9 min

How ski resorts are (economically) adjusting to climate change The Indicator from Planet Money

    • Business

Listen on Apple Podcasts
Requires subscription and macOS 11.4 or higher

Snowmaking has helped cover up the effects of climate change for a long time. But by the turn of the century, that started to change. A recent report shows US resorts are opening later, closing earlier, and taking a financial hit. For an industry that relies on snow, the threat is existential. Can ski resorts survive?

Related Episodes: Ski resorts are welcoming winter storms The Backcountry Boom

For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.

Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.

Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NPR Privacy Policy

Snowmaking has helped cover up the effects of climate change for a long time. But by the turn of the century, that started to change. A recent report shows US resorts are opening later, closing earlier, and taking a financial hit. For an industry that relies on snow, the threat is existential. Can ski resorts survive?

Related Episodes: Ski resorts are welcoming winter storms The Backcountry Boom

For sponsor-free episodes of The Indicator from Planet Money, subscribe to Planet Money+ via Apple Podcasts or at plus.npr.org.

Music by Drop Electric. Find us: TikTok, Instagram, Facebook, Newsletter.

Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices

NPR Privacy Policy

9 min

Top Podcasts In Business

Private Equity Podcast: Karma School of Business
BluWave
Money Rehab with Nicole Lapin
Money News Network
The Ramsey Show
Ramsey Network
The Prof G Pod with Scott Galloway
Vox Media Podcast Network
REAL AF with Andy Frisella
Andy Frisella #100to0
The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett
DOAC

More by NPR

Up First
NPR
Fresh Air
NPR
Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
NPR
Consider This from NPR
NPR
Planet Money
NPR
NPR News Now
NPR