Ski resorts are melting. Here\u2019s what that means for winter vacations<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Dalex said that the resort, which also markets itself as a summer hiking and outdoors destination, will instead become a place for \u201cdiscovering and protecting nature, going on walks, doing sports, if possible.\u201d <\/p>\n
La Sambuy\u2019s website now carries a message saying that the ski resort \u201cclosed definitively\u201d on September 10, following the town council\u2019s decision. \u201cThank you all for this last summer season 2023, and for all the wonderful years spent by your side,\u201d it said. <\/p>\n
La Sambuy is not the only French ski resort facing a meltdown. Last year, Saint-Firmin, another small Alpine ski destination, opted to remove its ski lift after seeing its winter season dwindle from months to weeks, a situation also blamed on climate change. <\/p>\n
Mountain Wilderness, a French environmental group, says it has dismantled 22 ski lifts in France since 2001, and estimates that there are still 106 abandoned ski lifts across 59 sites in the country. <\/p>\n
According to a report published in August by the scientific journal Nature Climate Change, 53% of 2,234 ski resorts surveyed in Europe are likely to experience \u201ca very high snow supply risk\u201d at 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 Fahrenheit) of global warming above pre-industrial levels, without use of artificial snow. <\/p>\n
A report published in January in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal found a \u201csubstantial possibility\u201d of global temperature rises crossing this 2-degree Celsius threshold by mid-century. <\/p>\n
La Sambuy\u2019s Dalex said that \u201call winter sports resorts in France are impacted by global warming,\u201d particularly those at a medium mountain altitude between 1,000 and 1,500 meters. <\/p>\n
Not everyone in his town is willing to give up without a fight though. <\/p>\n
A petition was launched this year by an association called All Together For La Sambuy (Tous Ensemble Pour La Sambuy), urging to keep the resort, and others, open by adopting a new more \u201cdurable\u201d model \u2013 chiefly, by operating the chair lift in summer to take visitors up the mountain, <\/p>\n
The petition has acquired more than 1,900 signatures and, according to Christian Bailly, the president of the association, the group is taking legal action to reverse the town council\u2019s decision. <\/p>\n
He said closure is \u201charmful\u201d to the local town and territory, adding that the ski resort is \u201ca social element of our small town of 7,500 inhabitants.\u201d <\/p>\n
Dalex says the cause of the closure is clear. He said that \u201cglobal warming is evidently underway\u201d and happening \u201ceven faster than scientists predicted.\u201d He said it was increasingly difficult for ski resorts to function, with many being \u201cforced to adapt\u201d to a new climate. <\/p>\n\n
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