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Italy ski resorts grapple with crowds, climate pressure | National

The buses from Naples arrive in a steady stream, unloading thousands of people in brightly-coloured ski outfits into…
#Italy #Europe #Europa #EU #afp #italy #mountetna #Naples #roccaraso #snow #snowmaking
https://www.europesays.com/2746480/

Artificial snow is created by forcing water droplets into the air through snow cannons.

This leads to denser snow than natural, but at a cost.

As climate change alters snowpack, we must ask if snowmaking is sustainable.

#Snowmaking #Environment #AskFedi

New toys just arrived 👀
#snowgun #snowmaking #skiresort #demaclenko

Puzzled re. this observation from Chartbook. Why is the ski industry’s water consumption an environmental concern? Wouldn’t all that artificial snow eventually melt back into the watershed? #skiing #environment #snowmaking

Woke up to freezing weather + light #snow again so checked in with nearest #Ski place (in #Sweden), just, you know, in case...
They've decided not to open this year- #ClimateChange means ever less natural snow + the #energyCrisis means electricity is too expensive for #Snowmaking

This is of course a #FirstWorldProblem of the highest order but maybe just also a #signOfTheTimes #Vallåsen

https://via.tt.se/pressmeddelande/vallasens-skidanlaggning-oppnar-inte-i-vinter?publisherId=3235514&releaseId=3331233&lang=sv