“This is the first year that this tool has been used. It makes it possible to inform visitors and to be able to possibly redirect them if we can no longer welcome them in good conditions, ”explains Daniel Stoffels, the mayor of Waimes who is delighted with the influx of this Saturday.
“There are people, the car parks of ski rental centers are saturated but it is still possible to park on the shoulders”, specifies the mayor.
If walkers are more and more numerous, cross-country skiing is no longer really successful. “We have been here for 40 years and in the last twenty years, we have seen a real change. If previously visitors traveled to ski, this is no longer the case today. In proportion, I would say that there are 90% walkers and 10% skiers,” explains Alexandre Féchir, at Signal de Botrange.
This Saturday, 11 winter sports centers are accessible. A layer of 10 to 25 cm of powder covers the ground and allows the practice of cross-country skiing, alpine skiing, sledding but also snowshoeing.