Comment on Olympic Council of Asia says Saudi Winter Games 'on schedule'

• ToastedRavioli@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  It snows in a lot of places, however that doesnt make it conducive to skiing. I live in a ski town, and it has consistently been 10°c during the day and it has absolutely wrecked the ski season. We are getting no natural snow. It is winter 7-8 months of the year here, and that doesnt inherently mean we have enough natural snow to have quality skiing.

  Artificial snow is an option, but to have a good ski area requires significant amounts of annual snowfall in order to open all the runs. You can only make so much artificial snow even in ideal conditions. If its too warm then artificial snow isnt even enough

  Transfer that concept to Saudi Arabia, where they would be lucky for it to be 10°c at night for more than 2 months of the year. Its not remotely feasible to have a ski area. Even if it naturally snows a little bit.

  My comment is not ignorant, although perhaps it was not eliding everything I just conveyed. 3 months ago when I wrote my comment it was 50°c at night, in the area they are building the resort, at the time I wrote the comment. I literally just checked the weather

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