Summer skiing in the Alps, what future?

Over the past thirty years, alpine glaciers and snowfields equipped for summer skiing, there has been a gradual reduction of skiing, in some cases, total and partial in others, not taking open plants in the season properly Summer June to August.

Saturday 20 July 2013 5 minutes reading time

The projections provided by climatologists and glaciologists on the future of Alpine glaciers, open in summer, give a range of 10-15 years with the exception of the Plateau Rosa. The loss of large and small ski used for summer skiing is very long: Bardonecchia-Sommelier, Macugnaga Monte-Moro, Courmayeur-Colle del Gigante, Alagna-Indren, Val di Lei-Madesimo, Chiesa Val Malenco-Scerscen, Adamello- High homburg, Maso Corto Senales, Malga Ciapela-Marmolada, Sella Nevea Prevala-Sella, La Plagne, Val Thorens, Laax-Vorab, Pontresina-Diavolezza Enghelberg-Titlis etc. In view of these pessimistic predictions, unfortunately you will not experience a reaction in trying other glaciers that have the right characteristics to be exploited for the same purposes as those that will soon be permanently closed. One wonders how it is possible that only during the "roaring" of the ski, and then from the '60s to the '80s, have been identified and equipped many alpine glaciers and snowfields from France to Austria, and Now, we are in a climate crisis, you do not react to maybe find other glaciers at higher altitudes, between 3300 and 4200 m, depending on the contexts in which they are located, they can vouch for at least fifty years summer skiing. The glaciers still exploitable for summer skiing in Italy with some overspill to neighboring states can be found in several mountain ranges such as the Gran Paradiso, Mont Blanc, Monte Rosa, High Pomatt, the Bernina Group, Ortler - Cevedale, Adamello - Brenta Alta Val Venosta to name a few. Most of these glaciers are located within parks and nature reserves and would be far more away from the current means of communication than those now active. Should be an effort economically and politically very strong and with as little environmental impact as possible. Also you should build access roads to the starting points of the new plants that will lead to the glaciers, with a new ecological sensitivity (total use of tunnels) and accommodation in alpine style. A difficult access to credit for new investments, a strong resistance from environmentalists, to which is added the trend dictated a little 'by necessity and a bit' from fashion, to go to the antipodes of the Earth for skiing in the southern hemisphere, makes somewhat difficult what has been said above. Prevails resignation, when it would be useful to adopt this program for the Alpine economy back on its feet and in general to the tourism of the nations involved in the projects. We sat on the laurels of the past, without doing anything to try new skiable glaciers, but when they will be in twenty years almost all closed, we repent for not having sought and planned new projects in strict compliance with the environment and at the same time in able to give a new impetus to vast areas of alpine tourism.

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