Hundreds stranded in Olympic hall after landslide near popular French ski resorts
Hundreds stranded in Olympic hall after landslide near popular French ski resorts
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Travellers headed for Les Arcs, Tignes, and Val d’Isère slept in emergency Red Cross accommodation. Holidaymakers bound for popular French ski resorts spent the night on the floor of an Olympic hall after a landslide in the Savoie region caused a standstill on the roads. A huge rockfall on the RN90 road triggered travel chaos, leaving a 62-year-old woman with minor injuries on Saturday morning (1 February).
Coaches of skiers headed for the Tarentaise ski resorts, including the slopes of Courchevel, Meribel, Les Arcs, Tignes, and Val d’Isère, were left stranded on the roadside. The French Red Cross mobilised to set up emergency accommodation with beds in the Olympic Hall, Albertville. Other displaced skiers took to TikTok to share the emergency accommodation set up, with videos showing rows of camp beds and makeshift bedding.
Yesterday morning (2 February), state services in Savoie shared on X/Twitter: “Last night, nearly 1,500 people were able to be accommodated in reception centres to rest, eat or spend the night, thanks to the mobilisation of the municipalities. “Since this morning, traffic on the RN 90 has gradually resumed. It is expected to intensify during the day and cause slowdowns.”. Geologists are monitoring the site to assess if it is safe to fully reopen the road.
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