A skier creates a mini-avalanche by prodding a more than two-metre-high snow embankment with his hand in the French Alps ski resort of Tignes. <br /><br />"In truth, it's pretty cool!" says a voice in the video.<br /><br />"Once-in-a-generation" snowfalls have been recorded in the area in the last few days. <br /><br />Some ski resorts never such amount of snow in the last 30 years.<br /><br />++CLIENTS PLEASE NOTE: THIS VIDEO HAS BEEN LOOPED++