My ski book “New Wave Nordic Skiing” goes into detail on how to stop climate change and also how to adapt to it. It’s the only ski book to do this.
I’ve sorted out 6 good ways we can keep skiing in climate change.
But first if we want to stop the change, as individuals we can: carpool, replace car trips with biking/walking, avoid air travel, set our thermostats to fit the season (warmer in summer, cooler in winter), eat less meat, eat less packaged food, buy and live local. …All this seems doable. We should give feedback, business and votes to climate-safe practices.
Six easy ways to adapt our skiing to climate change are: *travel to the snow (not necessarily farther just maybe a different direction), *ski on less snow (low snow is fine for skiing, scratches don’t hurt skis), *learn more about where snow lasts longest (sheltered northern exposures), *ski on man-made snow (and insist that man-made venues are fun!), *plan to quickly change plans (plan events with lower overhead, raindates, multiple venue options), *diversify (if only a little snow then do something else in addition to skiing).
Using these tricks, many enthusiasts could ski even more than they did in the “prime” of skiing.
For more detail on this and dozens of other topics that no other ski media covers, buy my book:
