Drought or Deluge: Vermont's Seven Days Reports on Snowmaking at Vermont's Ski Areas

[thetrailboss]

A very interesting read.

Too Much — or Too Little — Water a Challenge for Ski Areas

Drought and deluges are the latest climate change challenge for Vermont resorts.

www.sevendaysvt.com

Some interesting stats:

On the low end, Sleepy Hollow Inn, a cross-country ski area in Huntington, uses an annual average of about 1.1 million gallons from two ponds fed by springs and ditches. Sugarbush withdraws an average of about 119 million gallons, primarily from the Mad River.

Killington Resort uses the most water, about 440 million gallons each year, much of which comes from the Ottauquechee River.