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Where’s the snow? Climate change affects ski racing season

United States' Travis Ganong speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men's World Championship super-G race, in Courchevel, France, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati) FILE - Course technicians return after an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom race, in Zagreb, Croatia, was cancelled on, Jan. 5, 2023. Mother Nature and global warming are having just as much say about when and where to hold ski races these days as the International Ski Federation. Warm weather and a lack of snow wiped out nearly a month of racing at the start of this season. (AP Photo/Piermarco Tacca, File) FILE - The start of the course of an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom race, in Zagreb, Croatia, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. Mother Nature and global warming are having just as much say about when and where to hold ski races these days as the International Ski Federation. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta, File) FILE - Thin strips of snow create the course, at left, of an alpine ski, men's World Cup giant slalom competition, in Adelboden, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023, the day before the race. Mother Nature and global warming are having just as much say about when and where to hold ski races these days as the International Ski Federation. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti, File) FILE - An athlete speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men's World Cup giant slalom race, in Adelboden, Switzerland, Saturday, Jan. 7, 2023. Mother Nature and global warming are having just as much say about when and where to hold ski races these days as the International Ski Federation. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti, File) FILE - Course technicians stand near the start as an alpine ski, women's World Cup slalom race, in Zagreb, Croatia, was cancelled on Jan. 5, 2023. Mother Nature and global warming are having just as much say about when and where to hold ski races these days as the International Ski Federation. Warm weather and a lack of snow wiped out nearly a month of racing at the start of this season. (AP Photo/Piermarco Tacca) FILE - People ski on a strip of snow near Schladming, Austria, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. Mother Nature and global warming are having just as much say about when and where to hold ski races these days as the International Ski Federation. Warm weather and a lack of snow wiped out nearly a month of racing at the start of this season. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File) FILE - Athletes inspect the small strip of snow where they will compete in an alpine ski, men's World Cup slalom race, in Garmisch Partenkirchen, Germany, Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2023. Mother Nature and global warming are having just as much say about when and where to hold ski races these days as the International Ski Federation. (AP Photo/Alessandro Trovati, File) In this undated photo provided by Kappa U.S. ski racer Travis Ganong wears the new race suit to be worn at the world ski championships in France. U.S. Ski & Snowboard, in collaboration with Kappa and Protect Our Winters, designed the suit to help elevate climate change as a priority in snow sports. (Kappa via AP)
Where’s the snow? Climate change affects ski racing season