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The challenge for Patagonia Argentina Ski Resorts.

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Changes in operation works and how artificial snow production helps on the early beginning of seasons. It is the most powerful tool to fight against global warming cycle where actually the low altitude ski areas are involved. For the development of the discussion prompt, we choose three ski areas in South-America, Argentina to understand how climate changes affect their winter operation.

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THE CHALLENGE FOR PATAGONIA ARGENTINA SKI RESORT By: ?Daniel ?Buyo ? Andorre-?‐Fort ?Collins ?CO, ?Oct.2016 ? ? NRRT ?521 ? ? Sustainable ?Ski ?Area ?Management ? SKI ?AREA ?MANAGEMENT ?PROGRAM ? Teacher: ?Ooi, ?Nathalie. ? Changes in operation works and how artificial snow production helps on the early beginning of seasons. It is the most powerful tool to fight against global warming cycle where actually the low altitude ski areas are involved. For the development of the discussion prompt, we choose three ski areas in South- America, Argentina to understand how climate changes affect their winter operation. Concretely we will talk about: Cerro Castor, Ushuaia on the southern part of the continent; Calafate Mountain Park* on Santa Cruz region, Middle south Patagonia; and Cerro Catedral in Bariloche north Patagonia area. They are enough geographically separated to present some differences but as we will describe they are suffering the same difficulties as soon as they are in similar altitude and exposed to south hemisphere winter climate changes. Wind patrons are similar for all of them, and they are exposed to same facts for south hemisphere low altitude mountain areas. MAP SOURCE: Topgraphic AND base edited by student. *Calafate Mountain Park are owned and operated by PGI Management and launched only 3 winter seasons ago, adopting old snow making equipment retired from Grandvalira Andorra resort. We can connect the weather change models with Oceania’s models as we saw in Hennessy (2008), but why we can identify the Australian or New Zealand’s model as successful model and South America resorts fail, even having the same information and prediction? The following will influence future demand for snowmaking: Fewer hours with temperatures cold enough for making snow; less natural snow cover; faster ablation of snow. Hennessy, (2008)
As soon as South American Argentinean ski resorts are limited on resources to invest on snow making; caused for devaluation and huge inflation of the economical system. They are forced to reduce the seasons and concentrate on the high season. This is a direct consequence of these climate changes, and, only Cerro Castor and Calafate bet strategically with an efficient snow making low pressure system; “Technoalpin” guns refurbished and located in strategically areas, to produce snow reservoirs that snow groomers can repose to connect natural covered areas. We can size these investments in: Andes Lideres (2013) and (2014). Analyzing Ooi, (2015) and Schmith (2014); We are asking whether global warming results in more snow may seem like an stupid question because obviously, if it gets warm enough, there is no snow. Consequently, deniers of climate change have used recent snow dump as doubt on a warming climate from human influences. Yet they could not be more wrong. “What the use of having developed a science well enough to make predictions if, in the end, all we’re willing to do is stand around and wait for them to come true?” Sherwood Rowland, obtained from Schmith (2014) Not only predictions help the resort operators in Patagonia region, the strategical desicions mark the success of the season, when they have the ability to mix small investments with a full year round touristic plan to save the reduction on winter ski pass incomings with alternative offers around environmental experiences visiting glacier areas, wild animals observation and hiking itineraries. It is difficult to imagine a “technological miracle”, as Spence (2015) describe in central California for 2014-15 season, but similar challenge are fronting the operation teams in the South America Andes to keep moving the engine of touristic industry on the three selected locations. Under my visión they are rediscovering well the destinations and the off winter season activities should give them the opportunity to keep growing and find a future opportunity of investment on produced snow technology that put again on the south hemisphere snow market as a cheap and affordable destination and enough attractive for North America or central America customers. References: Andes Lideres, 2013, Number 3, page 73. (spanish) http://www.andeslideres.com/sites/default/files/archive/fichier/andes-lideres-03.pdf (Links to an external site.) Andes Lideres, 2014, Number 5, page 10. (spanish) http://www.andeslideres.com/es/reportajes/entrevista-de-peter-somweber (Links to an external site.) Hennessy, K. J., et al. (2008). Climate change effects on snow conditions in mainland Australia and adaptation at ski resorts through snowmaking. Climate Research, 35(3), 255- 270. doi: 10.3354/cr00706 Retrieved from http://www.int-res.com/articles/cr2007/35/c035p255.pdf (Links to an external site.) Schmidt, Gavin. March 2014. “The emergent patterns of climate change”. TedTalks. http://www.ted.com/talks/gavin_schmidt_the_emergent_patterns_of_climate_change#t- 711638 (Links to an external site.) Access October 7, 2016. ?

