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Thousands of skiers will soon be looking for their ski gear and dashing forth looking for the greatest snowfall. And beyond any doubt the results from your carbon footprint will be about as far down the list of holiday to dos as a Christmas tree after the Christmas vacation. Just last winter, a late snow was in the newspaper headlines and holidaymakers were panic stricken about the bits of snow dissolving almost as soon as they put down.

Holiday company Chalets France, located at the foot of Mont Blanc in Chamonix in the French Alps, is one of the only autonomous businesses to go carbon neutral and offer snowboarders an environmentally friendly option when booking their skiing trip. Chalet1802 owner Kinsley said: Last year was a bit of a shock with the hottest wintertime in 50 yrs in the French Alps. Skiing ski fields like Avoriaz, Les Contamines-Montjoie and Luz Ardiden suffered.It was temperate and the snowfall didnt settle so much of the early winter skiing season in the Alps was patchy. We chose to become carbon negative to help preserve the skiing resort.

Kinsley said: We’re not assaying to prescribe to guests only I believe its valuable to provide the guests the option without raising the cost of the stay. If they book with us and visits our Chamonix luxury chalet they may further off set their carbon footprint and we take in the extra prices. Naturally we still have a sauna and a hot tub - guests desire luxuriousness but not at the expense of the alps mountains, so we considered ways of decreasing the affect of a skier driving over here for a holiday.”

The firm have also partnered with charity Climate Care, who tackles climate change by making C02 reductions for people and firms.