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Skiing involves clothing, equipment, travel, but above all the ski resort. For all those who want to be as environmentally friendly as possible, but don't want to make the ascent under their own steam, we have gone in search of environmentally friendly ski resorts.

Artificial snow has become an integral part of Alpine skiing and many ski resorts routinely cover the majority of their slopes with snow. When all the artificial snow melts in spring, the meltwater enters the water cycle. But what exactly is in it?

This episode of "Videos of the Week" is presented to you in english! English is an aglo-saxon language and spoken by hundreds of millions of people all around the world. It is fair to say that this beautiful language is our common ground and only a little community, the French, so far resisted to adapt.

Every two years, the International Snow Science Workshop (ISSW) brings together scientists and practitioners from a wide range of different, but always snow-related, subject areas. New findings and research results are presented in various thematic blocks - so-called sessions. We break the whole thing down into more or less digestible morsels and summarize the sessions of the ISSW2018 for you every two weeks.

As the author writes these lines, late summer temperatures have long since returned, but the mountains have recently seen the first signs of fall with the first snowflakes of the season. This naturally raises the question: when do the ski resorts open? We have done a bit of research and compiled a list of resorts that open before the end of November - without guarantee and with the note that ski resort websites are notoriously unreliable when it comes to such things...

With the current temperatures, a bit of cooling would be very welcome. On the one hand, you can cool off in a swimming lake or ice cream parlor, but on the other hand, snow is also cold and one or two lifts are still running or will be running again soon. If we have overlooked a ski area with summer operation, please add it in the comments. If you don't need lift assistance, there are of course many more opportunities for a few summer turns.

Large ski resorts have it all: Hundreds of kilometers of perfectly groomed slopes, numerous lifts, often almost endless off-piste options and snow from December to the beginning of May. And yet it is often the small resorts where you have the most fun.

As a winter sports enthusiast, you can hardly avoid the numerous reports on the hotly debated topic of the Tyrolean cable car and ski area program (TSSP) and its new edition in German-speaking countries. Here are a few thoughts from a divided heart to encourage self-reflection and reflection.

The upcoming new edition of the Tyrolean cable car and ski area program (TSSP) and a new government program that includes several ski area expansions in Tyrol are causing a stir. Benjamin Stern works for the Alpine Association's Spatial Planning and Nature Conservation department and is often out and about in the backcountry as a mountain and ski guide. He is an enthusiastic freerider himself, but is critical of further development plans.

We no longer believed it, but the summer heatwave has come to an end and the last cold front has brought the first signs of fall, at least in the mountains. This naturally raises the question: when will the ski resorts open? We have done a bit of research and compiled a list of resorts that will open before the end of November - without guarantee and with the note that ski resort websites are notoriously unreliable when it comes to such things...

Combating climate change and stopping the melting of glaciers: These are the ambitious goals of Whistler Blackcomb. But can one of the largest ski resorts in the world reduce its impact on climate change without sacrificing its economic interests?

For those of us who would rather make their first turns in the snow yesterday than today, the ski pass is almost a must.