Fernando Pereira: SkiTrips, gear, photos, placesglobal warming vs the ski industry- February 21, 2004 It was interesting running across this newspaper article on the possible demise of the ski industry in Utah as a function of global warming.tingilinde The ski areas mentioned in the article as involved in lobbying efforts are the ones at lowest elevations in Utah. That makes sense, except that they are likely to be the ones that use most energy because of snowmaking. Snowmaking requires a lot of energy to pump water and compress air for the snow guns. Also, some of those areas (Park City, Deer..http://tingilinde.typepad.com/starstuff/2004/02/global_warming__1.html Catching up: Alta backcountry- February 16, 2004 Three weeks ago, but it feels more like a century ago because the press of work and one of the worst colds I've had in many years, I spent a few days at the Goldminer's Daughter at Alta. The highlights of the trip were a day backcountry trip to Solitude and back with Russ that found some really nice snow even after two weeks of drought, and then a storm that made Alta very nice for the next two days. The picture shows Russ finishing East Bowl on the North side of Davenport Hill. Yes, it was a..http://www.topozone.com/map.asp?lat=40.5994&lon=-111.6221&datum=nad83 |