Articles | Volume 13, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1325-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-13-1325-2019
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24 Apr 2019
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Winter tourism under climate change in the Pyrenees and the French Alps: relevance of snowmaking as a technical adaptation

Pierre Spandre, Hugues François, Deborah Verfaillie, Marc Pons, Matthieu Vernay, Matthieu Lafaysse, Emmanuelle George, and Samuel Morin

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This study investigates the snow reliability of 175 ski resorts in the Pyrenees (France, Spain and Andorra) and the French Alps under past and future conditions (1950–2100) using state-of-the-art climate projections and snowpack modelling accounting for snow management, i.e. grooming and snowmaking. The snow reliability of ski resorts shows strong elevation and regional differences, and our study quantifies changes in snow reliability induced by snowmaking under various climate scenarios.