Beside the academic discussion the issue climate change and winter tourism has increasingly been given media coverage in recent years. The advance of technical snow production as cost-intensive cure-all is one answer by ski area operators in view of climate change and a stronger pressure of competition. In the academic discussion technical snow-production is often neglected. This paper outlines the development of snow making facilities in Austria and presents the complex reasons for their rapid diffusion. Statements of ski area operators provide a bridge between theory and practice. Current climatic requirements for technical snow Production and future conditions in the Tyrol region are assessed by applying a new method.
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Colorado & Amer Inst Avalanche Res & Educ, Gunnison, CO USAStratus Consultin Inc, Boulder, CO USA
Lazar, Brian
Williams, Mark
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