Curt 1 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 Fairly short but interesting article about ski resorts having to go further up the hill but having a serious impact on the number and diversity of Alpine bird species on bbc http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6268403.stm As winter snowfall at lower levels becomes less reliable, ecologists fear the demand for higher ski slopes will put pressure on the birds' habitat. Link to post Share on other sites
keba 0 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 That's really scary. I hope that the poor season last year in Australia isn't a sign of things to come, our mountain resorts are built at the summits already, there's nowhere for them to go! Link to post Share on other sites
SirJibAlot 0 Posted January 17, 2007 Share Posted January 17, 2007 the Japanese will figure out some way to jack up the mountain a few hundred meters...if they can build an airport in the ocean - they can engineer anything! Link to post Share on other sites
giggsy 0 Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 Any motivation and cash to do so though? Link to post Share on other sites
SirJibAlot 0 Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 I don't think Kansai Airport will ever recover it's construction costs....Japan seems to be a government funded construction wellfare state.... Link to post Share on other sites
Curt 1 Posted January 18, 2007 Author Share Posted January 18, 2007 there maybe just a bit more motivation to make an airport than a ski hill I think. Link to post Share on other sites
gerard 6 Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Quote: the Japanese will figure out some way to jack up the mountain a few hundred meters...if they can build an airport in the ocean - they can engineer anything! They've got a long way to go before they hit the summits in Japan though! Link to post Share on other sites
AK 77 0 Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 Yeah, if Japanese resorts went to the top of the mountains instead of fannying around half way up (or Canadian resorts, for that matter) that would be great! Link to post Share on other sites
AK 77 0 Posted January 19, 2007 Share Posted January 19, 2007 (my comment on Canadian resorts is based on the extensive visiting of..... er, one resort, Fernie) Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 Quote: Originally posted by keba: That's really scary. I hope that the poor season last year in Australia isn't a sign of things to come, our mountain resorts are built at the summits already, there's nowhere for them to go! Just read that Australian snow records from the Australian Bureau of Meteorology reveal that the Snowy Mountains spring snow depth has declined by 40% over the last 40 years. A CSIRO report in 2003 found that ski resorts could lose a quarter of their snow in 15 years, and half by 2050. But that was 4 years ago. It seems that snow cover in some areas in 2006 reached the lower end levels that the CSIRO report estimated as likely for 2020. Link to post Share on other sites
keba 0 Posted January 23, 2007 Share Posted January 23, 2007 There has been a lot of investment in Mt Hotham in the last few years... there should be a heap of people very nervous about those statistics. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Yep, no doubt! Ah well, more tourist dollars for Kneesiko. Link to post Share on other sites
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