Now that's creating a surprise winner.

Amidst the business turmoil, demand for snowshoes has rocketed.

Using them doesn't require a ski lift, and hiking into the wilderness is natural social distancing.

Philip Galle is the boss off TSL, the world's biggest maker, or snow shoes, he says.

Orders are off the chart.

For us, it is quite stressful, but it's a good stress because we're crumbling under orders.

We don't know how we will make it.

It's rather a good stress.

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Last month, TS sells factory in an ISI took orders for 100,000 pairs that is three times what it would normally do in a whole year.

Gal A has quadrupled his usual workforce and has the factory running 24 7.

But he still has a backlog off 40,000 orders.

Over at the ski school, Director Gregoire Shaven l has noticed the change Looking.

We rent equipment at the ski resort on.

We have around 100 snowshoes, which is usually enough, but right now, on busy days, it's taken by storm on by nine or 9:30 a.m. There's not a snowshoe left government.

Sources say France's ski lifts looks set to stay closed until the end off the season.

Snowshoes at least offer something to do instead, that is, if you can get a pair.