Packed out on the piste: Huge queues form at mountain lift stations as millions descend on Europe's overcrowded ski resorts for half term

A video shows hundreds of people gathered around the ski lifts in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, with the person who shared it claiming they waited one hour


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