Transporting snow by helicopter?

[nrh]

Anyone hear the piece on the Radio 4 (UK) "PM" programme this evening about the Ski World Cup in Italy?

Seems lack of snow has forced them to fly the stuff up the mountain by helicopter :eek:

The piece is on the "listen again" section of the R4 website under PM, it's about 40mins in to the programme.....


http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/progs/listenagain.shtml

[Ioan]

I saw a picture of it somewhere. A squirrel with an underslung basket. Just had a quick look to see if I'd saved it - seems not but I'll post the link if I find it again. Must be some of the most expensive snow in history!

[spencer17]

They do it in Austria too.
I heard that someone hit a cable with a bucket full of snow yesterday.:suspect:
Nothing serious happened but it reminds of an other accident. Same company that's my information.

Always happy landings
spencer17