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Is snowmaking climate change maladaptation?

Journal of Sustainable Tourism, 2022
Snowmaking has been an integral part of the multi-billion-dollar ski industry in most regional markets for more than 20 years and is one of the most visible and widespread forms of climate adaptation in the tourism sector. Under accelerating climate change, snowmaking is projected to increase at most destinations - some substantially.
Daniel Scott   +2 more
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Gains from investments in snowmaking facilities

Ecological Economics, 2016
Abstract The process of making snow requires low temperatures as well as vast quantities of water and considerable amounts of energy for the air compression. In this article the effectiveness of investment in snowmaking systems is investigated (equipment, construction works) based on data for 109 French ski resorts covering eight winter seasons (2006/
Martin Falk, Laurent Vanat
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Snowmaking's Slippery Slope: The Rebound Effect of Mountain Reservoirs on Water Demand

2023
Snowmaking is the main adaptation of winter tourism to climate change. It involves the use of large amounts of water, which can lead to conflicts with other human uses and ecosystem needs. The number of reservoirs used to support snowmaking is increasing, as they allow production capacity to be increased, the best cold periods to be selected and ...
Cognard, Jonathan, Berard-Chenu, Lucas
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Artificial Snowmaking: Winter Sports Between State-Owned Company Policy and Tourist Demand

Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, 2020
Due to changing climatic conditions, artificial snowmaking has become a major method of ski resort adaptation globally. It is a financially intensive operation requiring high start-up investment and involving operating costs that are dependent on weather conditions.
Marko Joksimović   +4 more
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White Gold: Snowmaking, Resort Growth, and Skier Experience in the U.S. East, 1945–1971

The International Journal of the History of Sport, 2021
This article argues that the introduction of snowmaking to the American ski industry following World War II provided the necessary conditions for resort growth, in the process changing the sport of...
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Is Snowmaking Growth (F)Utile? A Dynamic Panel Data Analysis of Ski Resorts’ Profitability Under Climate Change

2023
Climate change is threatening the future of ski resorts, as the increasing frequency of low snow seasons is expected to reduce the profitability of ski resorts. The growth of snowmaking is often seen as a way to adapt to this threat. While the literature highlights its environmental impacts, its economic benefits remain unclear.
Cognard, Jonathan   +3 more
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Treatment and disposal of secondary sewage effluent through snowmaking

1985
When secondary sewage effluent is converted to snow, the nutrients and residual organics become concentrated in the early meltwater discharge through melt-freeze processes within the snow-pack. The early season melt comes off relatively slowly. Providing the soil can absorb the early melt, the bulk of the nutrients will be removed even if later season ...
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Sacred Mountains and Profane Dollars: Discourses about Snowmaking on the San Francisco Peaks

Social & Legal Studies, 2008
This research examines media, interview and legal-historical documentation surrounding the current proposal to manufacture snow using reclaimed water at the Snowbowl ski area located on the San Francisco Peaks mountains near Flagstaff, Arizona. The proposal has drawn sharp protest from both American Indian Nations who call the area sacred, and ...
Ophir Sefiha, Pat Lauderdale
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