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Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Tenerife’s winter wonderland
The first heavy snowfall of the year in Las Cañadas signalled the start of a rush up the mountain last weekend.
Police estimate that some 100,000 snowseekers took to the roads to get a piece of the icy action and once again the authorities put in place special traffic restrictions to avoid the anarchy of former times. Yet, one 26-year-old man had to be rescued after engaging in some extreme sliding on a humble bin liner.
Tenerife’s winter wonderland
Road access to the Parque National de Teide was again closed yesterday morning because of ice on the road surface. Cerrados los accesos al Teide por el hielo. Canarias 7 is also reporting "irregular" rain and winds from the north, with very strong gusting.
