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Local weather change spurs innovation at ski resorts adapting to a hotter world
Blue Mountain Ski Resort in in Collingwood, Ont., diminished {the electrical} consumption of its night-skiing lights by 40 per cent by retrofitting with LED lighting.Ryan Carter/The Globe and Mail Confronted with the dual challenges of a long-range local weather disaster and short-term climate that leaves bald spots on hills, ski resort house owners and operators are struggling to adapt. “We’ve been seeing the impacts, each when mountains can’t open and in greater costs for raise tickets after they do,” says Laura Gardiner, Alpine snowboarding day journeys director for North Toronto Ski Membership. Members of the volunteer-run membership are seeing single ski day value will increase of greater than 20 per…