Articles | Volume 16, issue 3
The Cryosphere, 16, 863–881, 2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-863-2022
The Cryosphere, 16, 863–881, 2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/tc-16-863-2022
Research article
11 Mar 2022
Research article | 11 Mar 2022

Past changes in natural and managed snow reliability of French Alps ski resorts from 1961 to 2019

Lucas Berard-Chenu et al.

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Interactive discussion

Status: closed

Comment types: AC – author | RC – referee | CC – community | EC – editor | CEC – chief editor | : Report abuse
  • RC1: 'Comment on tc-2021-270', Bruno Abegg, 05 Oct 2021
    • AC1: 'Reply on RC1', Lucas Berard-Chenu, 05 Jan 2022
  • RC2: 'Comment on tc-2021-270', Anonymous Referee #2, 16 Oct 2021
    • AC2: 'Reply on RC2', Lucas Berard-Chenu, 05 Jan 2022

Peer review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (16 Jan 2022) by Alexandre Langlois
AR by Lucas Berard-Chenu on behalf of the Authors (18 Jan 2022)  Author's response    Author's tracked changes    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (21 Jan 2022) by Alexandre Langlois
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Short summary
This study investigates the past snow reliability (1961–2019) of 16 ski resorts in the French Alps using state-of-the-art snowpack modelling. We used snowmaking investment figures to infer the evolution of snowmaking coverage at the individual ski resort level. Snowmaking improved snow reliability for the core of the winter season for the highest-elevation ski resorts. However it did not counterbalance the decreasing trend in snow cover reliability for lower-elevation ski resorts and in spring.