José Conesa felt no hesitation as he surveyed the bare slopes of the Guadarrama mountain range in late October. Know more:
José Conesa felt no hesitation as he surveyed the bare slopes of the Guadarrama mountain range in late October. Conesa runs the Navacerrada ski resort and was certain nothing—not the lack of snow and certainly not the Spanish government’s plans to dismantle the resort— would prevent it from operating this winter.
The Spanish government sees it differently. Rising temperatures and a dearth of snow mean the resort’s slopes can only operate if water is pumped in from a nearby river and turned into artificial snow—a solution the government says is unsustainable over the long term. In 2022, rainfall was about 15 percent lower than historical average.
About 95 percent of ski resorts globally rely on snowmaking to either ensure good snow quality, prolong the ski season or both, according to Slippery Slopes, a report on how climate change is threatening the Winter Olympics by the Loughborough University in London. The snowless slopes are impacting professional sports too, with Winter Olympics organizers forced to choose host cities from an ever-shrinking pool.
In October, workers following government orders started tearing down two ski lifts, the first step in the administration’s plan to dismantle old installations and abandoned buildings. Setting up visitor centers and clearing hiking trails are also on the to-do list. Ribera, a hiker, argued that the mountain’s future is still one in which nature and sports are intertwined—but it needs to be sustainable.
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