Too little too late? Environmentalists covered up 295,275 square feet of the Presena Glacier this summer in Italy in a bid to slowdown the melting.

Having lost 40% of its mass in the decade leading up to 2003 due to global warming, environmental authorities at the Presena Glacier above Passo Tonale attempted to cover the glaciar’s surface with an insulating and reflective ‘blanket’ this summer in a effort to slow the rate of melting. Continue reading ‘Italy’s Presena Glacier cover up’

Vail is launching a series of sites aimed at promoting corporate social responsibility and the environment.

Vail has launched the first generation of new websites aimed to drive the outline company’s efforts on the environment and social responsibility and community engagement. Continue reading ‘Vail promotes social responsibility with new website’

A skier trains takes a run at Snow World Landraaf.

It’s been a year of extremes weather wise in northern Europe, so much so that one of the world’s largest indoor snow centres, Snow World Landraaf, snow began melting despite the building’s insulation and refrigeration system. Continue reading ‘Intense summer heat melts snow at indoor snow complex in Belgium’

Alpe d’Huez is awarded triple crown Eco certification.

The S.A.T.A (ski lift company) which runs the lifts and maintains the pistes at Alpe d’Huez has earned three separate levels of certification for its service management.

The company is now certified in terms of quality (ISO 9001), as well as in environmental management (ISO 14001) and security (OHSAS 18001). Continue reading ‘Alpe d’Huez gets triple ecological and quality certification’

Solden has announced that summer glacier skiing is officially a thing of the past. Global warming has forced them to focus on winter months.

Solden ski resort in Austria has decided not to offer summer skiing anymore leaving only 17 ski resorts open for business in 7 countries around the world. That’s a 50 per cent drop since the peak of the mid 1990’s when there were more than 40 resorts in the northern hemisphere offering summer skiing.

Continue reading ‘Global warming claims Solden glacier business’

Bansko villagers look over water damage after floods

Dozens of hotels and houses flooded, streets and pavements destroyed, vehicles smashed and an avalanche of mud. This was the aftermath of a mighty river bursting its banks on the night last May 17^th, in Bansko, Bulgaria’s upmarket winter resort in the Pirin Mountains.
Continue reading ‘Flood in Bansko ski resort ravages dozens of newly built hotels’

La Plagne goes green

In an ever expanding trend to cut back on paper, La Plagne is pushing ahead with plans to produce printed brochures or promotional collateral effective next season.

Continue reading ‘La Plagne goes paperless for 2010-11′