28th December 2020
Piste Bashers Going Green
An Italian company has unveiled a fully electric piste basher + a hydrogen powered groomer. A glimpse into a more environmentally friendly future?
Environment
4th December 2020
Vail Resorts Claims Major Step Towards Zero Carbon Goal
The mega US-based ski company says it’s made big advances towards its commitment to reaching a zero net carbon footprint by 2030.
12th November 2020
Ikon Pass Offers a Way to Shred for Sustainability
Lift pass holders in North America can clock up their skier days this winter and the company will plant 22,500 trees in the names of those with the most skier days in each of its resorts.
6th October 2020
French Piste Bashers Turn Green
All 250 ski resorts in France will introduce hydrogen-powered piste bashers as part of a commitment to going carbon neutral by 2037.
26th August 2020
Ski Lift Company Commits To Preserve Mont Blanc Glacier
Skyway, the alpine cable car connecting Courmayeur in Italy to Chamonix in France claims to be the first company to come up with an environmentally sustainable research project to preserve the glacier.
20th August 2020
Courmayeur Defends Its Action On Threatened Glacier Collapse
Homes and hotels were evacuated earlier this month over fears that a massive ice block could fall from a Mont Blanc glacier. The threat has now been lifted.
16th July 2020
Newspapers From Crashed Jet Found in Melting Glacier Ice
Several newspapers believed to have been on board an Air India Boeing 707, which crashed above Chamonix more than 54 years ago, have been found by the manager of a nearby mountain hut.
22nd June 2020
Climate Report Claims Many Winter Olympic Hosts Could Not Stage Games In 30 Years
The study says that only 10 of 19 former Games locations will be able to stage reliable winter sports events by 2050 and just 6 by 2080.
17th April 2020
Norway’s Melting Glaciers Reveal Viking & Iron Age Finds
Melting glacial ice in Norway is revealing hundreds of Viking and other historical artifacts on the route of a long-lost ancient mountain pass.
17th February 2020
CLIMATE CHANGE COULD LEAD TO TENS OF THOUSANDS OF JOB LOSSES IN WINTER TOURISM
Two new reports make grim reading for those involved in winter tourism. The future looks bleak, but there is some hope.
14th February 2020
FRENCH PRESIDENT VOWS TO PROTECT MONT BLANC
Emmanuel Macron has been to Chamonix to see for himself the damage caused to the country’s largest glacier by global warming and announce measures to protect the mountain from over-tourism.
30th January 2020
TOP SKI RACER CALLS FOR BAN ON SUMMER SKIING
The recently retired German alpine racer Felix Neureuther believes skiers should no longer train on glaciers in the summer. Is it time to ban summer skiing?
9th January 2020
MORZINE GETS TOUGH ON CLIMATE CHANGE
The community in the French ski resort is determined to reduce the environmental impact of the mountain town.
3rd January 2020
ISCHGL EARNS CLIMATE AWARD
The resort in the Austrian Tirol has been recognised as the largest climate-neutral ski area in the Alps.
3rd January 2020
THE GOOD, THE BAD & THE UGLY OF SNOWSPORTS
The head of the International Ski Federation reflects on 10 years of the best & worst in skiing & snowboarding as we enter a new decade.
31st December 2019
Les Menuires Going Greener
It’s the only ski resort in France to have partnered with Protect Our Winters. The charity is helping Les Menuires be more green.
28th December 2019
ITALIAN RESORT BANS SINGLE USE PLASTIC
Pejo 3000 is outlawing bottles, bags, disposable cutlery, straws plus packets of ketchup & mayonnaise. Some call for a similar ban across the Alps.
7th December 2019
MELTING GLACIERS THREATEN WORLD’S WATER SUPPLIES
That’s the claim from a recent summit as climate change affects the mountain regions of the world.
6th December 2019
FIS BANS SOME SKI WAXES
Flourinated ski wax will not be able to be used by racers next season due to its impact on the environment and health.
5th December 2019
CAIRNGORM CONSIDERS GREEN ENERGY
The owner of the Scottish ski area is commissioning work to look at the scope for using renewable energy.
28th November 2019
CAIRNGORM: BIOFUEL TO BE USED ACROSS RESORT
The Scottish ski resort will use biofuel to reduce emissions in its road-clearing, snow making & other diesel-fuelled machinery.
3rd November 2019
SWISS GLACIERS MELT BY 10% IN LAST 5 YEARS
That’s the claim from the Swiss government at a recent United Nations conference. It is a similar picture across the Alps.
2nd November 2019
TAKING THE TRAIN TO ITALIAN SKI RESORTS
We hear much about going by train to ski areas in France, Switzerland and even Austria. But what about Italy?
7th October 2019
SKI SLOPE ON A WASTE TO ENERGY PLANT OPENS
The slope is on the roof of a waste incineration plant in Copenhagen. PlanetSKI reports.
28th September 2019
SKI FLIGHT FREE IS LAUNCHED
A new website and campaign is launched to persuade people to shun flying and use other ways to travel to the mountains.
