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Ski Tourism Shapes the Snow Microbiome on Ski Slopes in the Italian Central Alps. [PDF]

Environ Microbiol Rep
Ski tourism alters the snow microbiome by increasing microbial load and introducing human‐ and host‐associated taxa. These shifts may impact alpine ecosystem functions and highlight the need for systematic microbiome monitoring in mountain environments.
Dell'Acqua AN, Scicchitano D, Simoncini N, Mercanti I, Leuzzi D, Turroni S, Corlatti L, Rampelli S, Colonna M, Corinaldesi C, Candela M, Palladino G.   +11 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Trajectoires de développement de la production de neige dans les stations de ski des Alpes françaises : l’influence des spécificités locales et des politiques régionales de soutien

Revue de Géographie Alpine, 2022
The specificities of mountain tourism areas and regional public policies influence the snowmaking equipment trajectories of ski resorts in the French Alps.
Lucas Bérard-Chenu, Hugues François, Emmanuelle George, Samuel Morin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Technology on Snow and Ice: Innovation, Monitoring, and Performance for the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026. [PDF]

Scand J Med Sci Sports
ABSTRACT Elite performance in Olympic winter sports depends on the interplay among the athlete, equipment, and the snow or ice. This naturally evolves with temperature, humidity, wind, preparation, and contact between the equipment and its surface. Together, these factors continuously rebalance the forces of gravity, aerodynamic drag, and friction ...
Almqvist A, Supej M, Düking P, Stöggl T, Holmberg HC.   +4 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Sustainability of snowmaking as climate change (mal)adaptation: an assessment of water, energy, and emissions in Canada’s ski industry

Current Issues in Tourism, 2023
As climate change continues to impact the snowpack in ski areas globally, operators rely increasingly on snowmaking to maintain ski seasons and visitor experience.
N. Knowles, D. Scott, R. Steiger
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Snowmaking and Climate Change [PDF]

Mountain Research and Development, 2008
Winter tourism is highly sensitive to climate change. The sufficiently studied altitudinally dependent line of natural snow reliability is losing its relevance for skilift operators in Austria, where 59% of the ski area is covered by artificial snowmaking.
Robert Steiger, Marius Mayer
openaire   +1 more source

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.
Lucas Berard-Chenu, H. François, S. Morin, E. George   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Climate Change and Utah Ski Resorts: Impacts, Perceptions, and Adaptation Strategies

Mountain Research and Development, 2021
Climate change is a threat to ski resorts, the ski industry, and mountain communities that rely on ski tourism. Ski resorts may be able to mitigate some of the social and economic impacts caused by climate change with proactive adaptation strategies ...
Emily J. Wilkins, Hadia Akbar, Tara C. Saley, Rachel Hager, Colten M. Elkin, Patrick Belmont, Courtney G. Flint, Jordan W. Smith   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Fiabilité de l’enneigement et disponibilité des ressources en eau pour la production de neige dans les domaines skiables du Département de l’Isère (France), en conditions climatiques actuelles et futures

Revue de Géographie Alpine, 2020
This study presents the evolution of the snow reliability in the 24 alpine ski resorts of the Isère département (Northern French Alps, around Grenoble) over the last decades and its projection into the 21st century, taking into account grooming and ...
Martin Gerbaux, Pierre Spandre, Hugues François, Emmanuelle George, Samuel Morin   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Ski areas, weather and climate: Time series models for New England case studies [PDF]

, 2007
Wintertime warming trends experienced in recent decades, and predicted to increase in the future, present serious challenges for ski areas and whole regions that depend on winter tourism. Most research on this topic examines past or future climate-change
Brown, Cliff, Hamilton, Lawrence C., Keim, Barry D.   +2 more
core   +2 more sources

Climate change and the skiing industry in southern Ontario (Canada): exploring the importance of snowmaking as a technical adaptation

Climate Research, 2003
Daniel J Scott
exaly   +2 more sources