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Climate change & Banff National Park : Climate change and Banff National Park

12 May 2006

The assessment was important for assessing the potential economic implications undertaken to assess and draw attention to the potential for Banff tourism, such an assessment was beyond the scope impact of climate change on Banff’s recreation and tourism of the present study. [...] The model was then run with the two climate change Canada — 70% Canadian, 30% US/international; Town of scenarios to project changes in the monthly number of people Banff — 80% Canadian, 20% US/international) and the visiting Banff National Park with the types of climates projections for the soft outdoor adventure market, the projected for the 2020s, 2050s and 2080s. [...] The ski operations Figure 7. Observed and modelled daily snow depth model was run with the climate change scenarios to project at the Banff climate station changes to the season length of alpine skiing in the 2020s, 40 2050s and 2080s. [...] If the same magnitude of change in Figure 9 is applied to the new baseline, visitation increases to just under 3.1 million in the 2020s, to between 3.1 and 3.4 million in the 2050s and to between 3.1 and 3.6 million in the 2080s. [...] The snow Because snowmaking is currently used at the base of ski cover required for the picture-postcard winter aesthetics in runs, the only change in operations would be an increased the Town of Banff is projected to remain during the Christmas requirement for machine-made snow.
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Authors

Scott, Daniel J

Pages
31
Published in
Canada

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