28th September 2019
UK SKI INDUSTRY EMBRACES GREEN
Many Tour Operators have new environmental initiatives and we’ll be doing our bit too. PlanetSKI reports.
25th September 2019
GLACIER WATCH CARRIES ON
Part of a glacier on Mt Blanc could collapse. Roads are closed & huts evacuated as 250,000 cubic metres could fall.
25th September 2019
PART OF GLACIER ON MT BLANC COULD COLLAPSE
Roads have been closed, paths shut & huts evacuated on the Italian side of the mountain. 250,000 cubic metres of ice are in danger of breaking away.
23rd September 2019
RIP: SWISS GLACIER IS DEAD
Hundreds of people have attended a high altitude funeral for Switzerland’s Pizol glacier. It is no more.
23rd September 2019
RIP: SWISS GLACIER IS DEAD
Hundreds of people have attended a high altitude funeral for Switzerland’s Pizol glacier. It is no more.
20th September 2019
PLANETSKI GOES GREEN
Climate Action Week is underway. We have a series of special reports on how the mountain environment is changing and what can be done about it.
20th September 2019
FRENCH SKI AREA CLAIMS TO GO GREENER
Savoie Mont Blanc says 91% of its visitors care about the mountain environment. No surprise there, so what are they doing about it?
18th September 2019
SNOWSPORTS BRAND JOINS CLIMATE STRIKE
The snowboard manufacturer Burton is closing all its stores and offices worldwide to support the Global Climate Strike.
18th September 2019
LAKE LOUISE MAY REDUCE SKI AREA TO GO GREENER
The Canadian ski area is looking at a series of initiatives. One involves the ski area leasehold being reduced by almost 30%.
8th September 2019
SWEDISH MOUNTAIN SHRINKS
A peak on Sweden’s Kebnekaise mountain is getting smaller and smaller as global warming intensifies.
4th September 2019
ROYAL MARINE VETERAN LEAVES ROWING MACHINE ON MONT BLANC
Bad weather caused him to leave it in a refuge but the French authorities are not impressed.
18th August 2019
ICELAND GLACIER IS NO MORE
People have gathered to mark the demise of the Okjokull glacier. The 700 year old glacier has melted.
9th August 2019
LES2ALPES ENDS SUMMER SKIING AS GLACIER MELTS
There is now no glacier skiing in France as Tignes has also closed early. PlanetSKI reports.
30th July 2019
MOUNTAINS CRUMBLE & GLACIERS MELT IN SUMMER HEAT
Rising temperatures are melting the ice that holds the mountains together, with melting glaciers causing flooding.
27th July 2019
TIGNES GLACIER CLOSES FOR SUMMER SKIING
The heatwave & hot temperatures have taken their toll. With deteriorating conditions the resort has pulled the plug on summer snowsports.
22nd July 2019
THREDBO FIRST RESORT IN AUSTRALIA TO GO 100% GREEN
All its major resort operations are now supplied by renewable sources of power. It’s been hosting an environmental week.
18th July 2019
ANTARCTICA: SAVING IT WITH ARTIFICIAL SNOW
Scientists propose dumping trillions of tons of man-made snow on Antarctica in order to stop Antarctica’s ice sheets melting.
10th July 2019
$25M TO FIGHT CANADA’S WORST NATURAL HAZARD
The government is giving the extra money to Avalanche Canada to make roads, communities & resorts safer.
10th July 2019
PROTECT OUR WINTERS TARGETS EUROPE
The snowsports environmental pressure group has received $50,000 from both Burton Snowboards & Nidecker Group to target Europe.
21st June 2019
HIMALAYAS: ICE LOSS SPEEDS UP
Images from Cold War US spy satellites in the 1970s have revealed the dramatic extent of ice loss in glaciers in mountain range.
20th June 2019
ANGER AS CLIMBERS LAND PLANE ON MONT BLANC
Two mountaineers have been pursued by police after landing their plane less than 400 metres from the Mont Blanc summit.
20th June 2019
PLASTIC USED TO REPAIR ZERMATT ROAD
In a pioneering environmental move the Swiss resort has used recycled plastic to repair a road. The shape of things to come?
10th June 2019
SWEDISH BID PUSHES GREEN CLAIMS
The joint 2026 bid from Stockholm & Åre has reiterated its pledge to deliver the first climate-positive Winter Olympic Games.
10th June 2019
TRAIN TRAVEL TO THE ALPS
A new video is out to show the advantages of taking the train to your ski resort of choice next winter.
7th August 2017
POOR SNOW ENDS ITALIAN GLACIER SKIING
Summer skiing at the Stelvio Pass glacier ends as the European heatwave takes its toll. It follows poor winter snowfall.
5th June 2013
Mont Blanc Is Melting
Rising temperatures are reducing the glaciers and the situation is set to get worse according to a recent report. Temperatures have risen three times faster than the global average. A new study paints a similar picture in Switzerland.
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