Artificial snow production

 


  • Indicator

[km of slopes artificially snowed/average total km of ski slopes (on a selected set]

  • Range
 [- %]
  • Influence on vulnerability

A ski area without snow making will have a much harder time to survive in the future than others. Therefore, the higher the percentage of slopes artificially snowed, the less the vulnerable the region. Important comments are written beside.

  • Trend
 Linear↓
  • Data source
 Data collected from the different ski resorts, from ADAC (2010) – personal communication, and from Gonseth (2009) -personal communication.
  • Remarks

Only data available considered. Areas with an high percentage of slopes that can be artificially snowed will - on the other hand - incur much higher costs due to the investment, maintenance, and use of snowmaking machines and due to the production of artificial snow (Gonseth 2008). They are therefore more sensitive. Moreover, snowmaking carries important environmental impacts (Badre, Prime et al. 2009). 

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