Skiers at Mark Arendz Provincial Ski Park in Brookvale, P.E.I. are enjoying an early start to the ski season, but the reality of shorter winters due to climate change is on their minds.
As P.E.I. 's provincial ski park begins another season, those hitting the slopes say they're not taking snow on the slopes for granted, especially with wintry days becoming more rare. Mark Arendz Provincial Ski Park in Brookvale opened Friday, a week earlier than expected thanks in part to last weekend's influx of fresh snow.
'Normally we don't get out before Christmas, so this is a bonus that we're open in December,' said Boyd MacQuarrie of Bonshaw, who's been downhill skiing for about 40 years.But at the back of some skiers' minds as they head down the slopes is the reality that wintry days like this are in shorter supply than they used to be.P.E.I.'s provincial ski park at Brookvale opened Friday, more than a week earlier than last year. As CBC's Steve Bruce found out, those on the slopes aren't taking the snowy days for granted, with shorter winters becoming the norm as the climate changes. The study compared observed temperatures in winter months (December to February) to a theoretical world where carbon dioxide pollution had not been released into the atmosphere and caused climate change. Erin Curley, operations lead at Mark Arendz Provincial Ski Park, says the hill is weathering the effects of climate change for now. Erin Curley, the operations manager at Mark Arendz park, said the staff at Brookvale are adapting to the conditions they fac
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