"Snows return to Austria's 'doomed' ski resorts"

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The naked slopes that plagued Europe's alpine resorts last year appeared to sound the death knell for many of them. But, a year on, the picture could not be more different.

Skiers were this weekend gearing up for a bumper season after slopes began to open more than six weeks before the official start to the season.

Pistes in Austria boasted pristine conditions after early falls and low temperatures left resorts blanketed with snow.

The large patches of mud and green that dotted the mountainsides at the start of last winter have been consigned to distant memory.
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A spokesman for the Met Office said: "The continent is cooling down now and when you get that effect it is not unusual to get snow across the Alps.