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Colorado’s iconic alpine ski resorts are used to wild changes in weather — from massive blizzards to snow droughts in the 1970s that left hills bare in February.
But how will they handle the long-term warming trends expected from climate change?
Higher temperatures will become more common at the beginning and end of the season, scientists say. Those warmer temperatures will result in rain increasingly replacing snowfall in the fall and spring, especially at lower elevations. Snow will melt faster in the spring, chipping away at late-season ski days. Changes are already noticeable outside the core winter months.
— Elise Schmelzer, Endangered Snowpack
