French Ski Resort Draws Criticism for Using Helicopters to Deliver Snow The Luchon-Superbagneres resort in the French Pyrennees mountains has recently received criticism for using helicopters to drop much needed snow on the some of the resort’s slopes after suffering from a mild winter season that has lacked sufficient snowfall. A regional branch of a French political party are arguing that the actions taken by the resort to provide snowfall and […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 18, 2020 0 Comments
China to Ban All Single-Use Plastics by 2022 China is by far one of the world’s biggest plastic polluters but is unveiling a new plan to reduce its output of plastic waste across the entire country. By 2022, non-degradable bags will be banned in all major Chinese cities and towns (exempting markets selling fresh produce until 2025), BBC News reports. China and its 1.4 billion citizens have been […] Brains Martin Kuprianowicz | January 29, 2020 0 Comments
Restaurants in California Are Adding 1% Surcharge to Bills to Help Fight Climate Change If you eat out at some of California’s finest restaurants, you may notice a new surcharge on your bill; a 1% fee intended to help fight climate change, reports SF Eater. The effort is part of a collaboration called “Restore California” aimed at helping local farmers implement climate beneficial farming practices. The group hopes to generate $10 million this year. Related: Understanding […] SnowBrains | January 24, 2020 1 Comment
Montana’s Glaciers to Live Past 2020 St. Mary Glacier Officials in Glacier National Park, Montana, are replacing signs that foretold that their glaciers would have melted off by 2020. Over a decade ago, the National Park put up signs warning its glaciers would melt due to climate change. Now after recent forecasting, they have discovered that they have more time than expected. They are replacing the […] Brains Dan Scheibelein | January 24, 2020 0 Comments
Spotlight On: Torah Bright, Life After The Olympics Australia’s first snowboarding gold medalist in the Winter Olympics, Torah Bright is one of the best female snowboarders of the 21st century. Bright started skiing when she was three years old growing up in Cooma, Australia, but she didn’t start snowboarding until almost ten years later. By 2005 she was already placing in third in the FIS World Cup for […] Industry News Lucy Ferneyhough | January 14, 2020 0 Comments
French Alps Battle Melting Permafrost Bochard Cable Car With climate change becoming a larger problem every season, some resorts in France took on some big projects this last offseason. A lot of structures were built on a permafrost layer, and now with the increased effects of the warming planet, some resorts had to make sure all their structures were still safe. Chamonix spent approximately 1.7 million dollars reestablishing […] Industry News Dan Scheibelein | December 13, 2019 0 Comments
Breathing Life Back Into An Abandoned Colorado Ski Resort Huerfano Country, Colorado, is trying desperately to bring Cuchara Mountain Park back to life. Originally opened as Panadero Resort in 1981, the Cuchara Mountain Resort was shut down in 1999 due to a lack of funding after poor snow conditions and not enough visitors. The resort originally had 5 lifts servicing roughly 30 runs with snowmaking all across the mountain. After […] Industry News Lucy Ferneyhough | December 6, 2019 0 Comments
An Ice Free Arctic In Our Life Time? Looking Highly Possible An ice-free Arctic is lurking on the horizon, as the global push for climate change awareness and action heats up so are things in the northern regions. Recent studies have predicted a continued reduction of Arctic sea ice until there will be periods throughout the year that it is no longer present. According to research published in the journal, Nature […] Brains Ryan Nadiak | December 4, 2019 0 Comments
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