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Snowmaker killed after sliding off an icy trail and striking a tree. [PDF]
, 2013 In January 2012, a 41 year-old male snowmaker (victim) at a ski resort suffered fatal injuries after slipping off a ski trail and striking a tree. On the day of the incident, the victim was assigned to work on an expert-rated ski run with a partner to ...
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Education and Outreach for the International Polar Year [PDF]
, 2004 If the 65 educators, scientists, and media specialists who gathered at the "Bridging the Poles" workshop in Washington, D.C. last June have their way a semitrailer truck labeled "Got Snow?" would traverse the country during the International Polar Year ...
Bell, Robin E. +3 more
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Noise characterization and exposure at a ski resort [PDF]
, 2012 2012 Summer.Includes bibliographical references.This study examined the noise exposures of employees at a ski resort working in the job categories of snowmaker, snow groomer, or chair lift operator.
Lipsey, Tiffany, committee member +3 more
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Variation of Snowmaking Hours on the Ski Slopes in the Moscow Region in Recent Years [PDF]
The 4th International Electronic Conference on Atmospheric Sciences, 2021 Ongoing climate variations and variation of winter weather conditions in recent years in the Moscow region have strongly influenced the hill skiing industry. This paper calculates snowmaking hours and their variations in recent years to enable conclusions about ongoing changes and possible consequences for the future.
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The deployment of snowmaking in the French ski tourism industry: a path development approach
Current Issues in Tourism, 2022 Many mountainous regions in Europe, including their tourism sectors, show a high degree of economic specialization. The ski tourism industry forms part of the long-standing economic success of the French Alps. Over the past 20 years, snowmaking has become a key feature of ski tourism, but future climate change will decrease its effectiveness as an ...
Berard-Chenu, Lucas +3 more
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Winter tourism and climate change in the Pyrenees and the French Alps: relevance of snowmaking as a technical adaptation [PDF]
The Cryosphere, 2018 Abstract. Climate change is increasingly regarded as a threat for winter tourism due to the combined effect of decreasing natural snow amounts and decreasing suitable periods for snowmaking. The present work investigated the snow reliability of 175 ski resorts in France (Alps and Pyrenees), Spain and Andorra under past and future conditions using state-
P. Spandre +9 more
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Ecological quality of snowmaking reservoirs in the Alps and management perspectives
Aquatic SciencesAlpine freshwater ecosystems are biodiversity hotspots providing key ecosystem services. They face threats from climate change and anthropogenic activities. Snowmaking reservoirs emerged in the world in response to snow rarefaction and increasing winter tourism. Despite efforts to assess their environmental impact, our understanding of their ecological
Gerfand, Benjamin +5 more
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, 1958 Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a snowmaker in ...
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, 1957 Video footage from the WBAP-TV station in Fort Worth, Texas to accompany a news story about a spring blizzard that covered eight states, including ...
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THE REACTION OF URBAN FOREST STANDS TO ADDITIONAL SNOWMAKING
Three stands inspection of urban forests in Krasnoyarsk on the territory of the Biathlon Academy sports facility was conducted. The changes in the wood volume of tree stand, dead-standing and dead fallen stand density and tree basal area in birch, pine and aspen forests for the period 2018-2022 after the completion of work on the equipment of the ...
A.E. Konovalova +2 more
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