Welcome to Responsible Skiing...Ski holidays - there are some really strong opinions out there...
"soon to be a victim of climate change"... "vital to mountain communities"... "the most damaging holiday you can take"... "closer to nature"... What are the facts? This website has been created to enable everyone to find out more about all the aspects of ski holidays and what Responsible Skiing is about. STOP PRESS - RESPONSIBLE SKIING CONFERENCE 2011Were you there - or did you miss the first conference on Responsible Skiing?
If you weren't there, you missed out on a great day - a packed room with people respresenting countries from all over the world, fascinating case studies and some real answers to the question "What would Responsible Skiing look like?". If you were there - thanks for coming - we hope you found it valuable. Let us know what you thought of the day - contact us. For details about the conference and all the presentations and audio files for you to see again (or for the first time) - click here. Are you...
What makes skiing different?Tourism in ski resorts faces the same issues as tourism elsewhere; concerns about development, the social impacts on the community, pressures on transport, infrastructure and the environment and the greater consumption of energy and water and the resulting increases in waste.
In addition though, there are four key areas that set ski tourism apart from other forms of tourism and they are; the artificial snowmaking, the pistes – both preparation and maintenance, the ski lifts and skiing off piste...
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