Ski Resorts in America
Climate Change in Snowy Places
Skiing Around the World
Climate Mitigation Strategies
Ski Terminology and Trivia
100
According to the map, by 2050, ski-season length will have decreased the most in this region.
What is the Northeastern region?
100
A 2018 study in Climate and Atmospheric Science states that western U.S. snowpack deficits are worse during this time of year.
What is springtime?
100
Gulmarg Resort is the highest working ski resort in the world and is located in this country.
What is India?
100
Ski resorts have supplemented natural snow with this for decades. It is often more durable and generally takes longer to melt.
What is artificial snow?
100
The four symbols that are used to describe different ski runs based on skill level.
What is a green circle (beginner), blue square (intermediate), black diamond, and double black diamond (expert).
200
In this part of America, the snow is described as “drier and fluffier” than other ski areas by locals.
What are the Rocky Mountains?
200
Scientists have been seeing a decline in snowfall since this decade.
What is the 1960s?
200
Chacaltaya Resort was the highest resort in the world at 17,634ft, but was abandoned in 2005 because of climate change and is located in this country.
What is Bolivia?
200
Two factors are crucial to making snow. Temperature is one factor, and this is the other.
What is humidity?
200
This type of snow is built up over time, creating a hard, compressed layer and an essential component to keeping ski resorts skiable for longer periods of time.
What is a snowpack?
300
Many resorts in the Rocky Mountains should be fine, even with considerable climate change, because of this.
What is the elevation?
300
From 2008 to 2017, the fraction of precipitation falling as snow declined at a rate of this percentage per year.
What is 3.5%?
300
The sport was born in this continent as a practical means of winter transportation.
What is Europe?
300
The discovery of man-made snow was created by accident in the 1940s using this piece of transportation equipment.
What is a jet engine?
300
This is the highest elevated ski area in the United States.
What is Breckenridge, CO?
400
Individuals ski on average this many times per season in the Northeastern US.
What is 10 times?
400
This US region experienced increases in snow depth through the late 1970s and early 1980s, but since then, the trends have reversed.
What is the Great Lakes snow belt region?
400
This mountain range makes up more than a third of the world’s 2,084 ski resorts.
What are the European Alps?
400
This is the cost it takes to fill up on acre-foot or approx. a 1ft deep football field full of artificial snow.
What is $2,100?
400
Bumps set out on a slope - usually found on black runs and used by advanced skiers.
What are moguls?