When Skiing Was Better Before So Many Greenhouse Gases Were In The Air + A Photo Sweepstakes
Trip date: Saturday May 20, 2023
Submitted by DEMOCRATIZE AB
Particpants:
Rare pics of the past
Discussion:
Looking at the webcams of Lake Louise and Sunshine shocked me yesterday. There is less snow now than there normally would be on the July long weekend in the high country. Sunshine only has Strawberry Chair open and it looks like a gravel pit to ski. I have never seen so little snow in the mountains at this time of year since my skiing pleasure started in the winter of '69.
The following article shows a couple of pics of me skiing in July pre really bad man assisted climate change days. I will hold a guessing sweepstakes of the first skiing picture as to where it is. Can you guess the mountain and glacier in the background? It is an easy one.
The second old photo in the article shows me climbing up Heather Ridge in July in the early '80's. Those were the days before climate change got so bad. The amount of man made greenhouse gases has increased by nearly 60% since these photos were taken. Summer skiing was always my favorite time of year to ski but those days are now pretty much gone due to the foolish chemical alteration of our atmosphere allowed by politicians around the globe.
Name that mountain and glacier!
https://www.castanet.net/news/BC/414162/Long-time-backcountry-skier-calls-avalanche-risk-exceptional#414162?utm_source=coast%20reporter&utm_campaign=coast%20reporter%3A%20outbound&utm_medium=referral
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