This is funny. The locals have ski'ed up here but it is a task for the dedicated. You can buy post cards of a ski track between the bushes. I guess access to the top is via helichopter either from St Gilles or perhaps Cilaos. Normally Nieges is cloud covered - Circe Selaze on the east side gets 8000mm of rain anually. Snow depth gets to ten cm but lasts a day or two. The 'season' is April to September with skiing possible every five years or so. Not bad for a tropical (20 deg South) island. There is a hut on the Grand Randonee a couple of hundered meters lower than the sumit on the South side. Bring your French phrase book but do not expect it to match the patois.