On a goodweatherday (temperatures vary from about -10C to -3C), skiers can expect to make about six trips down the mountain, descending about 800 to 1, 200m depending on the route.
"We are lucky in that because we are local we can decide not to go because the weather isn't conducive to a goodday out and we can put it off until the next week, " he said.
So there is good reason to believe that investigating extraterrestrial weather systems could one day help meteorologists to fathom the workings of those on earth.