Last weekend marked the 30th time Soelden hosted the World Cup season with a women’s and a men’s giant slalom. But the growing impact of climate change has led many to question whether racing on glaciers is still a good idea.
Growing impact of climate change has led many to question whether racing on glaciers is still a good idea Photo: Reuters
An hour before the men’s race last Sunday, climate activists from the Last Generation movement blocked the only mountain road up to the glacier for about 20 minutes, as they urged the Austrian government to speed up its measures against climate change. Artificial snow was added on top of that layer by 22 snow cannons blazing for two days and two nights along the track.
“Now, of course, the race looks pretty nice on TV, looks a little bit more like winter,” said Mikaela Shiffrin, the American five-time World Cup overall champion whoBut Shiffrin felt she was not prepared enough for the season opener due to the lack of training facilities in central Europe in October.
“I think this is the right time to start,” Miller said. “It’s at least because even though everyone else isn’t skiing right now, it gets your mind into the state of skiing, and it brings some attention to it.”The Austrian ski federation set up a task force this autumn to develop plans for the future of ski racing in times of climate change.
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