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The challenge for Patagonia Argentina Ski Resorts.

  • 1. THE CHALLENGE FOR PATAGONIA ARGENTINA SKI RESORT By: ?Daniel ?Buyo ? Andorre-?‐Fort ?Collins ?CO, ?Oct.2016 ? ? NRRT ?521 ? ? Sustainable ?Ski ?Area ?Management ? SKI ?AREA ?MANAGEMENT ?PROGRAM ? Teacher: ?Ooi, ?Nathalie. ? Changes in operation works and how artificial snow production helps on the early beginning of seasons. It is the most powerful tool to fight against global warming cycle where actually the low altitude ski areas are involved. For the development of the discussion prompt, we choose three ski areas in South- America, Argentina to understand how climate changes affect their winter operation. Concretely we will talk about: Cerro Castor, Ushuaia on the southern part of the continent; Calafate Mountain Park* on Santa Cruz region, Middle south Patagonia; and Cerro Catedral in Bariloche north Patagonia area. They are enough geographically separated to present some differences but as we will describe they are suffering the same difficulties as soon as they are in similar altitude and exposed to south hemisphere winter climate changes. Wind patrons are similar for all of them, and they are exposed to same facts for south hemisphere low altitude mountain areas. MAP SOURCE: Topgraphic AND base edited by student. *Calafate Mountain Park are owned and operated by PGI Management and launched only 3 winter seasons ago, adopting old snow making equipment retired from Grandvalira Andorra resort. We can connect the weather change models with Oceania’s models as we saw in Hennessy (2008), but why we can identify the Australian or New Zealand’s model as successful model and South America resorts fail, even having the same information and prediction? The following will influence future demand for snowmaking: Fewer hours with temperatures cold enough for making snow; less natural snow cover; faster ablation of snow. Hennessy, (2008)
  • 2. As soon as South American Argentinean ski resorts are limited on resources to invest on snow making; caused for devaluation and huge inflation of the economical system. They are forced to reduce the seasons and concentrate on the high season. This is a direct consequence of these climate changes, and, only Cerro Castor and Calafate bet strategically with an efficient snow making low pressure system; “Technoalpin” guns refurbished and located in strategically areas, to produce snow reservoirs that snow groomers can repose to connect natural covered areas. We can size these investments in: Andes Lideres (2013) and (2014). Analyzing Ooi, (2015) and Schmith (2014); We are asking whether global warming results in more snow may seem like an stupid question because obviously, if it gets warm enough, there is no snow. Consequently, deniers of climate change have used recent snow dump as doubt on a warming climate from human influences. Yet they could not be more wrong. “What the use of having developed a science well enough to make predictions if, in the end, all we’re willing to do is stand around and wait for them to come true?” Sherwood Rowland, obtained from Schmith (2014) Not only predictions help the resort operators in Patagonia region, the strategical desicions mark the success of the season, when they have the ability to mix small investments with a full year round touristic plan to save the reduction on winter ski pass incomings with alternative offers around environmental experiences visiting glacier areas, wild animals observation and hiking itineraries. It is difficult to imagine a “technological miracle”, as Spence (2015) describe in central California for 2014-15 season, but similar challenge are fronting the operation teams in the South America Andes to keep moving the engine of touristic industry on the three selected locations. Under my visión they are rediscovering well the destinations and the off winter season activities should give them the opportunity to keep growing and find a future opportunity of investment on produced snow technology that put again on the south hemisphere snow market as a cheap and affordable destination and enough attractive for North America or central America customers. References: Andes Lideres, 2013, Number 3, page 73. (spanish) http://www.andeslideres.com/sites/default/files/archive/fichier/andes-lideres-03.pdf (Links to an external site.) Andes Lideres, 2014, Number 5, page 10. (spanish) http://www.andeslideres.com/es/reportajes/entrevista-de-peter-somweber (Links to an external site.) Hennessy, K. J., et al. (2008). Climate change effects on snow conditions in mainland Australia and adaptation at ski resorts through snowmaking. Climate Research, 35(3), 255- 270. doi: 10.3354/cr00706 Retrieved from http://www.int-res.com/articles/cr2007/35/c035p255.pdf (Links to an external site.) Schmidt, Gavin. March 2014. “The emergent patterns of climate change”. TedTalks. http://www.ted.com/talks/gavin_schmidt_the_emergent_patterns_of_climate_change#t- 711638 (Links to an external site.) Access October 7, 2016. ?