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Finnish snow farming
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/01/finland-exports-snow-saving-mats-ski-resorts-climate-crisis
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

Crikey:

“Kati Anttila, a geophysicist at the Finnish Environment Institute, said snow changes were already affecting winter sports in Finland’s south, with wide variation between winters. In Helsinki, the mean length of the snow season between 1991 and 2020 was 97 days. But in 2019, the snow season was just four days long”.
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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?

Kitzbuhel, Hinterglemm and Kaprun have been doing this for years - using environmentally-friendly hay and tarps rather than extruded polystyrene. Hinterglemm used to have F1 snowmobile racing through the streets in early December, using snow harvested from the previous winter and stacked up in the shade at the Nordbahn car park.

The writer of the article has seemingly not heard of ice houses in places other than Finland, where ice was harvested from lakes, rivers or the sea and stored for use through the rest of the year. This was common in Europe for centuries before refrigeration was made possible, but winters were colder then - the Thames used to freeze. Even the UK had ice houses - e.g. there's one at Battle Abbey near Hastings (but it's from a bit later than 1066).
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Bessans snow farming today

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 Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.

Murren, Switzerland, has been open (for pro skiteams) on farmed snow since Sep 2024.

With the right farming process, European ski resorts above 1500m could easily run a 6-month ski season.
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