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Europe's snow-supply risk rises with warming.

Without snowmaking

Share of resorts at very high snow-supply risk; no uncertainty interval supplied here · %

Snow-supply risk is not a probability of resort closure. The French Alps result without snowmaking is approximately one third.

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The values behind the chart

Share of resorts at very high snow-supply risk; no uncertainty interval supplied here. Units: %.
SeriesPublished value
Europe · +2°C · selected53 %
Europe · +4°C · selected98 %

Method and original sources

François et al. (2023): 2,234 ski resorts in 28 European countries. Adaptation assumes snowmaking on half of slopes. Regional values follow INRAE's study explanation.

François et al. · European skiing · 2023 ↗

2,234 resorts across 28 European countries at +2°C and +4°C global warming. Very high snow-supply risk is a study-defined hazard, not a probability of resort closure. Adaptation assumes snowmaking on 50% of slopes.

Evidence reviewed 2026-10-11. Source publication dates are shown separately. This chart republishes selected findings; it does not calculate a local climate forecast.

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