Pejo Goes Plastic Free

Italian ski centre Pejo, a ski and thermal spa resort in Trentino’s Stelvio National Park, is claiming to be the first in the world to ban the use of single use plastics. That means no plastic cutlery, plates, straws, glasses, bottles or even sachets of ketchup are permitted in the valley. The move came after […]

Swiss Hotel Group Announces It’s Climate Neutral

The Swiss Tschuggen Hotel Group which runs a total of five properties, including four and five star hotels in St. Moritz and Arosa, has announced it has gone CO2 neutral by a combination of dramatically reducing the groups actual CO2 output and offsetting the CO2 emissions it still makes. In that latter part of it’s […]

Kazakhstan’s President Cancels Ski Resort Project on Environmental Grounds

Kazakhstan’s president Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is reported to have ‘frozen’ a long-planned project to build a large ski resort at Kok-Zhaylau. The ski resort, reported to be a pet-project of Tokayev’s predecessor, Nursultan Nazarbayev, who ran the country for nearly 29 years between independence in 1990 and his resignation in March this year. The project has […]

Tour Op Offers 10% “Eco-discount” For Guests Arriving by Rail.

Tour operator Mountain Heaven have introduced a 10% discount on all of their catered chalet bookings for this winter season when guests arrive by rail. “Climate change is a growing issue for the whole planet and the ski industry is especially close to this issue in several ways. There’s no doubt that climate change is […]

Vermont Ski Industry’s 668 Green Projects To Save 1.77 Billion Tons of CO2

The state of Vermont has long been a leader in the “green movement” by promoting best practices regarding the environment. That same ideology is a guiding force throughout the state’s ski industry. Efficiency is a top priority in the design and implementation of everything from snowmaking and equipment to the utensils in base lodge eateries. […]

Green Electricity from Snowfall

Researchers at UCLA have engineered a device that can generate electricity from falling snow. Christened a “snow-based triboelectric nanogenerator” or snow TENG for short, it works by taking advantage of the fact that snow is positively charged and the silicone the device uses is negatively charged. When the falling snow comes into contact with the […]

Woman Achieves 10 Years of Monthly Scottish Skiing Despite Climate Change

A Scottish skier has overcome numerous obstacles to make some turns on Scottish snow every month of the year for ten straight years. Helen Rennie began her mission, then aged 55, in 2009 when recovering from cancer. That was a particularly snowy winter and Helen found it easy to find snow to ski through 2010. […]

Tignes Delays Autumn Opening Planned For Saturday – Blames Global Warming

French ski resort Tignes has just announced it won’t be opening the French 2019-20 ski season this weekend as planned, as snow conditions on the glacier aren’t yet good enough. It’s the second autumn in a row the resort has missed it’s usual opening date and it’s target of offering snowsports every month of the […]

Four of Six Largest Ski Regions in France Now 100% Green Electricity Powered

Four of the six largest ski regions in France are now reported to be powered by 100% green energy, in most cases using locally sourced hydro power. Les Sybelles, one of the world’s biggest ski areas and the fourth biggest in France with more than 300km of slopes, nearly 150 runs and 70 ski lifts […]

New Pyrenees Gondola Will Cut CO2 Emissions

A new gondola has opened in the French Pyrenees which will lead to reduced road traffic from the Louron Valley up to the ski area of Peyragudes this season. The new Skyvall gondola, with a price tag of €10m, has its base station located north of Loudenvielle near Balnéa and its upper station on the […]