If there were an athletic equivalent of the endangered species list, most winter sports, like skiing, snowboarding, and sledding, would have to be on it. As global temperatures rise, the world’s major mountain resort areas are losing substantial portions of their snowpack.

The season for winter sports is shrinking so much that many mountain resorts have had to diversify into summer sports or close down altogether. The direst of forecasts predict that winter sports will be impossible in about half a century. There just won’t be enough snow anymore.
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