With snow scarce, some ski resorts are promoting biking trails and adventure parks. Others are trying to move their ski runs to higher elevations, and many have closed.
The winter season is getting shorter, rendering the economic model that allowed ski resorts to flourish decades ago less and less viableHigher temperatures in recent years are fanning fears in Europe that the golden age of skiing is drawing to a close.Snow conditions have always varied from year to year, but climate scientists looking at data that goes back decades have observed a clear trend: Winter in the Alps has become shorter. Less snow is falling. And it’s melting faster.
More resorts depend on costly snow machines to keep many of their runs open. But even those require sufficiently cold temperatures.Skiing for the masses took off in the 1960s and 1970s, becoming an economic driver for Europe’s Alpine region, which previously was relatively poor. The Alps became the pre-eminent global skiing destination, home to a third of the world’s ski resorts.
The resort is planning a revamp to survive. The goal is to attract overnight tourists all year round, such as by developing more biking and trekking trails. It aims to move the ski station’s base from 4,500 feet to a higher altitude and to build an artificial lake to supply water for snow making. Elodie Locqueneux owns the only mountainside ski lodge at Alpe du Grand Serre. To reach it, visitors have to take two chairlifts and ski down a slope.Her restaurant, La Flambee, offers hearty Alpine dishes such as tartiflette, a creamy potato casserole. So far this winter, it has been able to open only 13 days.“We depend on the ski lifts.” If the project to revive Alpe du Grand Serre falls through, “we will close.
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