 Poster: A snowHead
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Snow-Forecast.com is reporting that Chacaltaya in Bolivia has finally melted away and is now officially closed.
Chac was the world's highest ski resort, at 17.4k ft / 5.3k meters. It was higher than the summit of Mont Blanc.
Chac was the only glacier resort in the Southern Hemisphere that opened during the Summer season, from roughly Nov to Mar.
There are no Summer ski resorts left in the Southern Hemisphere. And less than a dozen remain in the Northern Hemisphere.
The 18k-year-old Chacaltaya glacier disappeared in only a few decades. There is just a tiny 60-by-20-meter patch left.
More details of the closure here:
http://www.snow-forecast.com/resorts/Chacaltaya.shtml
Some good pics of snowless terrain here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/02/world/americas/02bolivia.html
A good graphic of the melting glacier since 1940 here:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6496429.stm
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Whitegold, I guess in some respects that's sad. But hey, we live in a changing world.
On the upside, the Mont Blanc snow dome has apparently doubled in volume. I guess it's nicked the Bolivian's toys.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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If there's a 60m x 20m patch left then surely it hasn't disappeared 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I'm guessing the area doesn't get much snow even though its 5000m up?
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It was the most northerly ski resort in South America, so it is relatively close to the Equator. High temps, rather than lack of snow, are the culprit.
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