mtnbiker99x Posted December 15, 2006 Report Posted December 15, 2006 Got here yesterday did not ride because of heavy rain. Rode today and it was pretty slick out until the sun came out to soften stuff up. Some thin spots here and there but not bad yet. Not sure how all that is going to hold up come the weekend with major pressure on the mountain and it being too warm to make snow. I hear a lot of people around the mountain talking about global warming. I remember years ago almost the entire resort being open by now and each year it seems to be getting worse. I don't know why the ski industry world wide with millions of skiiers and snowboarders does not push the issue of the environment and gloabal warming. Resorts have closed in Europe and I am afraid we are next unless something is done. For those of you who did'nt check out "An Inconvenient Truth" now on DVD no matter what you think of Al Gore, ya still need to check out the information in that movie. We really need to save the environment to save the future of our sport. Quote
AtomicSkier Posted December 15, 2006 Report Posted December 15, 2006 that really sucks...it better get cold soon Quote
mtnbiker99x Posted December 15, 2006 Author Report Posted December 15, 2006 Yes the movie is kind of boring but it contains good information. When was the last time Killington opened in October like they used to? In the past 10 years or so most resorts on the east coast have been opening later and later. Then some resorts in Europe are closed for good. The world is in a warming period and its from us burning fossil fuels and its only going to get worse. Its something to thing about and maybe time to put pressure on resorts and government to help ski resorts go with alternative sources of power for their eletric. Maybe the resorts can buy cleaner burning snowmobiles and other equipment. Skiiers could buy more environment friendly cars/trucks. Little changes by everyone can mean a diffrence world wide. It takes a lot of eletric to make snow, what if a resort installed windmills on top of their mountains, enough to power their lifts, lodges and part of their snowmaking pumps. In the summer time the resort could sell their power back to the power company when demand is high for air conditioning in homes and the resort is closed or using a lot less power. How many tons of CO could be saved each year? Quote
mtnbiker99x Posted December 15, 2006 Author Report Posted December 15, 2006 Today's conditions 121/15 were more of the same. A lot of brown spots starting to show. It looks like it will get cold enough to make snow on sunday so that is a plus. Quote
Dan- Posted December 16, 2006 Report Posted December 16, 2006 People act like it's never been warm like this before. WE have had warm winters in the past.. They got spoiled last season at the end of october, now they think the world is coming to an end... Quote
mtnbiker99x Posted December 17, 2006 Author Report Posted December 17, 2006 http://60minutes.yahoo.com/segment/26/global_warming Quote
mtnbiker99x Posted December 17, 2006 Author Report Posted December 17, 2006 http://www.usatoday.com/weather/climate/20...es_x.htm?csp=34 Global warming threatens Alpine ski resorts Updated 12/13/2006 6:47 PM ET PARIS (AP) Quote
skierdaddy Posted December 17, 2006 Report Posted December 17, 2006 There is absolutely no evidence that so called "warming" is caused by the burning of fossil fuels!!! None, it is a theory that has not been proven at all. Remember that the earth's climate is not static and never will be. Humans have only been keeping accurate weather records since the late 1800s! A period of time that short in the billions of yrs that earth has been around. The earth will warm and it will cool again. In fact if you do your research you will find that another ice age is more likely than a much warmer earth. Scientific evidence of the past shows that we have had more than one ice age. The only evidence of a much warmer earth was during the dinosaur age and that an ige age was one of the key factors in their extinction. So please, no bs on the weather please. And if you think we have not had warm winters in the past 50 yrs, go and look up climate data for scranton pa, and you can see that to say that the past decade is much warmer is total BS.... Quote
Gurp Posted December 17, 2006 Report Posted December 17, 2006 It takes a lot of eletric to make snow, what if a resort installed windmills on top of their mountains, enough to power their lifts, lodges and part of their snowmaking pumps. In the summer time the resort could sell their power back to the power company when demand is high for air conditioning in homes and the resort is closed or using a lot less power. Would u be willing to pay double or triple the money for a lift ticket to pay for new windmills? Just to be able to ride a week or 2 earlier. Quote
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