedish school children right now in Val Thorens. One of them is Fabian Dahl, 18, from Stockholm.
– Right now it’s just chaos. People are running everywhere, no buses and no one knows anything, he said.
Fabian Dahl and his buddies have had to leave their hotel and is now preparing for a night on the bus station. They have no hope to be able to go on Saturday.
– All other hotels are fully booked and there is no chance to get back to our old room. We’ll sleep on our bags, he said.
Another stress factor is that school starts on Monday again.
– I have to submit a secondary work on Friday, so there is little chaos with it too, says Fabian Dahl.
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