Snow? What Snow? The World’s Top Ski Resorts Are Melting Away Because of the Climate Crisis

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Here’s how rising temperatures around the world will affect your future ski holidays.

ByMARK ELLWOOD

The shortening ski season has skiers struggling to enjoy their favorite pastime with minimal powderDan Yates

Booking Carolina Buia’s ski trip this winter is proving more of a challenge than any Black Diamond. “I feel like I’m working as my owntravelcompany, “ says the Palm Beach-based real estate agent. “For March, I’ve booked two places to stay, and I’m paying extra to have the ability to cancel, while I watch the weather.” Buia is planning an annual ski trip to Europe with her financier husband Heath and their four teenagers. The family usually goes toItaly, but the unsettling, unsettled weather this winter made the family reconsider. “We thought aboutskiingin Norway, but it’s just so cold and dark at this time of year,” she explains. Instead, Buia booked two vacations in radically different parts of the country to hedge her bets for…

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