To get. Discovery. Subscribe to. Documentary on you tube. It doesnt look much like winter in germany. Here skiers snowboarders and ski resort operators are suffering from the mild temperatures. Others. Shut down. Their Winter Sports activities and trying to keep one step ahead of Climate Change. The. Snow is. Still all of the ski lifts are in operation and all of the slopes are. Fully booked its one of the most popular north of the alps but unlike in the alps winters cant be taken for granted here at 670. 00. Right on the climatic snow line and studies show this line could rise even higher in the years to. Bring. His family. As far as the facilities are concerned hunter bag is certainly one of the most modern ski areas in germany. And i was kind of also invested in increasing our snowmaking capacity just to be able to offer skiing for 2 to 3 months again. She between. Some 360. 00 snow can and stand at the ready at temperatures of minus 2 degrees celsius or below they can make snow and secure the resorts operations throughout a normal winter but its 3 degrees above 0 invented to warm to operate the snow cannons so on a few of the slopes theyre employing whats called a snow factory it can produce snow at 4 degrees celsius but environmental activists criticize the vast amounts of energy and water it consumes the resort operators wont say much about that and we can only film whats on view to the public the snow guns out of which fine snow is shot but not the Technology Behind them but one thing is Crystal Clear artificial snow secures jobs here so then we just got to if we didnt have it we could have just the Christmas Season go by your forgets to. Park it in country we definitely wouldnt have had any snow just because the temperatures never dipped to minus 2 degrees the snow cannons need. This some comments karlheinz runs one of the. Schools he employs 70 ski instructors he hires some of them specially from abroad because people from many Different Countries learn how to ski here. And his skis school is constantly expanding. And i tend. To trend towards learning to ski and going to ski school continues unabated all this happened. And due to the numerous snow. Cannons we can finally be assured therell be snow sneezy hard which means i can assume that ill be able to run my ski school for 60 to 80 days. Thats something i can do before his condition rummaged. Preserved for the defeat. These days his ski school is attracting lots of guests from the netherlands its a 3 hour drive from vinterberg to the dutch border for many this is their 1st time skiing. Because were going to ski were denatures beautiful yeah and there are mountains so thats thats good to sleep yeah yeah it looks very nice its built i didnt expect so much snow expect so much. So much people called her for the School Holidays have started in the netherlands its the weekend and theres enough snow most of the businesses here make over half their yearly income in winter. Thanks when things get too busy the luke and family take refuge in their trailer. Theyre in no hurry to hit the slopes because they cant hear long term their trailer is cold weather proof the winters here are never really harsh. To this fear mood of the war its gotten much milder theres a lot less snow than in recent years. Often we were half submerged in snow. With. The retired miner has been coming here for close to 20 years its just a 2 hour trip from his home city of deuce book. But soon he may only be able to hike here because temperatures keep rising in the hordes of tourists are taking their toll on the slopes. Nico blink man is also concerned rising temperatures are eating away at the blanket of snow covering the slopes during what should be the most profitable period of the year when at the moment its still good for schemes if it rains answers for cost it could be that we wont be able to run a summer ski lifts due to the lack of snow cover. We hope that it wont come to that but it could happen. In the fight to save every square metre of snow on the slopes really begins in earnest when the tourists have returned to the ski lodge for the night johann is on to and his colleagues prepare the slopes for the next day with their snow groomers. Its really pretty windy up here and i come down number 7. Come down. Ok. Thank god of us there just for today it was really fall so the ruts are quite deep so you need to go over it. But can take 4 hours for one driver. Software that works with Data Collected by g. P. S. Lets your harness know just how much snow lies beneath his snow groomer. You must have just 70 to 80 centimeters played a shell thats ok. No new snow has fallen for weeks theres only whats been produced by the snow factory. Thanks. And. This is over snow from the snow factory and its fishy and you can move it around easily because its quite sandy for sure tales of body rolls right before the blade in a barnes together pretty well once weve gone over it and then you have a really good ski slope just a view of the 2 well johan is does his rounds the tourists enjoy some place ski fun the touch. Weekly touch. The next morning the partys over on the slopes as well overnight the rains came and melted most of the snow leaving grass and mud in their wake but undaunted some Winter Sports enthusiasts gather on the slopes where skiing and snowboarding is still possible place. I got told. I mean. At least the slopes johann is a groom to the night before are still open. To the however nico brink month slopes are pretty much snow free the ski rental business he runs on the side is also deserted. Even one off day can cost him several 100. 00 euros for cards when theyre told last night it rained on fortunately and now its raining again and. When are you really notice the sudden change because many daveys are to simply stay away so we have lots of equipment on hand and we cant rent it out temperatures are forecast to remain above 0 for the next few days so theres little hope things will improve more and more ski lifts are shutting down but yulian papa vinterberg top weather expert is looking on the bright side the geographer runs his own Weather Service just for this region and operates about 40 survey stations. He believes the current mild weather has less to do with Climate Change and Global Warming than with natural fluctuations which have always existed. There didnt you dont actually much here we live in a climate zone that strongly influenced by the Atlantic Ocean to talk of what happens on the atlantic has a big effect on us. That means in winters where the atlantic is calm cold winters. Vinter. He doesnt foresee warm weather putting an end to Winter Sports in the central up plans any time soon via the action of it as it is we dont expect a repeat of this winter its an exception its warm and changeable phases of the next winter to be significant in colder and snowier thats what we expect will happen. And many inventive big share his optimism including nico playing the man still hes been making provisions for years and that along with the ski lifts and ski rentals he also runs a hostel the bookings from schools and clubs mean hes no longer reliant on holiday years who stay away if the snow does. So its our view of the. Winter like this one would be fatal if you didnt have a 2nd source of income. But most people here do. Sure its not nice and here and there it can be problematic when a winter like this happens. Hes already preparing for spring when the ski slopes are transformed into a Mountain BikingAdventure Park that also helps to make him less reliant on snow. For us all of us. Used to be that a bad winter would bring you to the brink of bankruptcy existence. Luckily now weve brought in a new so a bad winter isnt quite so critical. But sure when youre self employed and everythings at your own risk and winter like this can give us sleepless night all too often got a lot on. It started out special called. But now if he has another sleepless night he can just go night skiing that also brings in more income and more visitors in the short ski season. Its things like this that are helping people invent to keep their faith in Winter Sports in times of Climate Change. One. Might hope the answer to our energy problems. Is on the snapping shrimp as researchers looking to engineer a fusion start. 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