Here's how rising temperatures around the world will affect your future ski holidays.
Cookson Adventurestrialed the concept of a Powder Hunter trip before the pandemic and plans to restart the program next season. “Clients booked flights to Milan and we had Mountain Guides on stand-by to take them to wherever the powder was best at the time,” he explains, of what he calls hunting for the snowy grail. “From Milan you can reach a large percentage of the Alps within two to three hours transfer time.”.
For anyone skiing mostly stateside, but keen to apply similar scientific rigor, consider a concierge membership with. It’s a service established by Steve Conney and his friend Luke Stone, an atmospheric scientist. For $785, the pair will effectively offer a snow guarantee for up to 15 trips for that subscriber; they work with up to 70 such members every year.
The duo uses publicly available data, but combines it with first-hand, on-the-ground knowledge—it’s that know-how which allows them to deploy the forecasts so effectively. “I’m obsessed with powder snowboarding but I also have weather training,” adds Luke Stone, pointing out that there’s more to forecasting than simple snowfall. “A lot of these storms have winds that could close down chairlifts, so you have to know what the threshold for lifts closing down in a given resort might be.
The lack of snow this season has many opting for alternative winter activities such as off-road “fat” biking on glaciers.“It’s nothing new for low ski resorts like that, Megève or the Dolomites, not to have reliable snow at Christmas,” agrees Danielle Stynes, “We’ve known that for years.” As a result, then, these towns have long been nudged into developing alternative attractions, whether Michelin-starred restaurants or a roster of designer boutiques that would best Beverly Hills.
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Watch: Video shows distant worlds orbiting a star 133 light-years awayWhile many images of space are artist renderings, this video is based on direct images of a star and its four planets.
Read more »
Tricky alien worlds easier to find when humans and machines team upA combination of citizen science and machine learning is a promising new technique for astronomers looking for exoplanets.
Read more »
Minneapolis artist turning snow piles into works of artWhere most of us only see a big pile of snow, Dan Kelly sees a blank canvas.
Read more »
Can you smell snow?Humidity and air pressure changes may allow you to smell a snowstorm before it begins.
Read more »
Teacher wows community with snow shark sculpturesA Michigan artist and teacher is known for using her talents to spread joy throughout her Detroit-area community.
Read more »
Snow Hazard & Clay Burst Coming To Pokémon TCG JapanSnow Hazard and Clay Burst are the next sister sets coming out of PokemonTCG Japan this April, followed by a special Pokemon Card 151 set.
Read more »