snowmaking tech and climate change – History of Skiing & Snowsports

May 9, 2023May 9, 2023

The Dirty Truth about Snow-Sports: Snowmaking’s Alteration of Piste Soil Environments from the 1970s to Now

Since the 1970s, the skiing industry has taken off as a popular tourist attraction. However, in the past fifty years, the popularity of skiing was not the only thing that had risen. According to the EPA, the average temperatures have …

May 13, 2021May 18, 2021

Aspen’s Sustainability Commitments: A Myth or Reality?

*Snowmass Ski Area, Aspen, CO. Image is in Public Domain*, *Unsplash*.

A Ticking Time Bomb

Our planet is reaching its tipping point, on the verge of irreparable environmental damage as you read this blog post. According to vocal …

May 11, 2021May 7, 2022

An Overview of Green Policies Adopted by the Zermatt Ski Resort

An image of the Matterhorn (the primary reason that Zermatt instituted a car ban). Who would want to obscure their view of this?

(Image creator is user “chil” on camptocamp.org. Original image at
https://www.camptocamp.org/images/290956/fr/matterhorn-depuis-domhutte)

Zermatt, in Switzerland, is home …