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Winter is just around the corner and we couldn’t be more ready. Unfortunately we first need to make it through the season of fall: inconveniently placed smack in between summer and winter.
But, Candide Thorox, the king of snow-less skiing, may have a solution for your autumn-antsies.
If you’ve ever looked at a pile of leaves and thought “I could ski that” - this video is for you.
The Craftsbury Outdoor Center has been storing snow since the winter as part of an experimental "snow farming" project working to see if snow can be stored from one season to another. Many, around the world, are hoping to use this technique in the future to help build early-season bases, and alleviate some of their dependance on natural snowfall as climate change makes weather more variable. Several major events from the Iditarod to the Hahnenkamm World Cup ski races in Austria, now depending on the technique.
It will be really interesting to see the capabilities of snow storage technology and its impact on the future of winter sports as the technology develops, but for now, it's fun to watch people fool around in a pile of snow in the middle of summer!
It's been so hot at our headquarters in Denver over the last couple weeks that it's difficult to believe it will ever snow again.
Jesper Tjäder and Emma Dahlström with GoPro have one idea on how to get your turns - and even hit kickers and rails - without waiting for the white fluffy stuff. Watch these skiers hike up and then shred the Cerro Blanco dune in Peru!
Undoubtedly rad, but all I can think about is the SAND IN THEIR BOOTS!!
This short film was created by Carbondale students as a part of the Lens on Climate Change (LOCC) program. LOCC is a project run by the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), that helps Colorado middle and high school students tell the stories of climate changes' impacts on their lives and communities through film.
The students who made this film chose to illustrate the very real threat that climate change poses to the future of skiing and snowboarding - an essential part of their Colorado mountain town lifestyle. They begin with a spoof advertisement for "Grass Skis" - no snow, no problem, just strap on some grass skis this winter!
Then some local experts share some pretty alarming data on climate change in Colorado: "The climate science that looks at this particular region will tell you that in 100 years the climate of Aspen will resemble the climate of Amarillo, TX" - Matthew Hamilton, Sustainability Director for Aspen Ski Co.
We hope that grass skis will not have to become a reality... and that butter won't be replacing ski wax any time soon!
