Canards chanceux! Routes: difficultés en Rhône-Alpes
 

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40" of snow. Traffic backed up for 80 miles. Chains required.
Excellent babes, desperate to meet snowboarders, can't even reach
Val-Thorens and are forced instead to stand by the side of the road.
Snow in Milan, even.

Photo caption: "Neige et verglas pour accueillir les automobilistes
aux Ménuires, samedi 21 février 2004"