Utah is known for having the “Greatest Snow on Earth.” People flock to Utah’s ski resorts to experience the deep powder that is in part powered by the Great Salt Lake.
However, the drying of Great Salt Lake threatens to compromise the very snow Utah is known for.
While there is no current plan in place that is specifically directed toward the Great Salt Lake, she said the group is focused on combating climate change and supporting sustainability. And she added that the organization consistently meets with legislators and stakeholders to lobby for climate change mitigation.
As one of the presenters at Snowbird, she said that a single inch of snowfall is worth $2.8 million in Utah’s $1.6 billion ski tourism industry. If the lake effect diminishes, Utah could lose a significant amount of snowfall, along with the so-called “hype” that the lake effect brings to tourists. Powder Mountain in Eden is hosting a similar event this Saturday, Feb. 25, at 5 p.m., with Patrick Belmont, professor of watershed sciences at Utah State University. The discussion will include ideas on what can be done to help maintain ‘the greatest snow on Earth’ through lake restoration.
Belmont told the Great Salt Lake Collaborative the event will cover how the lake got to this crisis-level point, how increasing climate change plays a role in the shrinking of the lake and potential solutions. In 2022, Skiles said that all dust — 25 percent of which came from the Great Salt Lake’s dry lakebed — “accelerated snow melt by over two weeks.” It’s a level that she expects to only increase in the future.Bonnie Baxter, director of the Great Salt Lake Institute at Westminster College, explained at the Snowbird event how lack of moisture at the lake has effects beyond the snow. It impacts the lake’s basic ecology, the economy and human health.
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