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- SKI WHERE IT'S GREEN. Schendler, Auden // Skiing;Feb/Mar2009, Vol. 61 Issue 6, p26
The article offers information on the efforts of ski industries towards a green revolution. Ski-industry leaders increasingly understand the fundamental point about modern environmentalism which is not about public relations but climate change, which threatens the future of skiing. In May 2007,...
- There's no business like snow business. Noakes, Gary // Travel Trade Gazette UK & Ireland;10/6/2006, Issue 2737, p51
The article features Ski Dubai which is the world's third-largest indoor ski slope, with its 400-metre runs covered by 6,000 tons of snow. Ski Dubai is attached to the Mall of the Emirates, the world's third largest shopping centre. People come to it mainly to escape the heat outside, however,...
- Remodeling the slopes. Dickey, C. // Newsweek;1/6/92, Vol. 119 Issue 1, p46
Looks at how with the 1992 Winter Olympics due to start February 8, avalanches sound a warning of environmental damage in the Alps. Warning to regional officials to better prepare; The prospect of calamity; The problems with the area surrounding the facilities; Long-term benefits; Olympic critics.
- Environmentalism and skiing. Greenberg, A. // Skiing;Dec89, Vol. 42 Issue 4, p20
Opinion. Examines some environmental concerns related to skiing. Comments on skiers' desire for fast highway travel to their favorite resorts versus the environmental damage caused by cutting super-expressways through farmlands and woods. Suggests air travel and high-speed trains as...
- Eco-slopes. Prince, P. // Skiing;Nov91, Vol. 44 Issue 3, p179
Considers the debate over whether more wildlife habitat should be used as skier habitat. The US Forest Service's mandate requiring a multiple-use doctrine for the country's national forests; Regional and national environmental groups against the use of national forests for ski areas; Effect of...
- It's not easy being green. Prince, Paul; Finnell, Janice // Skiing;Sep95, Vol. 48 Issue 1, p48
Lists the skiing areas in the United States that have been singled out for being ecologically-friendly. Jackson Hole, Wyoming; Heavenly, California; Winter Park, Colorado; Beaver Creek, Colorado; Sierra-at-Tahoe, California; Snowbird, Utah.
- Downhill debates to watch. // Wilderness (07366477);Spring94, Vol. 57 Issue 204, p26
Looks at some specific debates about skiing related development and environmental concerns. Action on an earlier proposal to put condominiums on a ridge visible from Yellowstone National Park; The Santa Fe Ski Area Containment Coalition; Proposal at Sugarbush in Vermont to increase the pumping...
- BURNING BRIGHTER. Martin, Jennifer Block // Ski;Dec2006 Supplement, Vol. 71, p15
The article discusses wood-burning restrictions, which have become increasingly common in ski country, and how there are new options for people to have fires and clean air.
- Downhill racers. Dobbs, David // E: The Environmental Magazine;Jan/Feb98, Vol. 9 Issue 1, p18
Discusses the environmental issues which resulted from the consolidation of the ski industries in the United States. Effect of the expansion of trail system and real estate development on wildlife; On water quality and stream health.
