Easter occurs on the first Sunday following the first full moon that occurs on or after the day of the vernal equinox. There were clearly no skiers in the committee who decided upon this formula back in the third century. This week, the start of the Easter holidays, the English arrived in their droves to find no ski school, no teaching area and easy rope lift to learn on, not a single restaurant open on the mountain that a beginner skiier can get to, no pistes open down to the valley, no ski show and, crucially, almost no snow.
