Climate Changed

A Skier’s Guide to Climate Change: Enjoy It for Now

Weird weather patterns delivered record snowfalls this past winter.

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It’s been a great summer for winter.

Thanks to record snowfalls, five North American ski resorts remain open. California’s Mammoth Mountain doesn’t plan to idle its chairlifts until sometime in August, only a couple of months shy of its planned opening day for the 2019/2020 season. Yes, snow sports in the Northern Hemisphere have almost lapped the calendar.