-
Economic and ecological effects of artificial snow
-
by
zopemaster
—
published
Dec 20, 2007
—
last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
—
filed under:
winter sports, skiing areas,
sport,
tourism,
water consumption, water supply
A new study by the Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL) highlights the effects of technical snow-making systems on the regional economy, the use of resources and the environment.
Located in
News
-
Onto the slopes by plane
-
by
zopemaster
—
published
Dec 20, 2007
—
last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:17 AM
—
filed under:
sport,
winter sports, skiing areas
More and more low-cost airlines are flying to the Alps in winter. More than twenty of these "ski destinations" are being offered to winter air travellers. With the offer of connecting flights, air passengers are now able to travel directly to the ski slopes from Salzburg/A, Innsbruck/A, Klagenfurt/A, Zurich/CH, Friedrichshafen/D, Munich/D and, most recently, from Grenoble/F and Memmingen/D.
Located in
News
-
Alpine ski resorts melting away
-
by
zopemaster
—
published
Feb 28, 2008
—
last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:18 AM
—
filed under:
winter sports, skiing areas,
sport,
climate change - repercussions,
climate change, climate policy
A quick demise looks to be on the cards for two ski resorts in the Ticino/CH. Indeed the ski station at Abondance/F did not even go into operation this season.
Located in
News
-
2018 Olympics - How green are France's candidatures?
-
by
zopemaster
—
published
Jan 15, 2009
—
last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:19 AM
—
filed under:
sporting events,
sport,
winter sports, skiing areas,
sport,
sustainable development
Four French towns are bidding to stage the 2018 Winter Olympics:
Located in
News
-
French municipality against heli-skiing
-
by
zopemaster
—
published
Jan 29, 2009
—
last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:19 AM
—
filed under:
helicopter tourism,
sport,
winter sports, skiing areas,
sport
In mid-November 2008 the municipal council of Pralognan la Vanoise/F voted unanimously to put a stop to tourist helicopter traffic on its municipal territory in the Chavière/F valley.
Located in
News
-
First carbon-footprint calculation for a ski school
-
by
zopemaster
—
published
Jun 25, 2009
—
last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM
—
filed under:
winter sports, skiing areas,
sport,
Grey Energy,
passenger transport,
transalpine transport
The carbon footprint of a ski school in France has been measured for the first time.
Located in
News
-
Turin/I: Olympic sports facilities left to waste away
-
by
zopemaster
—
published
Jan 12, 2010
—
last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM
—
filed under:
winter sports, skiing areas,
sport
Since the close of the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin many of the sports facilities and installations have been left abandoned. The five ski jumps in Pragelato, for example, for which the building costs exceeded 34 million Euros, are now closed off and unused.
Located in
News
-
Low-carbon travel from the UK to the ski slopes
-
by
zopemaster
—
published
Jan 12, 2010
—
last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM
—
filed under:
winter sports, skiing areas,
sport
Taking the train from London to go skiing in Sestriere/I sounds like a nightmare scenario. But, as a new specialist website proves, it's not. For a number of weeks now, avid skiers can go to www.snowcarbon.co.uk/ (en) to find the most convenient train journeys to take them from London/UK to the Alps or the Pyrenees to go skiing.
Located in
News
-
Uphill with solar energy
-
by
zopemaster
—
published
Apr 13, 2010
—
last modified
Jul 07, 2021 01:15 AM
—
filed under:
winter sports, skiing areas,
sport,
solar energy,
renewable energy
The village of Tenna in the Safien valley of the Swiss canton Graubünden is working hard on a world premiere. The Skilift Tenna cooperative has decided to replace an ancient ski lift by the first solar-powered ski lift ever.
Located in
News
-
Winter tourism: lateral thinking in Savoy
-
by
zopemaster
—
published
Aug 21, 2012
—
last modified
Apr 24, 2024 03:26 PM
—
filed under:
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.
Located in
News