McKenzie Skiles Studies Snow Trends and the Viability of Future Olympic Games in Salt Lake City with Protect Our Winters
It is no secret that declining snow cover and increased variability between seasons are impacting outdoor winter sporting events. At the start of the 2022/23 season, seven of the first eight International Ski Federation (FIS) Alpine World Cup events were canceled due to “warm temperatures, bad conditions, and lack of snow.” Every discipline of skiing and snowboarding has seen events canceled for these same reasons, both nationally and internationally.