 Poster: A snowHead
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Dear Friends,
I am currently completing a dissertation for university. Could you spare 6 minutes of your time to complete this online survey (about ski and environment).
Anyone who has been on a ski holiday before is able to complete the survey.
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/2D2V559
Thanks for your support and please do pass forward to your friends!
Georgia
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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done. didn't really understand question 22
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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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Sorry far to many questions without context which I felt incapable of giving sensible answers to so I gave up.
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Done. You might want to check your spelling before submitting it though.
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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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Sorry got bored halfway through.
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You'll need to Register first of course.
You'll need to Register first of course.
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Done. but agree with @T Bar,
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@T Bar, @adithorp, I whipped through it , although also felt it was too long.
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I thought the questions were really well thought out. Far, far better than I would expect from a university student.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Done
Did get a wee bit confused!
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done
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Done. Though I didn't answer every question. eg Q20, I have no idea of the order of effect on the environment artificial snowmaking has compared to disturbance to wildlife, land use changes or use of energy. So there is no way I could list them in order. (unless you know the answer, and the aim of the question is to show how uninformed the public are?)
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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I gave up as I no longer have ski holidays 
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Done
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You know it makes sense.
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Am I right in reading into this as it is rather impact of envorinmental changes to ski industry (thus business focus) rather than ski industry’s impact on environment? If so, slightly disappointing ...
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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@GeorgiaB, did you not have an ethics statement to let us know what will happen to our data?
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Poster: A snowHead
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Gave up because too many of the questions I have no idea on the answers. Did you want opinions? Didn't really understand the way some of it was worded, e.g question 20.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I drove for 1/2hr in a car on my own, then took a 1/2 full plane for 2hrs followed by a full coach for 3.5hrs to get to my last ski holiday. Which box should I tick for that?
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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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The way some of the questions were worded suggested that they had nothing to do with skiing (e.g. 20). I answered 22 but couldn't figure out whether it was asking me for ways to help the ski industry or ways to help the environment. Obviously enforcement of environmental regulations will help the environment (if they are well thought out) but regulation will generally impose a cost.
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Done, and it took about 5 mins
For those who aren’t sure of an answer that isn’t the point just answer as best you can. Your answers in and off themselves are less important than the whole data. If you answer all in good faith even if you’re not sure that is helpful
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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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whatever answers you give the fact remains that skiing is probably the most non enviromentally friendly thing you can do, from air pollutuon, cutting down trees for lifts and pistes, avalanche protection explosions disturbing wildlife, making new runs in a previously untouched landscape, and the huge amount of electricity used for snowmaking, and with more and more ski resorts being linked up theres no sign of it stopping.
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You'll need to Register first of course.
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Yes unless you’re into ski touring the environmental footprint is enormous. Power and aggregate consumption is huge and probably large per user at many resorts. The main damage was caused during the big expansion years of the 1960s to the 1980s. We appear to be in a period of consolidation and even managed decline.
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@Peter S, The managed decline is quite interesting.
I would say in France the small stations with one or two lifts are closing for good usually quoting the cost of insurance and regulatory checks.
Whilst the large resorts seem to be replacing larger lifts with even larger ones whilst removing the old drag lifts and smaller chairs.
Thus the undoubted Environmental damage is focussed in fewer areas but possibly is more intense in those areas.
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You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
You'll get to see more forums and be part of the best ski club on the net.
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Wow. Never understood till now that ski tourers langlauf aaaaaaall the way from the UK to the alps! They truely are gods among us!
They probably take the back roads to keep more true to the original spirit of the sport than taking the autoroutes...
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Done
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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Done
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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Heated chairlift seats seem to be the pinnacle of environmentally nonsensical ideas. We really are stuffed.
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Done
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