For the fast-growing Indian jet set, the fabulous ski slopes of St Moritz in Switzerland may soon be passe with Alfred Brush Ford, great grandson of Henry Ford, keen to invest over $300 million to develop a ski village in the Dhauladhar mountain ranges above Manali in Himachal Pradesh. The Ford proposal to develop a world-class ski facility, designed by experts from Vail, Colorado, has been cleared by the Virbhadra Singh government. The company set up for this purpose, Himalayan Ski Village (HSV), will submit a detailed project report next month. After getting an environmental impact assessment from the Bhopal-based Indian Institute of Forest Managment, the company plans to launch the project next year.