And should you feel guilty? The reviews are surprisingly mixed.
Climate controls on snow reliability in French Alps ski resorts
Beijing touts a green Olympics, but Games have wide environmental impact : NPR
Man-Made Snow: What Are the Environmental Effects?
Artificial Snow: A Slippery Slope - American Chemical Society
Climate & skiing NOAA
Climate & skiing NOAA
Sustainability of artificial snow on ski-slopes – Universität Innsbruck
Artificial Snow: A Slippery Slope - American Chemical Society
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Western New York gets buried under 5 feet of snow in some areas - OPB
Why Snow Matters National Snow and Ice Data Center
Snowmaking - Wikipedia
Snowmaking - Wikipedia
Mounting concern over environmental cost of fake snow for Olympics, China
Insight: Italy's ski industry fires cannon against climate change