A hotel complex at the bottom of an empty piste at the La Mongie ski resort in the Hautes Pyrenees region in Grand Tourmalet, France, on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. Frances winter resorts are taking the government to court to keep ski lifts operating over the year-end holidays, with the countrys highest administrative legal authority hearing arguments on Wednesday. Photographer: Matthieu Rondel/Bloomberg via Getty Images