This is Doom’s Day article. Climate change is going to kill skiing industry. The amount of snow in this planet will decrease day by day until skiing in most of the countries is impossible. This is how I see it and it is based on real-life experience. Period.

Am I over reacting? May be, may be not. The fact is that climate is not the same as some 20 years ago. Is it changing in long run? I do not know this field of science at all, but so many researchers claim that it is really happening, so I believe in it. As we have seen it in this blog, the climate here in Finland is not as it used to be. Winters are not as cold as they used to be and we receive snow later and later every year. It is the middle of January and we do not have snow in Helsinki in Finland. It is not normal and definitely it is not the same as it used to be. Based on this and what researchers claim, the climate is changing globally. It is warming. Skiing industry will die.

Heh.. I am shooting big guns again. I will not say more about climate change because I am amateur. I just do not know enough. What I do know is that warmer climate is not good for many ski resorts, including my local little hill in Helsinki. Many ski resorts here in Finland (and of course in some other countries as well) have not really opened yet because we are lacking snow. Ski resorts may be open for three days and then closed for three weeks. This is not good for their business and it may cause that they must quit one day. If there is no snow, there are no skiers. If there are no skiers, there is no money exchanged. Without money there is no business, and when there is no business there is no skiing. Sad but true.

Let us assume that the temperature on this planet is 2-3 degrees higher in 20 years. That kind of change will definitely lead to snow lacking winters at least here in southern Finland. If this happens, skiing here is dead. Skiing season would be shorter in north, but the skiing industry would probably stay alive. What would you do if skiing was dead in your area? I would focus into mountain biking and road bicycling. Our summers would probably be longer and warmer so I would go riding some radical tracks in forests and mountains. Instead of a ski season in the Alps I would have a bike season in the Alps. If skiing was dead, it would not be a catastrophe for me. Certainly I would miss skiing or riding my board in forests or powder fields, but of course I would need to get used to the new situation. I would put my energy to mountain biking, even though I have some bad memories from the nearby forests of Basel in Switzerland. I crashed with my bike due to high speed and bad landing. The result was a broken shoulder.

Skiing is dying, be prepared. What would you do if skiing was dead? Would you go riding bike as well? Would you go surfing or diving? How about skateboarding? Today I discussed with a friend of mine who asked what I would do if there was no need to go to work. I said I would play and listen to music all day long. My wife said she is very happy that I must go to work every morning. She would not like my idea of playing and listening to music all day long.. Hey! Why not!

Enjoy skiing as long as it is possible. It looks miserable here in rainy Helsinki..