This thing could snowball
Cash strapped Alpine farmers are raking in a fortune harvesting snow and selling it to desperate ski slopes.
Despite a freezing winter, snowfall levels at lower altitudes are down and Austrian resorts have had to buy in trailerloads of the stuff from higher up the mountains. Across the country, thousands of [tons] of snow have been dug up from high Alpine ski fields and shipped to keep ski pistes open.
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Wierd. Out east all of the slopes just make their own snow. Seems easier.
Comment by Geoff | January 14, 2009
They make a lot of snow in this part of the world too, mostly so they can get open earlier and stay open later in the year. The equipment is pretty expensive though and needs a very good source of water in quantity.
Comment by oldstersview | January 14, 2009