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Ski Resorts Are Stockpiling Snow to Get Through Warm Winters

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As the climate warms, ski destinations in some parts of the world are facing a crisis: not enough snow.

Snow storage allows resorts to make artificial snow cheaply, when conditions are most favorable, and then keep it until it is needed.

The company behind the insulating blanket system used by Levi and dozens of other resorts in Europe to preserve their snow during summer .

Snow storage is emerging as a tactic used by US ski resorts, too.

Sawdust or wood chips can keep summer snow pile losses as low as 20 percent , says Kjell Skogsberg .

Snow is topped with a 200-millimeter -thick covering of wood chips to prevent it from melting too quickly.

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