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An avalanche near the Austrian ski resort of Soelden on Thursday killed three people from the Netherlands who were on a skiing and hiking trip, authorities said. Another person was rescued and taken to a hospital. Police said a group of 17 people from the Netherlands, accompanied by four Austrian mountain guides, was climbing toward a mountain refuge, the Martin-Busch-Huette, at about 2,500 metres above sea level when the avalanche, which was about 80 metres wide, hit just before 11 am local time. The mountain rescue service said that three members of the Dutch group were killed, the Austria P...
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This year, many of Europe’s ski resorts were forced to close early as high temperatures left mountains snowless. Some have managed to cling on with the help of artificial snow - but is this quick fix really a long-term solution? “Snow production… only constitutes relative and transitory protection against the effects of climate change,” the Cour des Comptes (French Court of Auditors) warned in a report released in February. As global temperatures creep towards breaching the 1.5°C warming threshold, resorts will no longer be able to rely on fake snow to survive. How is artificial snow made?Natu...
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One in eight ski resorts worldwide could lack natural snow by the end of the century as quantities of snow diminish due to climate change, according to a German report released on Wednesday evening. "Climate change is significantly altering the patterns of natural snowfall, which has strong but varying consequences for ski resorts worldwide," said Veronika Mitterwallner, a researcher at the University of Bayreuth's Department of Sports Ecology. "In all major ski regions, a substantial decrease in the number of days with natural snow cover is expected under every emission scenario assessed," sa...
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Skiers across Europe are arriving at resorts to find historically low levels of snow following an exceptionally mild winter. Stark images from resorts in the likes of France, Austria and Bosnia show huge swathes of mountains almost entirely bare. It’s a striking contrast to how they usually look in mid-to-late February - typically the peak season for winter sports. I tried skiing for the first time in my 30s. After two days on the slopes my fear turned to joySki day passes ranked: Where to find affordable skiing at top European resortsWhich European ski resorts have been worst affected by the ...
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