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En finir avec les installations obsolètes... (Clearing up disused installations in mountain areas)
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Jul 07, 2021 01:10 AM
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protected areas / sanctuaries,
uphill installations,
tourism
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New skiing areas in Switzerland?
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zopemaster
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Jul 07, 2021 01:11 AM
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winter sports, skiing areas,
sport,
uphill installations,
tourism
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Artificial snow installations in the Alpine region
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zopemaster
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published
Mar 15, 2008
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last modified
Mar 27, 2024 09:47 AM
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filed under:
winter sports, skiing areas,
sport,
uphill installations,
tourism
More and more ski runs in the Alps are equipped with installations for producing artificial snow. The topic itself is a controversial one in environmental and tourism circles. The background report contains facts on both the ecological and the economical aspects of artificial snow installations. The introduction looks at the early years of artificial snow-making equipment and the way in which it has developed; it is followed by an explanation of how the system works and the resources used by snow guns; a description of the situation in the Alps today; a review of the costs involved; and a discussion of the impact of artificial snow installations on the environment. The background report is rounded off by a chapter on climate change and the prospects for winter tourism. Additional relevant material on the issue can be found in other language versions of this page.
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Dossiers
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Ski area for the Himalayas
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zopemaster
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Apr 21, 2005
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:04 AM
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winter sports, skiing areas,
sport,
uphill installations,
tourism
The highest ski slopes in the northern hemisphere are shortly to be built in Gulmarg on the slopes of Mount Afarwat in the Indian part of Kashmir. With a budget of 2.5 million euros, a French company is planning to build ski lifts and a 2.5-kilometre-long ski run at an altitude of over 4500 meters above sea-level.
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Abondance Ski Area reopened
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zopemaster
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Sep 10, 2009
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM
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uphill installations,
tourism
In the last few years, lack of snow was a major problem for the ski area in Abondance/F, which is located at 1500 m above sea-level. Because of poor snow conditions, the lifts did not open at all in the last two winter seasons.
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Austria: pressure caused by exploitation rose at the highest altitudes
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zopemaster
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Mar 26, 2010
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM
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uphill installations,
tourism,
landscape impact,
landscape,
protected areas / sanctuaries
All across Austria the tendency to build cableways and other skiing infrastructures inside the boundaries of protected areas and other high-value zones can be observed. The Austrian Alpine Club (OeAV) warns against the destruction of landscape and recreational resources in the Alps and demands a framework for a well-balanced territorial planning, in order to preserve the typical Alpine landscape.
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The spectacle of a new Mont Blanc cable car
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zopemaster
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May 04, 2011
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Jul 07, 2021 01:16 AM
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uphill installations,
tourism
Ground-breaking ceremony for Courmayeur/I's new cable car up to the Pointe Helbronner: Over a four-year construction period the glass and steel colossus, which is set to cost over EUR 100 million, is to replace the installation built in the 1940s and 1950s - and showcase the Mont Blanc even more magnificently.
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Winter tourism: lateral thinking in Savoy
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zopemaster
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Aug 21, 2012
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last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:07 AM
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winter sports, skiing areas,
sport,
uphill installations,
tourism,
tourism policy, tourism concepts,
tourism
The skiing area of Biot/F sees ever less snow, and the resort is deep in debt. The local mayor now wants to get rid of the lifts and develop other forms of tourism. A visionary decision in the western Alps.
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